Game Thread: Lady Vols at Miss St; 7PM; SEC network

[zaqhhh]

Wow I turned this off after the called intentional.

Only to see the final just now

Don’t really know what to say.

Love the fight we can show at times but we turn anemic in the worst situations as well.

Turnovers, lack of team speed been the story all season. Continued again.

 

[Gilmore]

Doesn't seem that hard for Kara Lawson. Please.

She is recruiting well, we’ll see how it plays out. She does have spunk.

 

[SGMVols]

how would you feel about Walz?

I’ve wanted him since Pat retired lol

 

[VolBall09]

i wonder if Brenda would be ready for a change now that her twins are older. I personally don’t like her but it would be hard to argue against her hire.

Facts, stings but I’d rather ride with her than against her lol

 

[Nute Gunray]

Kara Lawson is not going to leave Duke anytime soon. The UT AD needs to do an extensive search from the head coaches in the WCBB top 25. He can exclude coaches like Geno, Dawn, Kim, Tara and Kara.

 

[Volstylexx]

I’ve wanted him since Pat retired lol

I wasn’t mad at the Holly hire (at the time). They rewarded her loyalty and hoped she could continue the legacy. I’ve been team Walz since. I would love to see what he could do here.

 

[Voluble2]

sorry,,,ready to bite the head off of a bat right now,,,I better walk away

Probably should have used blue font. It's all good.

 

[utkCREW]

Kara Lawson is not going to leave Duke anytime soon. The UT AD needs to do an extensive search from the head coaches in the WCBB top 25. He can exclude coaches like Geno, Dawn, Kim, Tara and Kara.

Brenda Frese would be the homerun hire AND it could totally happen imo.

 

[utkCREW]

Honorable mention upincoming Adia Barnes -- I was in Arizona for the UT Men's BBall game and also got to go to a women's game. Adia Barnes is intense! She's like a Bruce Pearl, but with more Xs & Os coaching skill.

 

[creekdipper]

Walz fan boys out in full force. Have to admit that all the fawning posts actually cheer me up. We can always use some comedy after a double overtime loss.

 

[Memvol44]

They’ll have plenty of rest during the NCAA tourney

Has nothing to do with tonight....

 

[chuckiepoo]

I’ve wanted him since Pat retired lol

..obviously

 

[SGMVols]

Honorable mention upincoming Adia Barnes -- I was in Arizona for the UT Men's BBall game and also got to go to a women's game. Adia Barnes is intense! She's like a Bruce Pearl, but with more Xs & Os coaching skill.

She’s really good but Arizona is her alma mater. Doubt she’d leave

 

[Darth_Vol]

Not sure why everyone is getting their hopes up for a new coach, still highly unlikely Kellie gets fired this season...

 

[WVU05UT09]

Tennessee isn't paying Jeff what they do at Louisville.

The old guard will never welcome him or Brenda Friese here....period...end of story. (Candace Parker recruitment).

If they were willing to hire off Brenda's tree I'd rather have Tina Langley. Brenda's never been the same since she and Jeff went off staff.

 

[turbovol]

Just started watching the replay:

Harper still has us playing man defense that we CANNOT play, as everybody on the team gets beat off the dribble.

Here's what happened in a one-minute stretch halfway through in the first quarter, which typifies this team:

--Turnover by Walker.
---Darby easily gets beat off the dribble and her mark scores on a layup
-----Horston gets beat off the dribble and then fouls--her second. And she heads to the bench with less than half of the first quarter played.
---We come down the court and have four players standing around the perimeter of the 3-point line with one player in the middle. The ball
is passed to Jackson, who seems to want to go 1v1 but instead takes a slightly off-balance three-point shot and misses.

 

[Memvol44]

I've got to walk away for a spell,,,Grrrrrrrrr

They are ready to lynch Kellie for a double overtime loss on the road without Horston and worn out..

 

[Memvol44]

Tennessee isn't paying Jeff what they do at Louisville.

The old guard will never welcome him or Brenda Friese here....period...end of story. (Candace Parker recruitment).

If they were willing to hire off Brenda's tree I'd rather have Tina Langley. Brenda's never been the same since she and Jeff went off staff.

Yes,Brenda plays dirty..

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

That was a tired lady vol team. They need a break..

Being tired isn’t a valid excuse. Every team is dealing with fatigue at this point in the season.

 

[ncteacher88]

I hear people saying that they might not make the tournament. That seems ridiculous to me. They are in third place in the SEC. They will have a couple days off in the tourney. I cannot imagine a scenario, unless there is a complete collapse, where they do not make it. They have one sure win, and three probable. Their only tough game is against USC, which will not be a bad loss. UConn went up in the polls after losing to USC. Once in the two tournaments anything can happen.

 

[RAVOL]

That was a tired lady vol team. They need a break..

Break is more needed mentally. Few days off and soul search how you want to finish this year.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

They are ready to lynch Kellie for a double overtime loss on the road without Horston and worn out..

A double OT loss to a team that had a losing conference record coming into tonight. Horston fouling out isn’t remotely the same as not having her at all.

 

[VolBall09]

Honorable mention upincoming Adia Barnes -- I was in Arizona for the UT Men's BBall game and also got to go to a women's game. Adia Barnes is intense! She's like a Bruce Pearl, but with more Xs & Os coaching skill.

NO another coach who cannot coach offense and who employs her husband.

 

[Dak1219]

I'm sure Coach Harper is very knowledgeable and knows the game but not everyone is a great coach who can translate what they want to do to the court. Its a skillset many lack. Some coaches also seem to struggle at P5's and thrive more in the mid majors.

I notice a lot of teams who went to the portal like crazy this past offseason to be struggling with the exception of a couple teams. Its clearly not how you build or sustain a program.

Kellie problem is she is too loyal to the ones that were already here and feels obligated to start them and play them for extended minutes. You notice Kim Mulkey has used her transfers and played them together for extended minutes from the jump and look where they are now. Kim is there to win games no matter what and she brought in Angel Reese and built her program around her with Williams, Carson, Johnson and the one returner Morris. Kim was experienced enough to put together a schedule that she could work the transfers in and build chemistry while winning games. Kim's players also know that Angel is the centerpiece of the offense. Rickea should be the same, but Kellie wants everyone to score a basket or two so that they can feel good about themself and have more camaraderie. (Everyone gets a trophy mentality). Unfortunately, camaraderie doesn't help less talented players shoot 55-60% from the floor consistently and average 20 points a game against most any defense.

 

[Volstylexx]

I hear people saying that they might not make the tournament. That seems ridiculous to me. They are in third place in the SEC. They will have a couple days off in the tourney. I cannot imagine a scenario, unless there is a complete collapse, where they do not make it. They have one sure win, and three probable. Their only tough game is against USC, which will not be a bad loss. UConn went up in the polls after losing to USC. Once in the two tournaments anything can happen.

Yes. 19th in NCAA net rankings. They are at no real risk of missing the NCAA tournament at this point. We’d need to lose 4 of their last 5 and even then the first round of the SEC tournament would likely be a play in game for the ncaas.