Game Thread - Tennessee Lady Vols vs #2 Shady Trees & Referees

[Govols922]

Kellie is not the blame for this lost. We did an exceptional job with ball security today. We just need to rebound and get big stops defensively. The team didn’t rebound today. You can’t get out rebounded 54 to 37 and think you’re going to win a game on the road against the number 2 team in the country. Obviously we need our players to put big numbers up! We only had Horston, Rickea, Suarez and Puckett( who didn’t score second half) as our only bright spots. Until our post decides to play tougher inside and finish defensively with defensive rebounds we won’t win big games like this.

 

[mudcat1973]

Team is starting come together

 

[Lucy]

I believe we win this game with a healthy TK. I know shoulda coulda but TK could have controlled Brink.

 

[Memvol44]

FOR THE THIRD TIME, RICKEA LEFT THE GAME BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING SOME KIND OF PROBLEM!!!!!!

Sara needed to calm down..too many quick shots down the stretch. Couple of shots her feet weren't even set..

 

[VolBall09]

I believe we got too focused on trying to pick up fouls on Jones and Brink in the second half. We couldn’t buy a whistle and finally let it break us. Had we just run our offense and gotten the best shot instead of purposefully going right at their two best defenders I think we win by 10.

 

[Hoosier]

I really hope Harper is gone after this season

I hope you are gone right now --- henceforth IGNORED

 

[dtnvol]

Best I've seen the ladies play all year...I "THINK" they are really starting to gel...[barring injuries] they should be a tough out for the rest of the season...Go LVFL

 

[alexvol]

FOR THE THIRD TIME, RICKEA LEFT THE GAME BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING SOME KIND OF PROBLEM!!!!!!

What was the problem...she did not ask to be taken out ........

 

[VolBall09]

Also loved that they tried to press and we broke it immediately with a 3 and they came out of it. Vast improvement over the Ohio State debacle.

 

[Volfan2012]

We have lost to 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, and 22. I think we will be in top 64.

If we can beat the team that were supposed to beat. Kentucky is losing to those weak teams.

 

[Lucy]

This is coaching failure. Harper made bad decisions throughout this game. what is she trying to accomplish with Jackson on the bench. I see why players want to leave. There is dysfunction with Kellie and Jackson. Its disgusting'

No one has said they want to leave. Don’t come on here trying to stir the pot.

 

[volforlife10]

What was the problem...she did not ask to be taken out ........

did you not see her on the sideline at the end of the third? she had three staff members around her and was breathing very heavy.

 

[Volfan2012]

I believe we got too focused on trying to pick up fouls on Jones and Brink in the second half. We couldn’t buy a whistle and finally let it break us. Had we just run our offense and gotten the best shot instead of purposefully going right at their two best defenders I think we win by 10.

Exactly we needed to just make shots. We need 20 points to win the game we scored 12.

 

[SGMVols]

We have lost to 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, and 22. I think we will be in top 64.

Top 64 doesn’t get you in. Almost half the bids are auto bids awarded to conference champions. Need to be more like top 40. Who you beat matters just as much, if not more than who you lost to. Who’s our best win? Colorado?

 

[LadyVol1908]

Lady Vols 26 fouls - Lady Trees 16 fouls - BS (Brink fouled out at least 3 times) but that's life on the road --- the bottom-line, though, is that the LVs stopped making shots

The only bottom line!!! Jordan and Horston tried their hardest in the 4th. Shots were just coming up short! Some offensive sets would’ve been nice. It seemed to relegate to 1 on 1.

 

[Prophet1]

FOR THE THIRD TIME, RICKEA LEFT THE GAME BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING SOME KIND OF PROBLEM!!!!!!

Didn't know that but you can cap down , ish
or don't reply , suit me fine.

 

[Jax_Vol]

I say bull to that notion......play her or dismiss her.

If she will go hard in practice, I think we’ll start her at Mississippi State.

With that said, our current starting five at a rather solid group. Kinda hate to lose that synergy.

 

[Majors]

We have lost to 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, and 22. I think we will be in top 64.

we haven’t hit the SEC yet and UConn, probably looking at 4-6 more

 

[GeorgeWax]

Good day VolNation,
I have been registered for a while now but decided to post today after watching the Lady Vols vs Stanford. I have been a life long lady vols fan but this team need a coach who can install an offense and coach defense. Also, her judgement in keeping certain players on the floor is very poor. Powell was constantly getting beaten back door by the much bigger guard Jones yet she kept her in. When she did take her out, she brings in Jordan Walker smh. Kaiya Wynn is a much better defender than both Walker and Powell. Coach Harper kills the momentum of her team with her constant substitution patterns. She didn’t kill Stanford momentum by calling a timeout early in their run in the 4th quarter.. Rickea was the reason you got the 8 point lead in the second quarter and you took her out the game.. I love Kelly Harper as a player for Pat Summit Lady Vols but not as the coach of this team. This team desperately need an offensive system, it’s just individual ball. Too many forced shots and terrible team defense. How can you not coach your team to defend back door passes which is a staple of Stanford’s triangle offense? I’m not bashing coach Harper in any way, the evidence is clear in the performances of this team against ranked opponents. Without an offensive system and great team defense, this team will not make the sweet 16 this year. She needs to let Rickea play so that she can get into a rhythm. I will not be surprise if many of the players on this team decide to leave. I’m pulling for the lady Vols but coach Harper need to get it together. Pat Summit went to the Chicago Bulls to see Tex Winter and Phil Jackson in the 1990’s to learn the triple post offense and taught it to her lady Vols teams. This Lady Vols team doesn’t have an offensive system and it has been killing this team the past 3 years..

 

[Volfan2012]

Jackson not playing is not the reason we lost the game. We were leading going into the fourth quarter and she was in there most of the fourth quarter. When she didn't play other players had been making shots to get us that lead. So that is not a legitimate gripe.

 

[djtee]

And the player she is guarding scores . Attitude, no defense, no assists.

I don`t care how good you are hit the glass

 

[Hoosier]

Kellie has to stop being Stubborn with Jackson..

maybe Jackson needs to stop being stubborn with Kellie

 

[Voluble2]

FOR THE THIRD TIME, RICKEA LEFT THE GAME BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING SOME KIND OF PROBLEM!!!!!!

We don't know this. That is what the announcers said, but looking at her she seemed to be crying. The camera only showed her for a second but I believe the announcers were going off that glimpse they saw on their monitor too.

 

[Bighairlol]

When Brink came back in, all the offense did was drive and throw it up, trying to foul Brink out. Most of the shots were “wash women” shots. They completely abandoned their normal Offense. It was sad to watch.

 

[alexvol]

did you not see her on the sideline at the end of the third? she had three staff members around her and was breathing very heavy.

She was being chewed out for some reason......