Game Thread: #19/21 Lady Vols vs. #22/20 Oklahoma, Sat 1:32PM, WSN network

[zaqhhh]

What determines top 25?

As the other poster was mentioning it, media votes.

I prefer to go off some sort of metric that actually has a basis in stats. RPI, Sagarin, etc

 

[Ladyvol777]

Nice win today. Great comeback from the last game. Kellie has the same record as Geno from Uconn and they have their best player in the game. Jasmine Powell had a big game. As always go Lady Vol's.

 

[Volfan2012]

Wow. Whew. Awful as the execution was, pulling that win out was humongous.

Really great to see Spear, Wells, and JP step up like that when the axe was hanging right over their heads. Did not understand taking Spear out in the 4th but it worked out I guess. So much crappy stuff was bad, but I don't even feel like thinking about it.

Sh*t ya'll, this is tough sledding. I'm glad as heck for 1908 though who got to see an exciting win.

Get well soon Rickea is all I can think. We escaped today with a win and that is great for the team. These next two are monsters we'll have to play far better than we played today.

 

[Dak1219]

I believe a poster on here last year was chastised for implying Baranczyk was a better coach than Kellie. I believe it after today.

Yet Kellie has beaten her 3 of the last 4 times their teams have played including the MVC when Harper was at Missouri State and Baranczyk at Drake.

 

[glv98]

Get well soon Rickea those two coming up are not Oklahoma.

Oh God so much. But I'll bet she's not playing in those games. RJ did look pretty nimble leaping off the bench a couple of times late in the game, and also almost knocked JP down with the big post game chest bump.

Oklahoma is not top 25 by almost any metric other than the media votes

LOL for God's sake give us a crumb! It counts as a top 25 win even if only bc OK can't get voted out til tomorrow!

 

[Hooper22]

At this point , we take any type of win we can until RJ is back. ND on Wednesday is no easy task whatsoever. Hidalgo is better than any play we have minus Jewel maybe.

 

[zaqhhh]

Oh God so much. But I'll bet she's not playing in those games. RJ did look pretty nimble leaping off the bench a couple of times late in the game, and also almost knocked JP down with the big post game chest bump.

LOL for God's sake give us a crumb! It counts as a top 25 win even if only bc OK can't get voted out til tomorrow!

I said top 50 in another post lol

 

[Volfan2012]

They aren't that good at the three point line at least not today. 9 of 34 and that is almost totally unguarded. At least it helps our 43 percent given up percentage brings it down a little.

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

Oklahoma is not top 25 by almost any metric other than the media votes

They are a top 50 win which yes we should be happy with.

But we should be way better than them even down our best player.

Celebrate the win, but to ignore the deficiencies is just mind boggling.

We will take that top 25 win though in November now we have to get more ... Much better than waiting as long as we did last year !

 

[LasVegasBill23]

good win today

 

[turbovol]

Oklahoma has a good coach.
Powell and Wells made the plays at the end… but no serious leader have I ever seen take their best player off the court in the 4th qtr with a lead!

Sub out Spear and the very next possession it led to a turnover.

That happens about 5 times every game with this current leadership and it’s why the team is 4-2 instead of 5-1 or 6-0.

Who'd she sub in for Spear, and how much time was left? Was it a defensive sub?

 

[Volfan2012]

Oh God so much. But I'll bet she's not playing in those games. RJ did look pretty nimble leaping off the bench a couple of times late in the game, and also almost knocked JP down with the big post game chest bump.

LOL for God's sake give us a crumb! It counts as a top 25 win even if only bc OK can't get voted out til tomorrow!

All that matters is they stay in the top 50 in the NET. That makes it a Quad one win. You need seven or eight of those and you can get a really good seed.

 

[Volfaninfl2]

Disagree as far as Horston. IMO getting Horston to the pros was Harper's best coaching job by far. But it was mostly physiological

Agree if you meant psychological.

 

[Volfan2012]

Who'd she sub in for Spear, and how much time was left? Was it a defensive sub?

I think she did it to give her a quick blow down the stretch as she was only out like a minute.

 

[volforlife10]

Beat the #22. Win the games you’re supposed to win.

without rickea, this is not a game we’re suppose to win.

 

[glv98]

We will take that top 25 win though in November now we have to get more ... Much better than waiting as long as we did last year !

Especially without Rickea.

Earlier this season, I thought the missed chippie jinx has gone away. Not so, we were just awful on those both games. Those last two Sara missed, good grief. She's generally played well but those were awful. OK missed a ton as well.

And Jill . . .

 

[Volfan2012]

Biggest basket of the game was Powell's three with one second on the clock or Powells three with a two point lead. Both were crucial plays.

 

[AntiochVol81]

I think she did it to give her a quick blow down the stretch as she was only out like a minute.

She was out way longer than a minute

 

[Volfan2012]

without rickea, this is not a game we’re suppose to win.

It was certainly a tossup without her cause with her we win be 10 at least.

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

Biggest basket of the game was Powell's three with one second on the clock or Powells three with a two point lead. Both were crucial plays.

two WIDE OPEN shots that our PG got her open for... she hits those and we aren't sweating it out

 

[WinnerCircle]

Who'd she sub in for Spear, and how much time was left? Was it a defensive sub?

Darby came in for Spear. It wasn’t for defense. It was close to the 5 minute mark in the 4th qtr. Spear came back in with over a 1 minute left in the game.

Made absolutely no sense.

 

[Volfan2012]

She was out way longer than a minute

She was in the last two minutes of the game at least so wasn't much more than a minute.

 

[glv98]

Agree if you meant psychological.

Yes my bad, lol. No doubt JH had the tools, but no idea how to use them and was fragile emotionally. Harper did a great job with her, which is why Horston loves KJH so much.

She was out way longer than a minute

Only came back w a minute and change. Odd decision.

 

[CannonVol80]

without rickea, this is not a game we’re suppose to win.

So far, Massey (whose system I know is not as accurate early in the season) has been spot on. His system predicted a loss to Indiana, albeit by 4 points, not 14, and a 3-point win against Oklahoma. Let's hope he is as accurate in our next two games, which he has the Lady Vols winning in close games!

Jim

 

[Majors]

without rickea, this is not a game we’re suppose to win.

Tennessee still across the jersey?