Game Thread: (12/8) Lady Vols 64 - Alabama 74

[Voluble2]

We have gone small.

 

[Vols2015]

Not liking our defensive intensity so far. I don’t understand why we can’t be fired up all the time on defense.

 

[Putbacks]

Puckett has returned to Alabama for some more schooling.

 

[Dak1219]

Maybe this will be the game to get Rae going! Two sweet shots in a row.

Again bad defense on the next possession though. Get a stop in the first quarter for a change!!

If Rae can round into form going into the SEC and NCAA tournaments, we could make decent run

 

[Voluble2]

Walker should know better than to drive into traffic.

 

[VolBall09]

Bama is not backing down from playing Lady Vols yet.

Nobody ever does. We lost the ability to intimidate teams when we lost to Auburn. You lose to a bad team like that and everyone thinks they can beat you.

Because they probably can when we play like this.

 

[Mr French]

Yikes

 

[VolBall09]

We have missed 5 layups in this quarter alone.

 

[VolBall09]

And a missed box out. Sweet.

 

[Mr French]

Thank God for Rae.

 

[Voluble2]

Bama looks awful. We are playing down to their level.

 

[Vols2015]

Dye literally watched the ball land in that Alabama players hand and score the layup, it’s like she didn’t even bother trying to contest the shot.

 

[zaqhhh]

I expect us lose the 1Q at this point

 

[VolBall09]

Frustrating to watch again. I just don’t get it. This team REFUSES to start a game strong the last several weeks. Comes out strutting around and running half speed like they can beat anyone once they decide to. Just stupid.

 

[And1]

So tired of slow starts with this team. How do you not come out ready to play game after game?

 

[VolBall09]

Dye literally watched the ball land in that Alabama players hand and score the layup, it’s like she didn’t even bother trying to contest the shot.

It was Miles actually that missed the box out there. She was between Alexus and the Bama player.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Walker should know better than to drive into traffic.

Yep, you would think that she knows by now. Bad habits are slow to die.

 

[VolBall09]

I expect us lose the 1Q at this point

Always so hard to watch. Why they need to do that and get ripped into between the quarters I’ll never know. Just make it fun and start strong and come to play! Damn

 

[Voluble2]

Frustrating to watch again. I just don’t get it. This team REFUSES to start a game strong the last several weeks. Comes out strutting around and running half speed like they can beat anyone once they decide to. Just stupid.

Part of the problem is Dye and Darby. They get the start but are not reliable offensive threats. You are assured to start slow.

 

[Twinsbornoncampus]

We have missed 5 layups in this quarter alone.

We are a team with some good players, but our team is mentally not in the game. Throwing up bricks for layups when all we need is to say I will make this layup and if it gets blocked, great defense but take the time to hit the layup. There are not many teams that miss as many as we do

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

We have missed 5 layups in this quarter alone.

 

[Voluble2]

That was a terrible call.

That is why you do not let them hang around. Need a cushion for foul trouble.

 

[Voltopia]

Hey, Tennessee has gotten used to “coming from behind,” and at least Tennessee only has to score two points to actually come from behind. It’s usually more than that.

 

[Vols2015]

Tamari has got to finish those plays! She’s way too tall to miss those layups…

 

[Voluble2]

They won't throw it to Dye now even though the offense is run to get her open there.