All for Tennessee Women’s Basketball Jan. 25 SEC Power Rankings: Lady Vols Slip

Ole Miss’s win over the Tennessee Vols a couple of weeks ago was much more about Tennessee than it was the Rebels. This week, there was no shame in losing to the South Carolina Gamecocks.

But after that, they fell to the Alabama Crimson Tide in unacceptable fashion, so this team is simply not that great.

Even with a 13-7 overall record, they have the No. 117 ranked strength of schedule, which keeps them out of the Top 100 of the RPI. And they’ve lost three straight. Their only wins were handed to them by Arkansas and Tennessee.

Matt Insell had his team off to a hot start before waking up to reality, and now they are just wildly inconsistent.

However, the good news is they are slowly getting transfer Chrishae Rowe involved in the offense, as she just started after the Fall semester. And if she can gel in with Madina Muhammad and Shandricka Sessom, this team could start winning offensive shootouts.

After all, defense has finally stepped up, but offense has been terrible the past two games.

Kentucky’s up next, but after that they have Georgia, Florida, and LSU. All three games are winnable.

So this team is still capable of going on a run, but the poor schedule makes an NCAA Tournament appearance likely out of reach.