1997–98 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

1997–98 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
NCAA tournament National Champions
SEC Tournament champions
SEC regular season champions
Northern Lights Invitational champions
Big Apple Classic champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record39–0 (14–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaThompson-Boling Arena
1997–98 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Tennessee 14 0   1.000 39 0   1.000
No. 13 Florida 10 4   .714 23 9   .719
No. 11 Alabama 10 4   .714 24 10   .706
No. 18 Vanderbilt 9 5   .643 20 9   .690
Georgia 8 6   .571 17 11   .607
LSU 7 7   .500 19 13   .594
Arkansas 7 7   .500 22 11   .667
Kentucky 5 9   .357 13 15   .464
Mississippi State 4 10   .286 14 15   .483
Auburn 4 10   .286 16 11   .593
South Carolina 3 11   .214 13 15   .464
Ole Miss 3 11   .214 12 19   .387
1998 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1997–98 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, coached by Pat Summitt, is considered to be one of the greatest teams in the history of U.S. women's college basketball, going 39–0, and winning their third consecutive national championship, while playing one of the toughest schedules in the nation. The Lady Vols started off the season ranked number one in the nation, a ranking that would not change. ESPN called it one of the top ten moments in women's sports of the 20th century. After the season, Summitt authored a book about the season, entitled "Raise the Roof".