Game Thread: Lady Vols Vs Oklahoma; Sun Jan 5th ; Home game; 3 PM Eastern; ESPN

#752
#752
spojo13 said:
Yeah, even if we missed, I could accept that we made the right call there, but I just don’t get having your worst shooter statistically taking the last shot from that distance no matter how open she was. Here we are again talking about how hard we fought to come back against a top team but no win to show for it. Luckily, there are other games on the schedule where we can hopefully get the big win that we’ve been needing as a program.
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Cause we didn't need a three to win. We needed two points and one to tie. It just wasn't the right call if that was the designed play.
 
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#753
#753
Should a would a could of. Oh well really good come back. Still learning to play as a team we're getting there. Love the fight and the culture seems to be alive and well. Hard for a 3 point shooters not to take a wide-open shot. Is what it is. She probably drives to the basket if she gets another chance. OK is a pretty good team and we forced them to make a lot of mistakes with our hustle.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
I wish they would've let Cooper drive it I could've accepted the loss better if she failed taking it to the basket. Just did not like a three from any player one point down. Chance to get fouled is there on a drive.
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she does have a good mid-range game and i would have liked my odds better there.. in addition if you drive you have a great chance of getting to the line to win the game that way.
 
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newladyvolfan said:
Even though we lost and we played bad and Puckett missed the last shot.. We shouldnt blame her or be rude. We win as a team and we lose as a team. and its just 1 loss. Its a great teachable moment and a chance to grow.
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finally, something you said that I can repost
Thank you
 
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BruisedOrange said:
From CKC's radio interview:

Didn't bring urgency on D for all 4 quarters--again!
Got into our selves feeling bad when shots weren't dropping. We will show them their body language. Wasted a quarter.
OU averages 18 more rebounds than their opponents. LSU averages 17 more. We will see whether we fix this or not.
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Yep, I pointed out their affect early on in the game. Too much poorly regulated emotion. Even at the end Jewel was lobbying for a foul on the three she shot when if she had hustled back she could have stopped the outlet pass. She is not the worst offender here but they need to watch the men's team and how they never stop hustling to lobby the refs when the game situation demands they hustle.

Spearman was the no-show. We will have to see if that was just a one-off or if that is what happens to her against bigger posts. Because I will tell you right now, we will face MUCH better posts than Beers.

Another thing to remember is that Kim will have an SEC learning curve too. But she analyzes exactly what the problems are correctly and will get everything out of this team that it has.
 
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DarkPhoenix said:
I’m never happy with a loss, you lose by 1 point or 30 points it’s the same, to me, no moral victories. Losing a conference game this early doesn’t put them in a good spot, they were exposed and that’s fine.
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Losing to a team ranked in the Top 10 by one point is not being exposed. You sound ridiculous.
If you think it is you can’t be taken serious.
I said a day ago if Oklahoma played solid and the Lady Vols played solid we win by a good margin.
Well Oklahoma played about as good as they can and the Lady Vols struggled from their own mistakes both on the court and coaching wise for about 2 and 1/2 quarters.
And still loss by 1 point.
That’s not a moral victory.
That’s being competitive.
And just like the LVs won the first 13 games in a row when you had no expectations for this season, they can very well win the next 13 games and counting in a row.
GBO!
 
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I assume we'll go back to coach's system vs. Vanderbilt, MSST, and Arkansas. Question is, will coach convince herself that, despite the 3rd QTR being a tremendous failure, that it isn't a bad idea and try to run it again against LSU instead of getting back to the load management (i.e. not expecting 140 minutes out of our highest scoring 5) that got us 13 wins in the first place?

Because LSU might actually beat us by 20 like Oklahoma easily could have if we try to do that instead of having 5 rested legs on the court most of the time.
 
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Voluble2 said:
Yep, I pointed out their affect early on in the game. Too much poorly regulated emotion. Even at the end Jewel was lobbying for a foul on the three she shot when if she had hustled back she could have stopped the outlet pass. She is not the worst offender here but they need to watch the men's team and how they never stop hustling to lobby the refs when the game situation demands they hustle.

Spearman was the no-show. We will have to see if that was just a one-off or if that is what happens to her against bigger posts. Because I will tell you right now, we will face MUCH better posts than Beers.

Another thing to remember is that Kim will have an SEC learning curve too. But she analyzes exactly what the problems are correctly and will get everything out of this team that it has.
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You don’t see much better than Beers tbh. There might be a few better but she’s up there with the best.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Cause we didn't need a three to win. We needed two points and one to tie. It just wasn't the right call if that was the designed play.
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Yeah, I am going to assume that was not the designed play even if Kim says she had every faith in the world that she would make it bc that is what a good, kind coach should say. I think Oklahoma had every intention in the world to let Puckett be the one to shoot it, and it paid off for them.
 
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adam.vol said:
I didn’t mind the shot. A wide open three is the same as a free throw. I didn’t like how she stood still while the ball rolled by her though. “Somebody should get that ball.. Not me!”
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A wide open 3 is not the same as a free throw. She had a chance to drive and shoot from the ft line and opted to bang it. Agree on the after shot miss.
 
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volfan__18 said:
You don’t see much better than Beers tbh. There might be a few better but she’s up there with the best.
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This season I do think she’s top of heap for bigs in the SEC. The Strack girl from Kentucky can play but she’s up and down and young. South Carolina doesn’t have a big who has asserted theirselves. Texas has two very mediocre bigs in Jones and Oldacre.
 
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Volinnooga said:
Interesting. I’m not gonna bother to look but did you comment last year when the SC player, who had not made a 3 all year, was given an open look that she made to hear us.
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Yes I commented that it was the dumbest possible thing you could do to leave any player open from three in that context. Including Cardoso.
 
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