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

[Volstylexx]

Somewhere, Dawn is saying to herself “LOL they got me! I rescheduled the UConn game?!?”

 

[Ovol]

I don’t blame them.

 

[Voluble2]

this fan base is so dramatic. we just lost a huge part of our team in keyen, and auburn absolutely came to play. not an excuse though, we should have won.

Keyen is not the difference between us being one of the best teams in the league and losing to the worst.

It is a terrible, inexcusable loss to a scrub team which wanted it more than we did. It takes us out of realistic contention for the regular season title, and it will be used against us in recruiting, where we haven't had a commitment in two years.

Kellie has to stop that ridiculous platoon substitution pattern in games like this. That was the turning point. When you get a team down you need to put your knee on their throat. We have enough players to rotate a few through instead of going wholesale.

I wouldn't be surprised to see them drop some more games now since they are really just killing time until the tournament rolls around and their top seed in the NCAA gone.

 

[volnationnj]

Can LV fans jump ship any faster ?
I didn't expect Tennessee to go undefeated in the SEC. However. I didn't expect them to lose to a previously SEC winless Auburn.
Bad games happen. Tennessee had been playing great team ball for the entire season. This is the anomaly. Let's see how they react, in the next few games, before burying them.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

A very good Arkansas team up next, followed by a road trip to UConn.

Thanks so much for the reminder .... about UConn still on the schedule Holly made..

 

[I4Vols]

Kellie has no clue at this point...

Fully on her shoulders.
Key was the mental, disappearing Sophomore.
Burrell was the out of control, selfish Frosh.
Dye's best play was clapping her hands after a TO instead of running to play D down the court (but nice rebounding).
Miles got eaten alive. Too bad Walker couldn't have played 40.
Horston played great and at the wrong time played like the old days of missing close shots (but how much worse if she wasn't there?).
Calling all Darby's, where were you (one shot, 0 pts?)?
For you Em fans, simply no. Don't even try to post again.
For you Striplin fans, you're up.

For all of us Keyen Green fans, we miss you, we thank you for you contribution and we wish you only the best. How can we replace your on court presence?

 

[Volstylexx]

No there is overreacting... go check twitter people saying we won't make the tourney i don't care how loss this bad is we not missing the tourney.

Well that’s just ridiculous and stupid.

 

[Vol67]

CHOKE. NO SEC FOR UT

 

[Dak1219]

i think it will and i'm SUPER disgusted! kellie needs to sit her and her coaching staff down and say WTF , look herself in the mirror, and get better. PERIOD!

I hope she realizes she needs to shorten her bench some and extend Sara's minutes some! We can go about 7-8 deep and Kellie just needs to except that.

Ugh, annoying and im hoping this hurts, stings, and fuels them! I also hope Keyen digs in their butts!

Agreed!

 

[And1]

Any chance at a #1 seed lives and dies with those two games - and that's just to start. After tonight, I'm not sure if it's in the cards anymore. Probably headed for a 3 or 4.

No chance at a 1 seed after this, you can kiss that goodbye. All we can hope for is that they beat UConn and/or SC otherwise ESPN will be reminding everyone for the rest of the season how Tenn lost to Auburn.

 

[Putbacks]

Tonight…#NOTTHEREAFTERALL

 

[ttharp]

What a terrible loss. And the thing is, it doesn’t get any easier. Our next game is against an Arkansas team that is clicking right now. Currently beating LSU by 20. After that, is another tough road game vs a Florida team that’s hot right now. If we don’t get back on track, the rest of the season could get ugly.

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

Well that’s just ridiculous and stupid.

That's what i said ... see overreaction as mad as i was i legit laughed at that

 

[KrazyVolFan]

Everyone makes it sound like Auburn was a joke, did you guys see a run of the mill sucky sec team. They played a great game, #5 had her game on and then some.That being said we had the worst game I've seen from several of our players and coaches but I will give them credit Auburn brought their game and we didn't handle it

 

[VolBall09]

TO AUBURN!!!!!

 

[Mr French]

Honestly looking to next year more so than this year. We're an Elite 8 team this year if we play well but next year we should be a legitimate title contender. Piscott, Horston, and Key will anchor with Miles and Darby only getting better. If we get the the transfer from Miss St. We'll absolutely smoke teams.

 

[AntiochVol81]

There were people here trying to put Horston up there with Aliyah Boston for SEC POY. That’s out the window.

GONE COMPLETELY can’t be turning the ball over like that..

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

CHOKE. NO SEC FOR UT

......... and there it is .... didn't take long.

 

[AntiochVol81]

What is she supposed to do at this point?

Call timeouts..that’s a Start

 

[Mr French]

Everyone makes it sound like Auburn was a joke, did you guys see a run of the mill sucky sec team. They played a great game, #5 had her game on and then some.That being said we had the worst game I've seen from several of our players and coaches but I will give them credit Auburn brought their game and we didn't handle it

Auburn played above their weight class the night we played like Milligan. Auburn isn't very good and we let 1 player beat us. It happens and they have to move on.

 

[Nute Gunray]

The Lady Vols strength is defense. They can't give up 70 or more points in regular time and expect to win. They have allowed Stanford and Auburn to score 74 and 71 points respectively in the 2 losses that have occurred.

 

[larjoranj]

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Tonight…#NOTTHEREAFTERALL

The season isn't over yet after this one loss. Goodness y'all.

 

[JFP]

Honestly looking to next year more so than this year. We're an Elite 8 team this year if we play well but next year we should be a legitimate title contender. Piscott, Horston, and Key will anchor with Miles and Darby only getting better. If we get the the transfer from Miss St. We'll absolutely smoke teams.

 

[SandyO]

Can you think of 2-3 worse ones ?

I guess on paper you’re probably right. I’m thinking of 2018 and 2019 when we started breaking records for all the wrong reasons. First loss to this team, first loss to that team, first time four losses in a row, first time to lose at home in the NCAA tourney and on and on and on. But this one was terrible, especially since we were ranked so high and lost to a team who hadn’t won a game in the SEC.