Game Thread: (RV/RV) Lady Vols. 56 - (9/9) Virginia Tech 59

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I am disappointed with how our season has started as anyone. However, this board has gotten crazier by the game. There are a few things I want to respond to. First, Martha Suarez played defense throughout the game, shutting down their best players. She also got 9 rebounds and according to Coach had a +/- of +8 despite making some glaring mistakes. Hardly a "trash" game. She played way more minutes than she ever has before, so I imagine her defense and minutes probably wore her out for offense. The second thing is that so many people just jump to these horrible conclusions without any information and state them as fact. The fact that 3 transfer players missed the game does not mean KJH made a horrible mistake with the transfer portal or that they don't want to be here. Two of the three are just in a concussion protocol. I am concerned about Jackson, but as one poster stated that this type of suspension is usually about grades, class attendance, or substance use. All of these or serious but it is a bigger jump to say that she is leaving the team or doesn't want to be here. If any of these three are true, she made a bad decision and let's leave it at that until we have more information. I imagine coach is wanting to make sure whatever happened gets corrected before she comes back. Third, I couldn't believe all the crap comments about our defense when it played wonderfully for the most part against one of the most talented offensive teams in the country. Reading the comments, you would have though Virginia Tech would have had their average game with 79 + points rather than the 59 points they got, that they were shooting about 50% rather than the 35% they did, and that we had no defense on the 3-point shooting when we held them to 28%, well below their average. I did see some early lapses on defense but we really corrected those and put a great effort along with creating more steals than usual and having a +15 rebound margin. No, it was the offense that sunk us with so many easy shots missed, the kind Rickea could make in her sleep. Even there, if we had even two more made shots we wouldn't be having this discussion. Having Hollingshead and Franklin would have been enough to beat this top 10 team. I am concerned about our offense and the missing players, but feel that we have played 4 games in a row where defense and rebounding have improved. Hope we get all our missing players back.
 
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LV renaissance said:
I am disappointed with how our season has started as anyone. However, this board has gotten crazier by the game. There are a few things I want to respond to. First, Martha Suarez played defense throughout the game, shutting down their best players. She also got 9 rebounds and according to Coach had a +/- of +8 despite making some glaring mistakes. Hardly a "trash" game. She played way more minutes than she ever has before, so I imagine her defense and minutes probably wore her out for offense. The second thing is that so many people just jump to these horrible conclusions without any information and state them as fact. The fact that 3 transfer players missed the game does not mean KJH made a horrible mistake with the transfer portal or that they don't want to be here. Two of the three are just in a concussion protocol. I am concerned about Jackson, but as one poster stated that this type of suspension is usually about grades, class attendance, or substance use. All of these or serious but it is a bigger jump to say that she is leaving the team or doesn't want to be here. If any of these three are true, she made a bad decision and let's leave it at that until we have more information. I imagine coach is wanting to make sure whatever happened gets corrected before she comes back. Third, I couldn't believe all the crap comments about our defense when it played wonderfully for the most part against one of the most talented offensive teams in the country. Reading the comments, you would have though Virginia Tech would have had their average game with 79 + points rather than the 50 points they got, that they were shooting about 50% rather than the 35% they did, and that we had no defense on the 3-point shooting when we held them to 28%, well below their average. I did see some early lapses on defense but we really corrected those and put a great effort along with creating more steals than usual and having a +15 rebound margin. No, it was the offense that sunk us with so many easy shots missed, the kind Rickea could make in her sleep. Even there, if we had even two more made shots we wouldn't be having this discussion. Having Hollingshead and Franklin would have been enough to beat this top 10 team. I am concerned about our offense and the missing players, but feel that we have played 4 games in a row where defense and rebounding have improved. Hope we get all our missing players back.
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This!
 
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This forum is such a negative towards Tennessee! I am sure many player, recruits, etc., see this forum and it makes them think twice coming here. Meanwhile, UCONN and SC fans are super supportive, win or lose. As far as Rickea, many I think are reading too far into it. If it were that serious and she was leaving the program or what not, she would not have sat on the bench for the game.
 
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tennisaceb said:
This forum is such a negative towards Tennessee! I am sure many player, recruits, etc., see this forum and it makes them think twice coming here. Meanwhile, UCONN and SC fans are super supportive, win or lose. As far as Rickea, many I think are reading too far into it. If it were that serious and she was leaving the program or what not, she would not have sat on the bench for the game.
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Allow me to give you your first like and welcome to the forum. Sorry I had to take it back after reading all your posts.
 
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northknoxvol said:
Im sure it smells like roses and tastes like candy over on the boards of UCONN and SC whom have good coaches and win more than they lose. Great comparison!
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Winning helps and solves most of the issues. It’s not the lose today, the team played better than expected under the circumstances. It’s the buildup leading up to this year and the 4-5 record as of today.
 
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kell7517 said:
They showed her at the beginning of the game right before tip-off and she was dancing. Not speculating on why she wasn’t dressed but whatever it is I hope it’s been taken care off or addressed. Lady Vols will need her.
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Good to know. Thanks.
 
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tennisaceb said:
This forum is such a negative towards Tennessee! I am sure many player, recruits, etc., see this forum and it makes them think twice coming here. Meanwhile, UCONN and SC fans are super supportive, win or lose. As far as Rickea, many I think are reading too far into it. If it were that serious and she was leaving the program or what not, she would not have sat on the bench for the game.
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If they read the boards they are coming here to validate fans reaction to what they already see. But welcome!
 
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northknoxvol said:
Im sure it smells like roses and tastes like candy over on the boards of UCONN and SC whom have good coaches and win more than they lose. Great comparison!
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You are right...they do win a lot. But how can we expect top players to want to come here when its constant barrages of complaints. The criticism lies with the coaching. It should never involve players. Nika Muhl played horrible today, and I doubt she is getting the heat that this forum throws to some Tennessee players after every lost.
 
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tennisaceb said:
This forum is such a negative towards Tennessee! I am sure many player, recruits, etc., see this forum and it makes them think twice coming here. Meanwhile, UCONN and SC fans are super supportive, win or lose. As far as Rickea, many I think are reading too far into it. If it were that serious and she was leaving the program or what not, she would not have sat on the bench for the game.
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Win and haul in the top HS talent and the negative will go away correct ? As for Jackson she was priority #1 in the portal and you could be right we are reading too far into it but right now it`s not a good look.
 
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djtee said:
Win and haul in the top HS talent and the negative will go away correct ? As for Jackson she was priority #1 in the portal and you could be right we are reading too far into it but right now it`s not a good look.
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Plenty of teams that haven't won championships recently (or at all) or gone to the final four are bringing in top talent. We have done our fair share of winning, I am not sure what the issue is on that end. However, if Jackson doesn't play long term and there is something going on there we are in deep trouble for years to come. That could be our kiss of death.
 
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I watched the dismal first quarter on my phone in an airport, then had to board. Was going to punish myself by watching the rest when I got home. Never saw a comeback or going to the buzzer coming. I haven't found a replay yet, anyone seen one? Thought it would be on demand on espn but don't see it so far.

I did look over the box score and highlights though. Wonderful that Tamari played well, may it continue. I love Jordan Horston so much right now, and our relationship has been rocky throughout her career. What a tough situation for her, having to take up the slack of her apparently wayward teammate and BFF. She works so hard, cares so much and speaks so honestly. But she is just not a very good shooter Unfortunately, neither are about 90% of her teammates.

Great that we worked exclusively on D in practice and apparently it was better. But this lot very much needs to be getting shots up. And then there's our crappy offensive execution overall. Which is why not having one of our one-on-one options available was so devastating.

I do like that they fought back though. They're like that scrappy little team from the end of last year, only with JH, and a true point guard. They have to get better though, especially shooting %. I'm beginning to really worry about Sara P. We really, really need her to find her shot.

I hate the word "indefinite" re RJ, but am encouraged she was on the bench. Ain't gonna lie, visions of Diamond D danced through my head when I heard she was being held out. Hope this turns out instead to be a cheesy, overtold story at the final four of how this turned the season around for RJ and the LVs.

Anyone seen a replay?
 
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tennisaceb said:
Plenty of teams that haven't won championships recently (or at all) or gone to the final four are bringing in top talent. We have done our fair share of winning, I am not sure what the issue is on that end. However, if Jackson doesn't play long term and there is something going on there we are in deep trouble for years to come. That could be our kiss of death.
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Okay, pull it together newby.
 
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tennisaceb said:
Plenty of teams that haven't won championships recently (or at all) or gone to the final four are bringing in top talent. We have done our fair share of winning, I am not sure what the issue is on that end. However, if Jackson doesn't play long term and there is something going on there we are in deep trouble for years to come. That could be our kiss of death.
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If you look at this team there are a lot of players with limited talent and that`s not gonna cut it, Marta,Darby,Miles,Striplin,Wynn, Puckett on the defence but she has a nice offensive game.
 
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Rickster said:
Okay, pull it together newby.
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Just saying...if you can't recruit HS players and now your transfer players aren't happy....doesn't bode well for upcoming seasons. We shall see. I will always support and I still have a little bit of hope we can beat Stanford in two weeks. Time will tell!
 
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