Game Thread: Lady Vols v UT-Martin, Away, Sun. Nov 9th, 3PM, ESPN+

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UTM was 10-10 in the OVC last year and 2 of their top 3 scorers transferred. They have six freshmen (at least one redshirt) and 4 are 6' or taller. Former LV Destinee Wells is also on the roster.

Coach Kim seems to be emphasizing getting to the rim as opposed to taking an open 3 early in the possession. This is a change from her pre-season approach last year and may reflect her experience in the SEC schedule last year when open threes were hard to come by if a team couldn't generate a legitimate threat to penetrate. However, if what we see is more five players standing outside and passing it around the top of the key, then this will result in slowing the game down (especially as compared to pre-season last year), thus letting the other team rest. Also, when we go to the rim and get fouled, that let's the other team rest. And, of course, when we foul (which we've been doing a lot), the other team rests and the game slows down.

So, if we were taking the first good shot, 3 or otherwise, like last year, I think we might run a young, big team into the ground and put up 120 or so. But, since I think we may even slow it down more than before, and maybe even tighten up trying to do that, I'm going to go lower on the LV's, but also lower on the Skyhawks because of their youth.

LVs 89 - Skyhawks 43
 
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RetroVol said:
UTM was 10-10 in the OVC last year and 2 of their top 3 scorers transferred. They have six freshmen (at least one redshirt) and 4 are 6' or taller. Former LV Destinee Wells is also on the roster.

Coach Kim seems to be emphasizing getting to the rim as opposed to taking an open 3 early in the possession. This is a change from her pre-season approach last year and may reflect her experience in the SEC schedule last year when open threes were hard to come by if a team couldn't generate a legitimate threat to penetrate. However, if what we see is more five players standing outside and passing it around the top of the key, then this will result in slowing the game down (especially as compared to pre-season last year), thus letting the other team rest. Also, when we go to the rim and get fouled, that let's the other team rest. And, of course, when we foul (which we've been doing a lot), the other team rests and the game slows down.

So, if we were taking the first good shot, 3 or otherwise, like last year, I think we might run a young, big team into the ground and put up 120 or so. But, since I think we may even slow it down more than before, and maybe even tighten up trying to do that, I'm going to go lower on the LV's, but also lower on the Skyhawks because of their youth.

LVs 89 - Skyhawks 43
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100%. Maybe the emphasis is to get to the rim with this group to make sure we are capable and willing and then to get back to what she said her identity was as a coach, which was to shoot alot of threes and full court pressure 40 minutes every night to wear opponents down. These first two games didn't look anything like what CKC said her philosophy was a year ago. At the pace we are playing, we might as well go with our best 7-8 players and play them 28-32 minutes a game and let the cards fall where they may. It makes no sense to go further down the bench if they are playing at 75% speed and working an offense in the half court for the best possible shot before shooting or attempting to score and playing a less aggressive form of the press.
 
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