Laziness??? After that game??? I disagree. I know some people are beyond frustrated with this team...poor shooting, sure, lack of depth sure, but to watch Powell, Kea, Puckett last night and come up with lazy...I saw nothing but effort that was so maxed out that it completely exhausted them by the 4th...but I guess that's just me
Isn’t it amazing how all refs conspire against UT, even in the safe confines of their own home court? Opponents punch and kick them all day and nothing called, but if a LV even glances at an opposing player, the whistle blows!!!
We got some bad calls and we got some good calls. The reffing didn't lose the game. We shot just over 30% from the field and below yay from the three. We made up for that in the first three quarters with a lot of rustle and some physical play. We ran out to steam in the 4th quarter and fouls caught up to them. Our lack of depth showed last night. I applaud the team on its effort and our record would last night would have won most of the games we had lost before last night. Effort was the most positive product from the game last night.
Yep, that was good coaching to take away Spear that's what teams have tried to do with DK on the men's team for the most part it has not worked but it worked perfectly in this game. I think Dawn thought you just can't completely stop Jackson so she went after Spear who had been cresting her game lately but her deficiencies were exploited tonight ,good coaching. That and Dawn has built herself up to the coaching status that refs are respectful/afraid of her like they were with Pat in the day. JMO
I do want to clarify that I don’t have a large problem with the reffing either! It seemed like a mostly fairly called game, and I definitely don’t think it cost us the game. When I saw those fouls as a symptom of unraveling, I more thought they were an early sign that we were getting fatigued. I was very frustrated last night, but not with our players who looked outstanding last night until they were gassed.
or accurate observations?I think you are misreading some of the posters comments. Most of us know we are short on talent and are disappointed that we have not been able to sign some of out targets. However, we have been ablate improve our talent level through the portal to the degree that we can still play with most of the top t3ams in the SEC. The injury to Jackson hurt us early in the season and I don't think she is yet fully recovered. Key's medical condition has been a major problem and is still a work in progress. We have one top ranked player coming in, but we need a couple more to become more competitive. None of this means we are happy with the current talent level of the tam or the effort that they have shown in some games this year. however, some of us are willing to praise effort when we see it. Negative attitudes never produce success, but continued effort can produce improvement.
Not sure if anyone caught it…Key was posting up for position. South Carolina player let Key get position with her body/weight going back by the basket. The SC player moves back out of the way and done goes Key.Officiating didn't lose the game or cause us to miss open shots (or ignore open teammates), but the way SC was allowed to displace our bigs was insane. SC was allowed to Shaq our players all night long until they got the ball underneath. Key, Hollingshead, and Striplin were fighting hard but kept getting shouldered, hooked, and shoved out of the way. Just bullyball.
I could swear that I saw Cardoso with her elbow up in Karoline's throat when Karo was bodied up trying desperately to hold her position as is her right (according to these things called "rules"). Despite all that, our girls battled on the boards and boxed out well until they were just physically worn out.
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