{"id":165778,"date":"2026-02-15T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/165778\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:00:20","slug":"no-22-lady-vols-basketball-vs-no-4-texas-how-to-watch-prediction-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/165778\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 22 Lady Vols Basketball vs. No. 4 Texas: How to Watch, Prediction, More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\"\"<\/a>Photo via @LadyVol_Hoops on X<\/p>\n

Lady Vols basketball has another significant challenge on the schedule, but this one is at home. Tennessee hosts Texas on Sunday afternoon inside Food City Center.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n

More From RTI:\u00a0Lady Vols Basketball Freshman Point Guard Ruled Out For Second-Straight Game<\/a>
\nHow to Watch \u2014 No. 22 Lady Vols (16-6, 8-2 SEC) vs. No. 4 Texas (23-3, 8-3 SEC)<\/p>\n

Start Time: 3 p.m. ET\/2 p.m. CT
\nLocation: Food City Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)
\nWatch: ABC | PxP: Tiffany Greene, Analyst: Carolyn Peck
\nOnline Streaming:\u00a0Watch ESPN<\/a>
\nRadio (Knoxville):\u00a0The Vol Network<\/a>\/The Vol Network App
\nVol Network radio crew: PxP: Brian Rice, Studio Host: Jay Lifford<\/p>\n

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Betting\u00a0Odds<\/p>\n

No odds listed yet<\/p>\n

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ESPN Matchup Predictor<\/p>\n

Lady Vols: 22.2%<\/p>\n

Texas: 77.8%<\/p>\n

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What Kim Caldwell Said<\/p>\n

On getting her team ready for Texas<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be very different. We are going to be physical. We got to be big inside. We got to really, really, really work on box outs and going to get offensive rebounds and taking care of the ball. I\u2019m worried about turning the ball over versus them, and hopefully we can get Mia back on the floor, but we still don\u2019t have an update.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Last Five Games<\/p>\n

Lady Vols:\u00a0<\/p>\n

vs. Missouri, 98-53 W
\nat South Carolina, 93-50 L
\nat Georgia, 82-77 W (OT)
\nat UConn, 96-66 L
\nvs. Mississippi State, 77-62 L<\/p>\n

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Texas:<\/p>\n

at Vanderbilt, 86-70 L
\nvs. Kentucky, 64-53 W
\nvs. LSU, 77-64 W
\nvs. Oklahoma, 78-70 W
\nat Florida, 88-68 W<\/p>\n

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Where They Land In Rankings<\/p>\n

Lady Vols:\u00a0<\/p>\n

AP Poll \u2013 No. 22<\/p>\n

Coaches Poll \u2013 No. 22<\/p>\n

Bart Torvik<\/a> \u2013 No. 13<\/p>\n

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Texas:<\/p>\n

AP Poll \u2013 No. 4<\/p>\n

Coaches Poll \u2013 No. 4<\/p>\n

Bart Torvik \u2013 No. 4<\/p>\n

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Stat Leaders<\/p>\n

Lady Vols:<\/p>\n

Points: Talaysia Cooper \u2013 14.7
\nRebounds: Janiah Barker \u2013 6.9
\nAssists: Talaysia Cooper \u2013 4.0<\/p>\n

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Texas:<\/p>\n

Points: Madison Booker \u2013 18.7
\nRebounds: Kyla Oldacre \u2013 6.7
\nAssists: Rori Harmon \u2013 6.5<\/p>\n

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Prediction<\/p>\n

These have been the games that the Lady Vols have had no success in this year. Not only have they lost to No. 1 UConn, No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 South Carolina and No. 9 Louisville, but each loss has been by more than 20 points. This includes a 43-point loss, the largest margin of defeat in program history, to the Gamecocks.<\/p>\n

If Tennessee simply lost those games, I don\u2019t think anyone would bat an eye. All were on the road except for the game against Louisville, which was a neutral site. Losing by the margins they did is what has shot the Lady Vols toward the bottom of the AP Poll.<\/p>\n

I think the expectation for this game is to just be more competitive. Play 40 minutes and keep things in reach throughout. Obviously, the overall expectation for the Lady Vols is to win every game they play, but at this point, they just need to take the first step in that direction.<\/p>\n

For this to happen, Tennessee will need its stars, Talaysia Cooper, Janiah Barker and Zee Spearman, to step up as scorers in the absence of Mia Pauldo.<\/p>\n

Texas 84, Lady Vols 76<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo via @LadyVol_Hoops on X Lady Vols basketball has another significant challenge on the schedule, but this one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[67413,67414,67415,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-165778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-lady-vols","9":"tag-lady-vols-basketball","10":"tag-tennessee-lady-vols","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-texas-headlines","13":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}