Game Thread: (25/RV) Lady Vols vs. (3/5) Connecticut

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Amb3096 said:
Arkansas is going to get killed. They're not too different from DePaul. UConn will have breathing room against their defense, and this will get away from Arkansas quickly unless they hit a ton of threes...and even then, they won't have the defensive capabilities to slow down UConn's offense.
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We shall see when they play.
 
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alexvol said:
Arkansas has a better team than does UCONN.UCON is not going anywhere this year.....not impressed with them last nite.The Lady Vols should have beaten that team.
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I think Arkansas can get it done. Neighbors loves big games like this too. He’ll have them ready to play.

I wasn’t impressed either. Unless they improve quite bit between now and March I could see this UCONN team getting knocked out in the Sweet 16. They don’t have a true leader. Westbrook ain’t it, no matter what Geno says. Saw 0 leadership from her last night outside of the two late shots she hit. Bueckers is their emotional leader but she’s a freshman. Also 0 inside game. Edwards and ONO could not handle our size and I don’t see that getting better. ONO is a junior and she still can’t score against an equal sized opponent. Something I don’t think I have ever seen from a UCONN big. Normally they are undersized and can still score over/around size.
 
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glv98 said:
Literally right in the post above this, about 15 mins before you said this. Is it not a standard board courtesy anymore to at least read the several new posts in the thread before you post?

That said, yes indeed, the improvement of Key the last few games has been very, very encouraging.
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Key has been the difference maker for Tennessee since SEC play began. If she is a consistent 10 pts 9 rbs a game player, Tennessee will continue to be deadly as long as Davis and Burrell are also producing.
 
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Point guard play this season most vulnerable position we never know what were going to get. If we could get more consistent play out of this one position it would totally change what we could do the rest of the season. Some games we get reliable play out of our point guards and then some like last night we get virtually nothing. I think Salary should be given more opportunity she seems to be less turnover prone and not so quick to take a shot that we should work the possession for a better one from a better shooter.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Point guard play this season most vulnerable position we never know what were going to get. If we could get more consistent play out of this one position it would totally change what we could do the rest of the season. Some games we get reliable play out of our point guards and then some like last night we get virtually nothing. I think Salary should be given more opportunity she seems to be less turnover prone and not so quick to take a shot that we should work the possession for a better one from a better shooter.
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Yes, yes and yes. And I agree her minutes are going to go up. Salary played great in a pinch. She is our second best 3 point shooter by the numbers as well. Has only taken 12 on the season but that’s not a bad thing. None of them have been bad shots. If the defense leaves her wide open she’ll make them pay though. She’s the closest thing we have to a set-up PG and does a decent job getting us a good look.
 
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therealitytheory said:
I've been a Suarez critic but I'm coming around. She really needs to get in shape though.

I've been a CKH critic too but I thought she had the team ready to play tonight for the most part. I wish she had a deeper bench so she could sit starters who do careless crap.

I've been a Walker critic and see no reason to stop now.

All in all, there were things to build on. For three and a third quarters we stared down the Huskies and more than held our own. A few breakdowns (Horston, Walker) and some bad breaks were our undoing late.
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It`s not about being a critic everyone has there opinion. To me Suarez played pretty well last night now this is my opinion. On offense she seems to play much better on the perimeter she can spot up. She gets into trouble when she try and take the ball into the paint and gets stuff trying to shoot over the defender. I could be wrong but that`s what i have notice in all the games. And true getting into better shape matters. As for Walker you are not gonna get anymore out of her. As for a deeper bench i agree with you but those days are gone no one wants to sit anymore so they move on.
 
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stlvolsfan said:
Bad shots, not getting Rae involved offensively and lack of boxing out was the difference
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Williams kept throwing up threes and driving the ball in on post players...her technical foul changed the momentum of the game she should have been pulled. You cannot allow that if you're a coach and expect to win.
 
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creekdipper said:
I still remember people here moaning last year about how we had missed our one chance to beat UConn and how they would be unstoppable this year. And that was with Massengill and expecting to have Green back.
Also consider those here within the last week wishing the game could be cancelled because we were going to be embarrassed and run out of our own gym.

All things considered, it seems that the results were more positive than negative. We held our own with a Top Three team and got valuable experience (and exposure) that should reap dividends. You don't think Auriemma was sweating profusely and cursing under his breath when we cut it to two points with under a minute to go? To real competitors, seeing how close we come should make them work that much harder. One less turnover, one more FT and box out, one less technical, one more loose ball or rebound, one more made shot, etc.

Knowing that we could (should) have won all three of our losses so far should increase player confidence in the coaches' game planning and player development and the team's potential (and help the coaching staff get better, too). This staff had a lot of early season losses in the Sweet Sixteen year at Mo State, but they're playing for the tournament(s). We're not celebrating a loss, we're celebrating measurable progress.

And we're pulling for improvement in all our players from starters to those who didn't get into the game.
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I was one of those who wanted the UConn game cancelled because of the LVs performance in the LSU and GA games and the overhype given to UConn. The LVs went from one extreme to the other. They should have won 72-67. It took an underperformance from 2 of the LVs top 3 scorers to secure a UConn win.
 
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1reVOLver said:
Before we join hands to celebrate a moral victory...

we might note that UConn took loads of threes tonight, and missed most of them,
shot lots of free throws and made far fewer than their normal %, had a lousy shooting game overall, got out-rebounded, and still managed to win.

Yes, we have improved since Holly days. That's why we hired a new coach.
So let's be glad for the improvement, but not for the loss to an underperforming opponent.
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could be that they had an underperforming night due to an over performing Lady Vols team
 
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I don't see many teams having an efficient offensive output against Tennessee team. I don't think it can be said enough how disruptive their defense is to even the most well-oiled offense: the length, size, paint erasers and rebounding will give any team in the nation fits. The three losses were grind-out fights that came down to a possession or two. This is not a team that is easy to blow out because of their defensive abilities and enough players that can light it up on the offensive end.

This is easily a S16/E8 team, or even better.
 
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Amb3096 said:
I don't see many teams having an efficient offensive output against Tennessee team. I don't think it can be said enough how disruptive their defense is to even the most well-oiled offense: the length, size, paint erasers and rebounding will give any team in the nation fits. The three losses were grind-out fights that came down to a possession or two. This is not a team that is easy to blow out because of their defensive abilities and enough players that can light it up on the offensive end.

This is easily a S16/E8 team, or even better.
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VA_VOLFAN said:
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I know...I saw enough last night even in a loss that this team has a much higher ceiling than I originally thought. Two weeks ago, I was convinced that UConn would drop the record-setting margin of victory at TBA, and was pleasantly surprised to see that they brought it for all 40 minutes and never had a meltdown. They made UConn come up with the big shots.

Next year will be tougher IMO, but Tennessee can do some real damage this year.
 
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Amb3096 said:
I know...I saw enough last night even in a loss that this team has a much higher ceiling than I originally thought. Two weeks ago, I was convinced that UConn would drop the record-setting margin of victory at TBA, and was pleasantly surprised to see that they brought it for all 40 minutes and never had a meltdown. They made UConn come up with the big shots.

Next year will be tougher IMO, but Tennessee can do some real damage this year.
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i agree but i think the foundation will be set she can move forward and start filling in the same level recruits TN had before
 
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GameTime said:
Guys, UConn is just another team.....No big deal.
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I don't think there's any shame in acknowledging that Tennessee lost to a really good team who had to make a furious rally to come out with the win. That says as much about Tennessee as it does UConn. If UConn is "just another team" and they beat Tennessee, what does that say about the LVs?
 
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Amb3096 said:
I don't think there's any shame in acknowledging that Tennessee lost to a really good team who had to make a furious rally to come out with the win. That says as much about Tennessee as it does UConn. If UConn is "just another team" and they beat Tennessee, what does that say about the LVs?
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That is what has made my head spin reading all these posts saying that UConn isn't that good, or even saying that they suck.

UConn is good. Really good. And Tennessee made them look worse than they are. Credit to Tennessee. It is one of the strengths of this team. I was really impressed with the Lady Vols in this one.
 
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