Game Thread Lady Vols vs Arkansas in the SEC Tournament

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volnationnj said:
I had to do some research for this one.
It seems that Jennifer Rizzotti was not a very highly sought after recruit coming out of high school (estimated>100).
She went on to be an AP player of the year at Connecticut.
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I was also saying that to say he doesn't just go after 5 stars he makes it work with the lower level talent he recruits as well

Here's a link of his 2016 recruiting class;
2016 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits - Connecticut - ESPN

As you can she there is a 5'8" G and a 6'2" Post that are 3 star players. With the lost of Stewie and more than likely Tuck and the transfer of Boykins the 6'2" Post will more than likely be logging minutes behind the 6'5" Butler. Holly didn't even look at a 3 star until she whiff on all her 5 stars in November. Geno picks players and offers players scholarships based on his philosophy and not just because they are 5 star recruits/All Americans
 
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armchair said:
The Vols problem is not "the big head" but a lack of confidence and swagger. We've been missing both for years. I had to shake my head at Cooper making the SEC All Freshman team. She has talent and potential--but she's not had a good year, and yet this citation makes it appear as though she has.
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WHEN was this announced? I agree, if it was named since the SEC games started in January, it is crazy.
 
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If we push the ball up the court and make their defense work we should win the game. You still have to make shots and we have a better chance of doing that if were pushing the ball getting the defense our of position and taking the open shot available.
Forget about the Holly speak quick shoot the basketball let it fly when you open probably the best shot you will get.
 
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If I have to read one more post with 'Coach Jumper' in the title...can't the self promotion be taken to another forum???
 
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tonybologna said:
So we split the regular season series with the Lady Razorbacks winning one game pretty handily. We seem to have gotten our mo-jo back the final regular season game against Georgia.

If we play like that no way we lose this first game for us in the SEC tourney. I'm going to predict Lady Vols 70 Lady Razorbacks 58. GO LADY VOLS!
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How many times
got_my_mojo_working_sweatshirt.jpg
seems like a lot!
 
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There is only one team in the conference that can match our talent--south carolina. We should beat everyone else, and could beat them--but it will require playing tough-minded, confident basketball and not the pathetic crap we saw all season.
 
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We will win this game in easy fashion if we use the same lineup we used against Georgia. The girls take it up another gear knowing their backs are against the wall.The LVs kick a little and win 80 to 59.:boxing2:
 
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Lady Vols V Ark;

 No. 7 seed Tennessee (17-12, 8-8 SEC) faces No. 10 seed Arkansas (12-17, 7-9 SEC) on Thursday evening at Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., in the second round of the 2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament.

A ton of gameday and background information on the UT Sports page

LinK: Lady Vols: SEC Tournament Central - University of Tennessee Official Athletic Site



Mark Bergin, WBIR 11:59 PM. EST March 02, 2016
Gives us the following report:

(WBIR – JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) The Tennessee Lady Vols begin postseason play when they take on the Arkansas Razorbacks Thursday night in the second round of the SEC women’s basketball tournament.
Tennessee (17-12, 8-8 SEC) enters the tournament as a No. 7 seed. It marks the program’s lowest seed in the tournament, according to UT Athletics.
The Lady Vols are coming off of an 80-60 home win against Georgia on Senior Day. Vols’ redshirt sophomore guard Diamond DeShields scored 22 points while making her first start in more than a month.
DeShields is Tennessee’s leading scorer at 13.1 points per game.
This season the Lady Vols lost a program-record 12 games, and were knocked out of the AP rankings for the first time since February 1985.
More: Lady Vols out of the AP rankings for first time since 1985
Previous: Lady Vols lose program record 12th game
Freshman guard Te’a Cooper was the only Lady Vol named as part of the All-SEC women’s basketball postseason honors.
Cooper was named to the conference’s all-freshman team. She averaged 8.9 points and 2.3 assists per game in 29 contests this season.
Tennessee split the season series against Arkansas, losing 64-59 in Fayetteville on Jan. 14and winning 75-57 in Knoxville on Feb. 4 for Holly Warlick’s 100th career victory.
Arkansas (12-17, 7-9 SEC) is the No. 10 seed in the SEC tournament.
The Razorbacks beat Ole Miss 60-49 on Sunday.
Junior forward Jessica Jackson is the Razorbacks’ leading scorer at 16.6 points per game. Jackson is the SEC’s third leading scorer this season.
The winner of Thursday night’s game will advance to the quarterfinals and will play the No. 2 seed Texas A&M (21-8, 11-5 SEC) at 6 p.m. ET Friday.
Both the Lady Vols and the Razorbacks have lost two of their last three games.
Tennessee leads the all-time series against Arkansas 27-3.
The SEC issued a release on the security policies for tournament in Jacksonville, Fla. Click here to review the policies.
The state of Florida is hosting its first-ever SEC women’s tournament.
Last season, the Lady Vols made it to the SEC championship game before falling to South Carolina 62-46.
Tipoff between the Tennessee and Arkansas is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET Thursday at Veterans Memorial Arena, and the game will telecast on the SEC Network.
(© 2016 WBIR)


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I will be in front of my big screen. daring anyone to interrupt as I watch the Lady Vols destroy Arkansas, 75-60...

Turn it up Ladies!!... Coach Jumper
 
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Yes SEC tournament. It's now time for the international team of stars from London, Denmark, and Japan otherwise known as LSU to play Caintuck.
 
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Well it turns out Caintuck has their own team of international stars from Nigeria, Slovakia, and New Yawk City.
 
#47
#47
The uuuuuuuuuge question for the Lady Vols is this: Did the Lady Vols play like they did against Georgia ONLY because they wanted the seniors to go out on a winning note in their last home game?
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
The uuuuuuuuuge question for the Lady Vols is this: Did the Lady Vols play like they did against Georgia ONLY because they wanted the seniors to go out on a winning note in their last home game?
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If they did, then that certainly doesn't bode well for their SEC tourney chances.

As it is, the team has shown that they can be beaten by just about anyone if Diamond isn't playing well. Actually, they have proven they can be beaten by just about anyone even if Diamond IS playing well...

The only chance they have for a long tournament run is if they can get out to some big leads, let the starters rest (especially Bashaara and Diamond), and have the bench play big minutes without losing the lead. There's no reason that anyone other than Jackson, Middleton, Dunbar and Moore needs to be playing 30 minutes tonight.
 
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