Game Thread Lady Vols vs Northwestern State NCAA Tournament

#252
#252
Amb3096 said:
They need consistency. Right now, only Harrison is bringing it every game. They need some consistency out of their backcourt...otherwise, the minute Tennessee runs into a team with a post game to contain Harrison, then they will lose big.
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I'm with you,they will have to be consistent each and every game,but if Izzy is having a tough game

CHW can all ways bring in Russell these days,I hope they can continue to get Russell some quality minutes going forward

I'm more worried about the lack of some good 3 point shooting
 
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#254
#254
It was a close first half and start of the second half until the Lady Vols got untracked. Got to do better shot selection overall if they plan on making the elite 8. Just hope Simmons can hit more of her shots than she did today. The competition gets tougher the next roud.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Not a good start to the tournament. Tennessee won because they were taller and "out-athleted" their opponent. That won't work in their next game and beyond. They need to play basketball, not street ball, if they want to get back to the FF. Unbelievable how many layups they missed....
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Northwestern's players averaged 5'8". They were less athletic, much slower, less talented. Their lack of physical conditioning prevented them from sustaining a high level of play in the second half. The LV advantage in every area should have put them ahead by 25 at the half.

To me the problem with the LVs game is a total lack of fundamentals. This is a coaching problem. The players are skilled but don't know how to use their skills effectively. The coaches have no control over the players. They haven't prepared the players mentally to cope with the pressures of playing in the tournament. The coaches act more like friends than coaches.

The ESPN whip around coverage (I was in Vermont) showed the first half then went to other games. Only those in Tennessee and LV fans who tuned in via other outlets saw the 2nd half. That means most of the nation was exposed to a terrible image of what Tennessee basketball is like. Northwestern looked bad too, but that was expected.
 
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i do have to say that it is a bad problem to have Convoluted,it is bad that they are a number one seed and all,a lot of there problem is they will play down to a worse team,i do wish they would stop that
 
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Convoluted said:
Northwestern's players averaged 5'8". They were less athletic, much slower, less talented. Their lack of physical conditioning prevented them from sustaining a high level of play in the second half. The LV advantage in every area should have put them ahead by 25 at the half.

To me the problem with the LVs game is a total lack of fundamentals. This is a coaching problem. The players are skilled but don't know how to use their skills effectively. The coaches have no control over the players. They haven't prepared the players mentally to cope with the pressures of playing in the tournament. The coaches act more like friends than coaches.

The ESPN whip around coverage (I was in Vermont) showed the first half then went to other games. Only those in Tennessee and LV fans who tuned in via other outlets saw the 2nd half. That means most of the nation was exposed to a terrible image of what Tennessee basketball is like. Northwestern looked bad too, but that was expected.
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So, shooting 22% in the first half is a coaching problem? The girls were totally flat for some reason. Don't even try to put that on the coaches. They still come up with sloppy passes for TO's and that can be put on coaching.
 
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#258
Do any of you ever go to the game? It is a game of substitutions. It's like if you're not substituting, you're not coaching. Have you noticed Andraya probably hasn't taken 10 shots since before SEC. She was a great outside shooter. Why isn't she shooting? I believe she is afraid to miss. Graves and Simmons get benched every time they miss a shot. Jones made one bad toss and out she came. She was visibly upset. If every time you go to shoot, you think, if I miss I'll come out....how would you do? We have one offensive play: pass, pass, pass to Izzy, shoot.
 
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Magherr said:
We have one offensive play: pass, pass, pass to Izzy, shoot.
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When that one offensive play scores 60% of the time! I'll take it all day.

There's no reason they shouldn't be going in to Izzy every chance they get. She's the only player on the team who has consistently showed up for the last 3 months.
 
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Slydell said:
So, shooting 22% in the first half is a coaching problem? The girls were totally flat for some reason. Don't even try to put that on the coaches. They still come up with sloppy passes for TO's and that can be put on coaching.
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Yes. Poor shot selection, wrong person shooting, poor ball movement. All coaching issues. Those highlight videos never show the bad plays.
 
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Convoluted said:
Yes. Poor shot selection, wrong person shooting, poor ball movement. All coaching issues. Those highlight videos never show the bad plays.
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Didn't watch the highlights, watched the game. I'll just have to disagree on the coaching issue when normally good shooters can't throw it in the ocean. I think the other issues were created by the team going dead cold after their first 5-6 shots. I'll throw that on the coaches for not preparing them better for the times things don't go as planned.
 
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Slydell said:
So, shooting 22% in the first half is a coaching problem? The girls were totally flat for some reason. Don't even try to put that on the coaches. They still come up with sloppy passes for TO's and that can be put on coaching.
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in five or six years. Coaching is certainly one reason why. UT has almost always relied on having more talent than the opponent. That doesn't cut in anymore. You need talent and great coaching. We have mediocre coaching--at best.
 
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