COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lady Vols basketball is returning to the Sweet 16. No. 5 seed Tennessee (24-9) will face either No. 1 seed Texas or No. 8 seed Illinois on Saturday in Birmingham, Alabama.

The junior forward had no space as he sat in the corner of the Ole Miss basketball locker room. A table stocked with bananas, oranges and granola bars was on his left. Teammates on his right ...