Game Thread: (4/5) Lady Vols 61 - Auburn 71

[Vols2015]

Rae appears to be hungover this game, can’t keep balance, dribbling recklessly. Sara Puckett came to play. Key getting too emotional for the game, got into foul trouble because she couldn’t dial her emotions back, Horston trying to win this game alone, and not trusting her teammates for open shots, and Dye is a non factor thus far. Not feeling good about this second half. Auburn can’t shoot any better, so there’s a good sign, I guess.

 

[cwbytruckers]

Did Coach even mess her hair up in that first half? I would have pulled half mine out screaming at refs and players

 

[aretha57]

Burrell looking like freshman Burrell. Everyone is just trying to do too much. Haven’t seen this kind of play all year.

My thoughts exactly. She is out of control!

 

[LadyVol1908]

I’m going to reserve my comments until after the game because this team can make us eat crow pretty quick and I’ve already ate my dinner so.

 

[DEEFEEZEE]

This is freshman, sophomore rae tonight out of control. I would start tess in the second half to open the floor up.

 

[alexvol]

Losing to this team would drop us from a 1 seed to a 3 overnight. It would be awful.

Who in the world is worried about seeding now.My goodness we have a month of regular season left .This team will have to grind out another win on defense if they win at all tonite.Need to play thru physical play to do it and start playing some defense to do it.

 

[dtnvol]

I sure hope they turn this crap around...if they have to lose one, don't lose this one...would be a horrible loss...

 

[volnationnj]

By far the worst half of basketball we have played all season. Mostly our defense. Just piss poor.

Now the crowd is into it and their team is totally jazzed. We’ve screwed ourselves. This team absolutely has the firepower and ability to comeback but the fact that we have to is embarrassing.

If I’m Kellie I don’t think I’d even talk to them at halftime. I’d give them the silent treatment. Let them sit their butts in there and think about playing.

Unfortunately true. It was the worst half of basketball by the LV's all year. The only good part is that there is an entire half left to reverse course.

 

[I4Vols]

Selfish play combined with soft D and playing away in a game we apparently thought we would easily win

Is a recipe for disaster

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

By far the worst half of basketball we have played all season. Mostly our defense. Just piss poor.

Now the crowd is into it and their team is totally jazzed. We’ve screwed ourselves. This team absolutely has the firepower and ability to comeback but the fact that we have to is embarrassing.

If I’m Kellie I don’t think I’d even talk to them at halftime. I’d give them the silent treatment. Let them sit their butts in there and think about playing.

.... and use that "Pat stare" where "I mean business now".

 

[casetopia]

Embarrassing performance by Tennessee, and also an embarrassing performance by ESPN giving a homer broadcast to Auburn. Their announcers are being absolutely biased in their commentary and in their support for the Tigers.

Dont they just use the home teams announcers on some of these espn plus games?

 

[LVol]

That bs jump-in take-charge call. Cheap bs.

And every team we play from here on is gonna do it.

 

[Mr French]

This team looks like they practiced by playing NBA 2K... more stupid dribble moves leading to turnovers, especially in the paint, rather than moving the ball by passing.

 

[PRG]

This is Auburn third game in five days and we are walking around playing their game ?

 

[alexvol]

This is freshman, sophomore rae tonight out of control. I would start tess in the second half to open the floor up.

Not me Tess ain't going to help against that quick physical team when refs are not calling them .Tess will be eaten alive.

 

[Volstylexx]

This shouldn’t surprise anyone if you’ve looked at Auburn‘s collective body of work. They’ve followed the playbook with precision on how to beat TN:

1. Get Key out of the game
2. With Key out, drive to basket, then kick out for 3 if not there
3. Apply pressure and force turnovers

The good news is Kellie gets halftime to reset, make adjustments and fight their way back in this.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

What in the hell is this

 

[sechamp2012]

17 to 7 lead then big substitutions outscored since then 32 to 11 felt like the air was let out of the Vol game

 

[VolBall09]

Before the game I said I expected to see great team play.

Instead we saw every player who entered the game try to go one on one and totally neglect their teammates.

They’re overplaying like crazy. Ball fake and back door. Jesus it’s not that hard. And STOP dribbling the basketball. Against this defense you cannot dribble into the paint and not have it taken away the officials are never going to call that reach on the road.

 

[volnationnj]

Meanwhile, in other games today:
North Carolina, on the road, crushed #21 Duke. That was surprising.

 

[Voluble2]

We struggle against teams that play like Auburn and we let them get in our heads.

I don't think we can outplay them by 11 pts in the second half unless they get tired, or go cold.

This will be a hard loss to swallow if we don't get our **** together. But Auburn has played a lot of teams more suited to beating them tough.

We just have to set some screens and get the ball inside.

We also have to stop letting them outrebound us on our end. We can't shoot worth crap and rely on second chance pts. We aren't getting any of those.

 

[alexvol]

Embarrassing performance by Tennessee, and also an embarrassing performance by ESPN giving a homer broadcast to Auburn. Their announcers are being absolutely biased in their commentary and in their support for the Tigers.

Does that make a difference in how the LV's are playing ?

 

[JCP201]

I’m going to reserve my comments until after the game because this team can make us eat crow pretty quick and I’ve already ate my dinner so.

It ain't over till it's over.

 

[zaqhhh]

Damn I was watching the soccer game, just saw the score here. WTH? Auburn? Really?

Barely winning rebounds, Turning it over worse than usual which is pretty astounding.

I know we aren’t a 1st half team but damn this is not a game to drop.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Dont they just use the home teams announcers on some of these espn plus games?

The homies sound like they're winning the NC tonight. They can't believe Auburn's lead.