Game Thread: Samford v Lady Vols, Tues Nov 5th; Home-FCC; 6:30PM; SEC+ network:,,, Win 101-53

[BruisedOrange]

Someone needs to tighten their sights ……

My pants are also riddled with buckshot from behind. Football game thread.

I will never be able pass through another metal detector again.
But the LV jersey gets me a pass into the courthouse.
They know.

 

[BruisedOrange]

It's Game Day

Against Fairfield (CT), Arkansas went 0-9 from three in the third quarter, when they were trying to catch up.

Next week Fairfield plays our future opponent Richmond (Dec.18), for all you schedule scouters.

 

[dillyo51]

Ladies- 97
Opponent- 49

 

[BruisedOrange]

Excited for game one of the Kim Caldwell era.

I’ll be watching to see if our bigs have moments where things click. CKC played them like guards all preseason, and I’d love to see glimpses of that - particularly from Jill and Alyssa Latham.

I’m hoping Destinee has positive moments as well. I think she can help this team.

Agreed. Would love to see our CGs (center-guards!) building confidence from outside in these early games.

If we can force future opponents to pull their bigs from the lane on D, surely that will open things up for more offensive rebounds.

 

[DeerPark12]

What's wrong w being honest? That was no where near a 9600 crowd and no one would expect it to be. "Good crowd" is subjective; 5 K for a gimmie preseason scrimmage on Halloween is quite good actually. LOL that we're arguing crowd size. Appropriate I guess.

I've always expected the AD to do some attendance stat padding this yr and nothing wrong w that.

There’s no “stat padding,” the tickets sold number is the tickets sold number (plus the student scan). SEC requires the numbers be accounted to them and they can’t be fudged.

 

[Rooster1]

126-51 LV’s

 

[travis929]

Same starters as Carson Newman:

 

[ttharp]

Ooo. Samford has a 6-5 center

 

[travis929]

Spearman, Ayodele, and Boyd first off the bench again.

 

[RespectAPA]

Playing slightly lighter on the press tonight, no?

 

[volforlife10]

cooper showing some quick offense tonight

 

[RespectAPA]

15 points through 5 minutes, on pace for 120.

 

[VolBalls33]

Spear has been burnt on defense already a few times. Cooper looks fantastic, so athletic and smooth

 

[RespectAPA]

Gotta convert those steals into points!

 

[RespectAPA]

Whistles coming out a bit more tonight than against C-N.

 

[RespectAPA]

My oh my, how many steals will Cooper end up with this season? Opponents are going to have to respect her wingspan a lot more than they are already.

 

[volforlife10]

gotta find a way to stop letting their post get easy looks that turn into points or fouls.

 

[ttharp]

Whew. What a quarter. CKC said it would be ugly early, and she didn’t lie. Thank you for the heads up.

Talaysia continues to be a pest on defense. The execution to end the quarter is REFRESHING to see.

 

[travis929]

Great end-of-quarter play with 1.2 seconds left for the Ruby wide open layup!

We've been outrebounded 11-8. It feels like Samford has gotten too many easy second chance opportunities. We're also fouling a lot when our defense breaks down, which Kim did warn us about.

But nice to see us finding ways to score even when the 3-point shots aren't falling (1-7). Cooper looks fantastic.

 

[utVolFanInVA]

First time watching LVs under CKC this year. Have to say, I like the movement I see on offense & defense compared to the last couple of years. Not hitting the 3 at a good percentage but just a small sample size. That has been an issue last several years as well.

Cooper is impressive and looks to have loads of upside. Excited for this new year!

 

[KnoxLikeUs]

Y’all don’t understand basketball.. this start for Tennessee has been good.

 

[Orange_Mamba]

The more tougher the schedule gets I don’t think the press will stick. That back and middle is too open for my liking.

 

[RespectAPA]

The more tougher the schedule gets I don’t think the press will stick. That back and middle is too open for my liking.

The press will only get better with time too, though!

 

[KnoxLikeUs]

They have forced 11 turnovers already.. back to back 10 seconds calls forced and folks saying the press want stick against better competition lol.

 

[RespectAPA]

Way too many fouls so far. Things that the refs were letting go in the C-N, these refs aren't letting go.