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

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glv98 said:
Just 80$ per month, DirectTV stream was up to 120$ for approx the same live channels. I'm loving the You Tube TV multiview where you can choose several games to watch at once.
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You need a good internet connection, I love it youtube.tv and ATT internet Fiber, pig in slop lol
 
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I think we have a better shot at controlling this game compared to the FSU game. This Iowa team is a little more predictable.

Will be interested to see how Olsen is coming off her weird injury. Should be healed up but Jan still acted like she was limited a bit by it in her presser earlier this week.

As always gotta go Lady Vols.

82-74 is my prediction.

Iowa can score but they are not quite as athletic as other teams we have played. They still have some really confident, veteran, leaders leftover from the Clark era that give them an edge on cohesiveness.

O’Grady isn’t a player we can just NOT guard. She isn’t overly athletic but she can catch and finish a layup. Our bigs have to do a good job matching up with her in the paint.

We should matchup well with Stuelke and their perimeter players. Player to player we have an athleticism advantage over Iowa I did not think we had against FSU.

I expect to see us press more like we have been against Iowa. They did not handle pressure very well in their Caribbean tournament, of course that was without their primary ball handler, but still. I do think our pressure will wear them down as the game goes on.

Latson and Gordon are both “unflappable/untrappable” as Debbie Anontelli used to say about Ivory Latta. Made that a futile effort most of the game against FSU. Iowa bench is very young and will turn it over if put it a compromising position. Olsen is a talent but isn’t nearly as athletic as Clark and I think she can be doubled and turned over off our traps in a way Clark could not because of her passing. Olsen is definitely a pure scorer and not the playmaker Clark was.
 
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RebKell said:
You need a good internet connection, I love it youtube.tv and ATT internet Fiber, pig in slop lol
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When I dropped all my AT &T, I picked up TMobile WiFi for just 30$/mo along w my new phone plan. Went from about 175$/mo for live TV and WiFi to 110$. Also a pig in slop.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Latson and Gordon are both “unflappable/untrappable” as Debbie Anontelli used to say about Ivory Latta
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To say Ivory Latta was unflappable is just beyond bizarre! Maybe unflappable on plays where she didn't fake injuries, but she faked injuries so much she had to see a psychologist to try to break what became a very disturbing/comical habit. She would have done well as a football player trying to slow down a fast paced offense.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Will be interested to see how Olsen is coming off her weird injury. Should be healed up but Jan still acted like she was limited a bit by it in her presser earlier this week.
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A laceration across her knee. Seems that could need a couple of weeks to heal. Almost tip time. We’ll see.
 
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glv98 said:
To say Ivory Latta was unflappable is just beyond bizarre! Maybe unflappable on plays where she didn't fake injuries, but she faked injuries so much she had to see a psychologist to try to break what became a very disturbing/comical habit. She would have done well as a football player trying to slow down a fast paced offense.
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You invoking the feinting goats?
 
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chuckiepoo said:
A laceration across her knee. Seems that could need a couple of weeks to heal. Almost tip time. We’ll see.
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Jan said she was practicing again this week so I expect her to be playing mostly normal. Might still be a little tentative and maybe a little out of her rhythm which would be beneficial for us.

Did sound like a really nasty wound, just a freak thing.
 
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glv98 said:
To say Ivory Latta was unflappable is just beyond bizarre! Maybe unflappable on plays where she didn't fake injuries, but she faked injuries so much she had to see a psychologist to try to break what became a very disturbing/comical habit. She would have done well as a football player trying to slow down a fast paced offense.
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You couldn’t take the ball from her though lol. That’s what she was always talking about. You couldn’t trap or press UNC when she was there. Her handle was way too tight.

I HATED Ivory as a player. Man she drove me nuts.

Mykayla Epps at Kentucky gave me the same vibes.
 
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volforlife10 said:
LOVE our starting 5. latham, spencer, cooper, whitehorn, and spearman
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To me that is the Big 5 for us. They give us the most hustle and athelticism at one time on the court.

The newcomers have definitely bought in and adapted to what Kim is doing quicker than some of the returners.

Hoping Spear and Darby can both stay hot tonight and knock in some transition threes off the bench. Both of them are going to be important for us this season.
 
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Let's get back on track on steals and turnovers! Two straight sub-80 games offensivly would be disapointing.

I hope the user that commented about Iowa being less athletic and prone to backcourt pressure is right on the money, we could see this game get ugly for Iowa if they struggle to get the ball down the court cleanly. We've already seen in our mid-major/D2 games how much a mismatch in athleticism can make UT being terrible matchup for the other team.
 
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