Game Thread: #24/25 TENNESSEE AT FLORIDA

[creekdipper]

Well said, glv98.

Hear, hear and a hearty huzzah.

 

[Lucy]

I am sure I will get flamed for this but this game is an example of what is still wrong with women’s basketball—still to many blow out games. I like watching competitive games and I especially like watching the Lady Vols winning a competitive game. I stopped following the game after the first quarter because I thought it was obvious that Florida was overmatched.

I guess my question is why do you watch the whole game when it is a blowout?
1. Do you find the game exciting even though the game is lopsided?
2. Did you think Florida might make a big comeback?
3. Do you watch the whole game so you can come on the forum so you can discuss all the various players that played for UT and how well they played for the entire game, etc.?

Looking forward to the next couple games. Hoping the UConn game is very competitive with UT pulling out a win. That would be big for recruiting, confidence and putting fear into others.

I like to keep watching in order to see the non-starters get a chance to play. Always like to see them have their moment to shine. I know Kellie lets almost everyone play but I still like to cheer these kids on. Some are youngsters and we get to see their potential. Others are career support players but they all work really hard and are LAdy Vols For Life!

 

[lvocd]

Honestly, I’ve enjoyed every single second of the blowouts the Lady Vols have been on the winning side of this season. After years of relentless grief and hopelessness surrounding the program, I am finally feeling the full joy of being a diehard Lady Vols fan again, and it’s been partly because this team IS capable of blowing out a few opponents.

I used to prefer tight games, but not anymore. Not that I hate tight, competitive games. Those are cool — especially if Tennessee wins! But right now, I have to admit I’m all about having fun watching Tennessee administer a good beatdown now and then. I never realized how much I actually liked seeing that happen until I almost never did these past few years.

 

[Raebo]

Am I being oversensitive or are you poking us a little if we do #3? You find it odd folks would watch a game so they could later talk about it in a forum designed for people who enjoy watching and talking about games? Something wrong with that?

Nothing wrong with that. I think it is just a hobby some people enjoy. Thanks to all for the clarification on why they do it though.
I sometimes watch blowout games to the end and then comment on it in a forum. If I watch a blowout, it is generally two good teams playing like the Super Bowl or when a team is blowing out a higher ranked team. Myself, I don’t find enjoyment watching a good team blowing out a cupcake. For example I enjoy watching UT football in addition to the Lady Vols but when the football team played Chattanooga, I turned it off at the end of the third quarter. I really didn’t care how our 3rd string players did against Chattanooga after the game was basically over. I think I turned the channel to watch 2 SEC schools play each other. But that is just me, if someone enjoyed watching the game to the final snap and then come on a forum and discuss which 3rd stringer played hard till the end, that’s fine.

 

[glv98]

if someone enjoyed watching the game to the final snap and then come on a forum and discuss which 3rd stringer played hard till the end, that’s fine.

Not to torture the dead horse, and again maybe just me, but it doesn't sound like you really think its fine to care about the 3rd stringers. Sounds like you think its weird and confusing. I have a thing about people who come on forums to tell other posters, seemingly without irony, how weird it is that they come on and post stuff. Even in the guise of trying to understand it. But that's just me.

Again, of course blowouts are not as compelling and ordinarily I'd be tempted to change channels. And there are way too many of them. But I'm quite emotionally invested in the game to game development of this team in particular. Probably tacky of me, but its almost like a reality show. I sat thru the painful meltdown, now I want the payoff!

Plus its been so damn long since the LVs blew out an SEC team on the road from wire to wire I enjoyed every second. Speaking of SEC blowouts, anyone remember the time the 39-0 team frog strangled ole Jim Foster's Vandy team by 50 in the SEC tourney? Now that was one to enjoy!

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

Tennessee up to 68 in the rpi going into the Bama game. Bama has a 1.24 points per shot attempt offensive efficiency to our 1.17 but ours has been a lot higher in the last few games most over 1.25 South Carolina only has a 1.25 point per shot but they get up 67 shots a game and average 24 trips to the line. Bama gives up 1.04 points per opponent shot attempt and we give up 0.85. Bama only lost to SC by 11 points so we got to come to play a hard forty minutes. They have been more motivated than we have for this game. Were only averaging 17 trips to the line per game wish that was a lot higher. Bama has two players shooting right at 39 percent from the three. They have in the past few games hit some amazing shots against us NBA threes. Their starting guards are 5'7" and 5'9" one is a 39 percent 3 point shooter. Would like to see us pull Key out of the post on some possessions and try to post up their guards with Horston and Massengill. Expect they will play a zone always do against us. Their best win is over North Carolina same team that beat NC State. Tough game we need this win badly.

Can you tell me where you get the RPI rankings ? I used to know (is it the NCAA website) but I have forgotten

 

[Coach Jumper]

Can you tell me where you get the RPI rankings ? I used to know (is it the NCAA website) but I have forgotten

Ranking:
DI Women's Basketball Rankings - NCAA Women's Basketball RPI | NCAA.com
Rating:
RealTimeRPI.com Women's College Basketball Rating Percentage Index (RPI) Ratings - A leading sports ratings and resources community on the Internet