 While they had won the national championship, they had lost ten games, including two to rival Louisiana Tech.That team was the first Lady Vols team since 1991 that did not win either the SEC regular season or tournament championship.However, the team did return several players, including All-American Chamique Holdsclaw, and had a freshman class that was being called the greatest ever, which included Tamika Catchings, Semeka Randall, Teresa Geter, and Kristen Clement.