Fewest ranked wins?

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After tonight’s loss the Lady Vols end the season with just 1 ranked win over 3 LSU in the SEC tournament semi-finals.

(did beat a great Colorado team but they were unranked at the time)

Is this the fewest ranked wins in LV history?
 
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So, the fact that we made it to the sweet 16 means you look for something else to complain about. How hard to some on here have to look?
 
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Pride85 said:
So, the fact that we made it to the sweet 16 means you look for something else to complain about. How hard to some on here have to look?
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sweet 16 is good question is is S16 acceptable final watermark for LV program lot of people want a final 4 where we have not come close to in over a dozen tears
 
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VolFuture said:
After tonight’s loss the Lady Vols end the season with just 1 ranked win over 3 LSU in the SEC tournament semi-finals.

(did beat a great Colorado team but they were unranked at the time)

Is this the fewest ranked wins in LV history?
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What ranking you talking about the ones done by the media and coaches or the one done by the NCAA committee? If it is the media and coaches you are right one ranked win. If it is the NCAA committee it was 6 ranked wins.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
What ranking you talking about the ones done by the media and coaches or the one done by the NCAA committee? If it is the media and coaches you are right one ranked win. If it is the NCAA committee it was 6 ranked wins.
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I’m talking at the time we played them
 
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VolFuture said:
I’m talking at the time we played them
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Your talking media polls and coaches polls then. Because all the teams I'm talking about were ranked in the top 25 by the NCAA Net when we played them that is how we got Q1 wins from playing them. Your post is correct about media and coaches polls and I guess that is what almost every fan goes by. To add our final ranking by the NCAA was number 14 and I think we did get in the last media poll at number 23.
 
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VolFuture said:
After tonight’s loss the Lady Vols end the season with just 1 ranked win over 3 LSU in the SEC tournament semi-finals.

(did beat a great Colorado team but they were unranked at the time)

Is this the fewest ranked wins in LV history?
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Preseason Top 25 1-8 win 13% excluding UCLA, Gonzaga and Colorado
Tournament Top 25 ranking 1-11 win 9% with addition of UCLA, Gonzaga and Colorado
 
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LasVegasBill23 said:
sweet 16 is good question is is S16 acceptable final watermark for LV program lot of people want a final 4 where we have not come close to in over a dozen tears
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No, I would prefer they get back to where we were when I was in school. The main point is there evidence of improvement over last year. I think the sweet 16 is the expected floor for the Lady Vols. The team played extremely well over the SEC schedule and lost to a 1 seed. Not fantastic, but not a lost season either.
 
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The term "unacceptable" is confusing. Does that mean that fans aren't satisfied with a Sweet Sixteen finish? If so, I agree. The players and coaches aren't satisfied, either. The goal of winning championships has been stated many times.

That being said, what's to be done? Only one team wins a championship each year, and the list of active (or past) coaches with NC on their resumes is incredibly short. The #1 seeds who fell early have to live with and deal with their losses. Getting better and trying again is the answer to "unacceptable" results. Any team, including us, who could have done better but didn't has underachieved to some extent. Kellie's Missouri State team overachieved and far exceeded expectations her final year there. Connecticut's results this year were disappointing and left them unsatisfied, too. But all athletes/coaches have to accept the reality of the moment. It's what they decide to do about it that separates the elite from the above average.

I daresay that not many Lady Vols fans or athletes are satisfied that we're not playing tonight. But that doesn't mean that we say that we need to clean house and start over.

Think how the many naysayers/trolls here were predicting how horrible next season was going to be after graduation losses and how we'd fall to the bottom of the SEC. Now we see a lot of veterans returning along with improved players, and we haven't even hit the portal yet. And we don't know what changes in strategy might be coming despite Kellie's statements about aversion to change (some which were made during moments of frustration with repetetive media questions).

I do hope that the staff embraces needed changes. Pat knew when she needed to change both ball tactics and handling players, even though she wadn't totally successful. Read a good piece on how OSU's McGuff and staff embraced change and adapted when they lost their expected bigs output which led to them maximizing the strengths of what they had. I totally agree that any staff needs to be flexible and adaptable whether in overall strategies or making in-game adjustments. There is always room for improvement.
 
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Another term I dislike is "being recruited over." Unless a player has been made specific promises that are broken by the staff or university, every player should expect that their roles are always subject to change. It's the responsibility of the staff to bring in the best players possible who fit the program, and may the best woman win re: starting positions and PT.

That's why it's good to have a portal option available for dissatisfied players. Players wanting to play at the next level better get used to the idea of being "recruited over," only there it's called "being traded" or "getting cut."
 
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creekdipper said:
Another term I dislike is "being recruited over." Unless a player has been made specific promises that are broken by the staff or university, every player should expect that their roles are always subject to change. It's the responsibility of the staff to bring in the best players possible who fit the program, and may the best woman win re: starting positions and PT.

That's why it's good to have a portal option available for dissatisfied players. Players wanting to play at the next level better get used to the idea of being "recruited over," only there it's called "being traded" or "getting cut."
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The term is fine, but it seems fans have an aversion to it and use it to justify ethical/moral superiority, i.e. "my school doesn't recruit over players". Every coach in the country should be looking to upgrade their roster, and if they aren't, they aren't a very good coach.
 
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