Game Thread: Iowa v Lady Vols, Sat Dec 7th ; Shark Beauty Women's Champions Classic; 7PM; FOX network TV; WIN 78-68

[gule]

Has Boyd scored in the past 3 games? Put in little Darby or ace. IMHO we need scoring...

 

[Volfan2012]

To be tied shooting 16 threes and making 2 is good I guess. Ruby kept us in there with two of our best players on the bench. Good thing we forced 18 turnovers cause that 2 for 16 gave it back to them.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Yeah the returners are struggling hard. Either going to get better or we are in trouble. It’s hard but they have to want it.

/gym rat’d

…gotta put up more shots.

 

[Voluble2]

Blue Collar must mean tackle…

That's what I told my daughter when she said that. I said they are going to keep trying to rough us up because they think we don't like it and can't take it.

 

[volfan__18]

officiating hampered both teams. No cooper and no Olsen.

Really pisses me off when officials affect the game so much. Fans played to watch two excellent players play and instead both rode the pine most do the first half.

The woman with the bad wig is awful.

Olsen should have 4 fouls though. Just making a point that people come to watch the stars play. Not to have bogus offensive fouls called on them like coop.

Emphasis on the bad wig

 

[LadyVol1908]

Right now Tess is contributing most of the returnees. And that is not a good thing.

Which is INSANE! Jewel disappeared a lot last year, but this year has been a crazy disappearing act so far!

 

[Vols2015]

Nice to be tied despite some major offensive difficulties.

And the fact we had both Cooper and Spearman on the bench majority of the half with fouls trouble, especially cooper.

 

[therealitytheory]

Tie at the half is a blessing considering Cooper and Speerman sat so long with fouls.

 

[volforlife10]

officiating hampered both teams. No cooper and no Olsen.

Really pisses me off when officials affect the game so much. Fans played to watch two excellent players play and instead both rode the pine most do the first half.

The woman with the bad wig is awful.

Olsen should have 4 fouls though. Just making a point that people come to watch the stars play. Not to have bogus offensive fouls called on them like coop.

the women with the bad wig i said before the game I don’t like her officiating, shes horrible.

 

[volforlife10]

Has Boyd scored in the past 3 games? Put in little Darby or ace. IMHO we need scoring...

she did this game. her defense is also 100x better than either of the mentioned.

 

[volfan__18]

Has Boyd scored in the past 3 games? Put in little Darby or ace. IMHO we need scoring...

Boyd plays some of the best defense on the team….if not the best.

 

[LadyVol1908]

officiating hampered both teams. No cooper and no Olsen.

Really pisses me off when officials affect the game so much. Fans played to watch two excellent players play and instead both rode the pine most do the first half.

The woman with the bad wig is awful.

Olsen should have 4 fouls though. Just making a point that people come to watch the stars play. Not to have bogus offensive fouls called on them like coop.

IM SCREAMINGGGG at “bad wig!” I’ve been saying that all night! you’re spot on, she’s SO bad!

 

[glv98]

Has Boyd scored in the past 3 games? Put in little Darby or ace. IMHO we need scoring...

She's a terror on D though.

 

[Volfan2012]

In out system you like to get wide open threes, but when your throwing up bricks it does not work.

 

[RespectAPA]

officiating hampered both teams. No cooper and no Olsen.

Really pisses me off when officials affect the game so much. Fans played to watch two excellent players play and instead both rode the pine most do the first half.

The woman with the bad wig is awful.

Olsen should have 4 fouls though. Just making a point that people come to watch the stars play. Not to have bogus offensive fouls called on them like coop.

And this is why basketball would be a better sport if you didn't get "fouled out" [ejected, to the bench] just for getting X number of common fouls. Is there any other sport there the ref will sit you if you get too many generic fouls? Soccer it only applies to yellow cards, not to common fouls, and that's the closest example I can think of.

 

[SGMVols]

If Cooper stays on the floor this half we win

If she keeps piling up fouls we lose

That simple

 

[VolBall09]

We are just SO inefficient! I HATE that!

Hard to imagine that getting much better either which is scary. We just don’t have the right kind of players to effectively run this system. Very excited for our recruiting class and returning players.

The holdovers are too slow and too inefficient offensively to play this way. We need to recruit some shooters like Iowa as. Some speedy girls to come in off the bench who play their role. Knock down shooters who will defend to go along with our more athletic prime time players.

Our role players try to do wayyyyy too much. #1 and Hollingshed are the most guilty. If you don’t have a look give it up. No reason to dribble around into the paint, draw three defenders and force a bad shot or turn it over. Ball can’t stick like that. It kills us.

 

[therealitytheory]

Dribble driving into the lane produces MUCH better shots than our wasteland behind the 3 pt line.

 

[LadyVol1908]

I also thought it was funny that Iowa’s coaches were yelling “shooter” when Sara caught the ball that whole half! Not this year loves!

 

[chuckiepoo]

This lineup right here kills our energy. First game you can really feel the drop with the subbing.

Need to blend either Darby or Sara into that starting group.

 

[RAVOL]

Alright Ruby had a good close to half. All tied up 35. Considering Cooper only played 6mns this half and our 3 point shooting we only made 2 and tied OK. Now forcing turnovers was outstanding. In CHRIST Alone

 

[VolBall09]

And this is why basketball would be a better sport if you didn't get "fouled out" [ejected, to the bench] just for getting X number of common fouls. Is there any other sport there the ref will sit you if you get too many generic fouls? Soccer it only applies to yellow cards, not to common fouls, and that's the closest example I can think of.

I would at least like to see foul limit go to 6 like the pros. The game is so much more physical than it was when the 5 foul rule was designed.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Eventually wide open 3s have to fall….right?

Right?

 

[glv98]

In out system you like to get wide open threes, but when your throwing up bricks it does not work.

The brick layers are especially clanging it tonight. Seems like everything is thudding off the back iron. The ones that draw iron that is.

Maybe we'l come out hot the second half. Great work by Ruby pulling us back to even at the half.

Agree w post above, probably keeping Coop on the floor will make the difference in winning or losing.

 

[VolBall09]

Need to blend either Darby or Sara into that starting group.

Yeah I like Darby in that group. She can hit and open shot and will get lost with that lineup in.

#1 shouldn’t be on the floor. Completely ineffective. Spear needs to stay spaced better and move off the ball better.