Game Thread: Lady Vols Vs UCONN. ; Thurs Feb 6th ; Home game; 6:30 PM Eastern; ESPN...WIN 80-76

[xtpsrh08123]

This team is so much fun to watch and what a win for this program and fanbase

Night and day from the last decade. The days of us complaining about wth offense do we run is over lol we got movement off the ball and DAMN GOOD ATHLETES !

 

[xtpsrh08123]

The one glaring difference between this Caldwell coached team and our past teams post summit is the culture and comradery. No egos everyone is playing for each other I miss this love to see it Kimmy!!!

 

[Orange007]

these attendance numbers are really fantastic for her first season. i am so happy to see more people loving the lady vols. a night to remember.


SPARKING THE SUMMITT: A season-high crowd of 16,215 fans attended Food City Center during the matchup against the Huskies, and its presence was felt. It was the largest Lady Vol crowd in the venue since 18,563 watched the Florida matchup on Feb. 26, 2012, when the Big Orange posted a 75-59 win. It marked the fifth 10,000-plus crowd of the 2024-25 season. The other 10,000-plus crowds: South Carolina (12,033), LSU (10,220), Oklahoma (11,321) and Winthrop (11,152). UT is now averaging 10,461 over 13 home dates.

#19/17 Lady Vols Deliver Breakthrough Win Over #5/5 UConn, 80-76 - University of Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After coming oh so close to netting victories over four top-10 teams this season, No. 19/17 Tennessee finally broke through in a big way on Thursday

utsports.com

 

[xtpsrh08123]

I hope there were some future recruits at the game

Took the words out of my mouth . Hoping recruits see what’s transpiring in Knoxville right now !

 

[xtpsrh08123]

Play of the game : Kaniyah Boyd’s behind the basket and head layup ! Superb athleticism !!!!

 

[xtpsrh08123]

View attachment 720077Never lost to UConn. Suck it, haters.

This image makes me think of the “UCANT” days

 

[xtpsrh08123]

Geno postgame : She should have stayed home with her baby hahaha hilarious I love his respect for Kim. He never spoke that way about Kellie or Francis .

 

[Voluble2]

Winning the game will be the second happiest moment of the day for Kim. First will be when she gets home and sees her son. Things are in the proper perspective for her now and sometimes that takes some of the pressure off. She looked very relaxed out there tonight.

One of the best things about this win was how everyone contributed, and everyone played well. No one had to play their absolute best, but we shared the ball and kept the dumb mistakes to a minimum. That shows we have found a style of play that is repeatable. Not that there weren't plenty of heroic plays spread amongst the players. Boyd's high speed layup was the one that got us out of our seats. And the rebounding was phenomenal. I don't know what got that fixed but it was fixed in a big way tonight.

It will be interesting to see if they summon this same intensity and confidence for the LSU game. It would be huge to pick up a road win against a team like that. Hopefully we don't have a hangover from the big win.

 

[BruisedOrange]

 

[BruisedOrange]

 

[xtpsrh08123]

This gave me chills all over again man it’s been so long wow I’m overjoyed and proud of this squad regardless of the finishing results. We are indeed in an upward trajectory ! Goodnight folks love it here lol

 

[xtpsrh08123]

If only I had not been booted from the boneyard a week or so ago, I could go there tonight and see the carnage. Oh well, let me just imagine, sometimes that is even better than the real thing. What a great game by UT.

I went there all in shambles blaming the players and Genos timeout for the loss. I think a sense of humble pie has struck them as I’m seeing a lot of posts over there saying they are not an elite team and will be happy to make the elite 8/s16. Already claiming a loss to sc as well smh. Geno is Geno that’s saying a lot so I’m still not convinced they will bow out early in the tourney.

 

[xtpsrh08123]

She is a recruiting tool for the Huskies. My nickname for her is "CT Lobot."

Yep she is the lead recruiter for them she can make an out of bounds save attempt by a UConn player become the national freshmen of the year with one comment . Helps to work at espn when your a graduate of UConn.

 

[jsc1973]

Worked out great. Coach Kim got her first big win and Geno got his butt kicked. First time I've ever had to root against Sarah Strong. I watched her high school team win the last three state championships on my 49th, 50th, and 51st birthdays. Love that kid, but why'd she have to go play for the Conn artists?

Debating whether or not to wear a Tennessee shirt when I see her dad tomorrow. He still coaches there and they're playing Friday night.

 

[HerdLVol]

No sad faces tonight in the post game. All smiles

 

[th2421]

the stadium was pumping tho. the crowd was electric and definitely helped a ton. i can attest, i was there.

Truly, the best basketball environment I’ve been in since the 2001 UConn game. Energy was phenomenal.

 

[RespectAPA]

I went there all in shambles blaming the players and Genos timeout for the loss. I think a sense of humble pie has struck them as I’m seeing a lot of posts over there saying they are not an elite team and will be happy to make the elite 8/s16. Already claiming a loss to sc as well smh. Geno is Geno that’s saying a lot so I’m still not convinced they will bow out early in the tourney.

It's true of every fanbase, we all overestimate how much it means, 40 minutes of basketball. (reading this forum during 1st halves, often fans overestimate how much 10 minutes means)

UConn is a really good team, I don't know what game their fans were watching if they really don't think that they just lost a shootout to another really good team. They'll be fine.

 

[th2421]

Prediction Winner @th2421 81-77

I’m not sure I even believed this prediction but I went with my heart!

 

[RespectAPA]

Oh my God, how many times does Geno say "uh" in this interview? Has he always done that...? I can't stand to listen to it for more than a minute.

 

[Orange.]

Chris Low has a good article on the game.

Lady Vols revel in 1st win over UConn since 2007

No. 19 Tennessee women's basketball team upset No. 5 UConn, 80-76, on Thursday. It was the school's first win over UConn since 2007.

www.espn.com

As the final seconds ticked off and the celebration erupted, two of the Lady Vols' veterans, Jewel Spear and Samara Spencer, immediately sprinted to embrace Caldwell, who only 17 days ago was in the hospital delivering her baby boy, Conor. Caldwell was back at practice the following week.

"She told us when she got here that she wants this year to be the year that we do something special," Spear said. "She didn't want to wait, and that's special being a senior, hearing that from a coach that believes in us, and we saw how quickly she returned after having her baby. It's just the sacrifices that she continuously makes for us. It's the little things that we do for her, which is just playing hard.

"That's all she really asked for."

 

[Orange.]

Look at those smiles!

 

[HerdLVol]

In that post game you could see that UConn was crushed by this loss. The players were in shock. I almost felt sorry for them. I was very surprised by this reaction. Obviously they didn’t expect this.

 

[kregman]

The Ladyvols have been building towards this all season finally broke through against a top team. Love it for them.

 

[Orange.]

Trying to sleep. Still feel like this.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

She has brought her system and the players are buying in. She is also doing it with many players still around from the previous staff. All of them have bought in, we are clearly better under Caldwell. I can’t till we see a few more recruiting classes of players she recruits. Congrats to the staff and the players as they battled hard as a unit tonight and kept up the intensity on both ends of the floor. Way to go Lady Vols!!!!