Things are not going well in with the Tennessee Lady Vols in recent weeks, to put it mildly. The team has lost six of their last eight games and three straight overall. They got destroyed by national championship contenders UConn (96-66) and South Carolina (93-50) on the road during that stretch. And they’re fresh off an 82-74 home loss to Texas A&M, who came into the game 3-9 in SEC play.
The losses aren’t the only point of concern. Tennessee head coach Kim Caldwell has made headlines in recent weeks for the wrong reasons. After the loss to South Carolina Caldwell said the team “had a lot of quit in them” and that why the team unravels “is a question for them”. She also hit Ole Miss head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin with a blowby “handshake” at the horn of the Lady Vols’ 94-81 road loss to the Rebels.
The play has been bad, and the message by the leader of the program has been a rotten cherry on top recently. And one former Lady Vols player had some strong words about the program on Sunday…