The most recent time Memphis and Tennessee women's basketball met was Dec. 29, 2001. The in-state programs faced each other 26 times from 1974 to 2001, with the Volunteers winning 25 of them.

A view shows a memorial for Tyre Nichols at the intersection of Castlegate Lane and Bear Creek Cove in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., January 30, 2023.