2017–18 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

2017–18 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
Cancún Challenge Riviera Division champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 12
Record25–8 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dean Lockwood
  • Sharrona Reaves
  • Bridgette Gordon
Home arenaThompson–Boling Arena
2017–18 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State 16 0   1.000 37 2   .949
No. 7 South Carolina 12 4   .750 29 7   .806
No. 18 Georgia 12 4   .750 26 7   .788
No. 12 Tennessee 11 5   .688 25 8   .758
No. 17 Missouri 11 5   .688 24 8   .750
No. 14 Texas A&M 11 5   .688 26 10   .722
No. 24 LSU 11 5   .688 19 10   .655
Alabama 7 9   .438 20 14   .588
Kentucky 6 10   .375 15 17   .469
Auburn 5 11   .313 14 15   .483
Arkansas 3 13   .188 13 18   .419
Florida 3 13   .188 11 19   .367
Vanderbilt 3 13   .188 7 24   .226
Ole Miss 1 15   .063 12 19   .387
2018 SEC tournament winner
As of April 1, 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2017–18 college basketball season. The Lady Vols, led by sixth-year head coach Holly Warlick, played their games at Thompson–Boling Arena and are members of the Southeastern Conference.

In the November 24 Cancún Challenge game against Oklahoma State, Jaime Nared scored her 1,000th point. She is the 45th Lady Vol to do so in her career.

The Lady Vols finished the season 25–8, 11–5 for a third-place tie in SEC play. They lost in the second round of the SEC tournament to South Carolina. Nationally ranked twelfth at the end of the season, they received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Liberty in the first round before losing to Oregon State in the second round.