Lady Vols Enter NCAA Play As No. 1 Seed

[VN News]

Tennessee will make its record 33rd appearance in the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship, and the Lady Vols will do so as a No. 1 seed, hosting No. 16 seed Northwestern State on Saturday.

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[Dave1967]

Way to go LadyVols!

 

[Gramps]

Congrats to the ladies.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Go Lady Vols!! Let the games soon begin. May you stay HOT & win all through the Tournament Games. All Lady Vol fans will be pulling & cheering you on to victory.

 

[Sandvol]

Third highest seed I believe. They've bounced back nicely this season.

 

[Amb3096]

Third highest seed I believe. They've bounced back nicely this season.

Finished the season on a good run, but still might be a question mark. They've been too up and down. But when they're on, they are easily the third best team in the country, and should theoretically be better than ND...assuming they don't play zone.

UConn looks unbeatable, but so did Baylor last year. I hope that TAMU or Duke finds lightning in a bottle and gets rid of them before the FF...

 

[tennesseeduke]

Tennessee will make its record 33rd appearance in the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship, and the Lady Vols will do so as a No. 1 seed, hosting No. 16 seed Northwestern State on Saturday.

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Congrats and this sets up nicely for them. Make the final four and they are playing at their 2nd home/Nashville where we own those biatches already!

:loco:

Tennesseeduke

 

[Sandvol]

One other thing guys. USC won the PAC-12 tournament. They are not going to go down easily. The committee put them in there as a potential assassin.

 

[clkou]

Have faith.

 

[volfan2024]

What a way to be rewarded for such a fantastic season. Winning the SEC. now a number one seed. Now let's finish the job and bring the championship trophy home where it rightfully belongs.

 

[volfan2024]

What a way to be rewarded for such a fantastic season. Winning the SEC. now a number one seed. Now let's finish the job and bring the championship trophy home where it rightfully belongs.

Guess this means starting a new thread is subject to being trumped.

 

[clkou]

FWIW, the Lady Vols have never lost in round 2 and only lost in round 1 once and we were a #5 seed then.

 

[djtee]

Finished the season on a good run, but still might be a question mark. They've been too up and down. But when they're on, they are easily the third best team in the country, and should theoretically be better than ND...assuming they don't play zone.

UConn looks unbeatable, but so did Baylor last year. I hope that TAMU or Duke finds lightning in a bottle and gets rid of them before the FF...

I agree with you this team has to a question mark. to many up and down games and falling behind to start the game. im not sold on playing J.Jones for Tenn to move deep into the field they need to start out fast.

 

[clkou]

Does winning the SEC tournament count for nothing? Do you know know how and why we fell behind those games? Because the other team was making tough, contested shots, but the game is not decided in the first half. It's decided in BOTH halves and we played 40 minutes of quality basketball against tough teams and pulled out wins.

Regardless, it's one game at a time now. Sometimes a team can win the national championship as an undefeated and sometimes a team can win the national championship with 10 losses going into it. Every year is different.

Who cares if UCONN or Notre Dame is undefeated? Ask Baylor if that matters.

 

[djtee]

Does winning the SEC tournament count for nothing? Do you know know how and why we fell behind those games? Because the other team was making tough, contested shots, but the game is not decided in the first half. It's decided in BOTH halves and we played 40 minutes of quality basketball against tough teams and pulled out wins.

Regardless, it's one game at a time now. Sometimes a team can win the national championship as an undefeated and sometimes a team can win the national championship with 10 losses going into it. Every year is different.

Who cares if UCONN or Notre Dame is undefeated? Ask Baylor if that matters.

Im not gonna sit here and try to sugarcoat this team play for most of the year. As for UConn and ND being undefeated there is a reason they start out fast and make shots. Mark my word any bad starts and getting down by 15-20 in the first half will mean a early exit.

 

[clkou]

Im not gonna sit here and try to sugarcoat this team play for most of the year. As for UConn and ND being undefeated there is a reason they start out fast and make shots. Mark my word any bad starts and getting down by 15-20 in the first half will mean a early exit.

We are a #1 seed. The #3 seed overall. Rain on their parade all you want. You can't convince me that we are anything but a great team with a chance to contend for a title. Regardless of what actually happens in the tournament will not change that reality.

Tennessee played one of the toughest schedules in the country in arguably the toughest conference in the country and ended the season winning that conference tournament. We did it all with one of our best players out. We avenged 3 of our 5 losses. Some of you are Tennessee fans who will just never be satisfied. Some of you are just not Tennessee fans.

 

[Eric Viesturs]

who cares if uconn or notre dame is undefeated?

espn :whistling:

 

[clkou]

ESPN definitely strikes me as a UCONN fanboy. I guess when their campus is that close to UCONN, they can't help themselves. During the selection show, they put a graphic up of statistics in the "last 20 years". What an arbitrary and convenient time to look at statistics that coincide with exactly the time UCONN started winning. Pay no mind that Tennessee was winning championships while UCONN was putting up losing seasons or didn't even have a team.

Fortunately ESPN doesn't have a say in who wins or loses the games actually played on the court.

And to anyone interested in the basketball history the 19 years BEFORE the last 20 years:

 

[Amb3096]

ESPN definitely strikes me as a UCONN fanboy. I guess when their campus is that close to UCONN, they can't help themselves. During the selection show, they put a graphic up of statistics in the "last 20 years". What an arbitrary and convenient time to look at statistics that coincide with exactly the time UCONN started winning. Pay no mind that Tennessee was winning championships while UCONN was putting up losing seasons or didn't even have a team.

Fortunately ESPN doesn't have a say in who wins or loses the games actually played on the court.

And to anyone interested in the basketball history the 19 years BEFORE the last 20 years:

20 years is a common look back period. I know they sometimes seem like they are in a tumultuous affair with UConn, but this is not one of them.

Bottom line is that UConn has earned their headlines based on their recent accomplishments on the basketball court. Much like Baylor, Tennessee will get the headlines back when they do something noteworthy that warrants the attention.

 

[clkou]

Many critics and fans like to root against Tennessee simply because of our long history of success. It's one of the same reasons so many people hate the Yankees in baseball.

In our "down" years since our last national championship

2008-2009 ---> 22–11 #5 seed
2009-2010 ---> 32-3 #1 seed (Sweet 16) SEC Regular Season AND Tournament Champions
2010-2011 ---> 34–3 #1 seed (Elite 8) SEC Regular Season AND Tournament Champions
2011-2012 ---> 27-9 #2 seed (Elite 8) SEC Tournament Champions
2012-2013 ---> 27-8 #2 seed (Elite 8) SEC Regular Season Champions
2013-2014 ---> 27-5 #1 seed (???) SEC Tournament Champions

Even Kara Lawson who PLAYED for Tennessee doesn't seem to give us any love. It's all good, though. So far, we're still competing since Pat's unfortunate diagnosis. I'll be interested to see how UCONN fares after Geno retires. He'll turn 60 at the start of this tournament. He probably has several years left, but not as many as people think.

 

[Amb3096]

Many critics and fans like to root against Tennessee simply because of our long history of success. It's one of the same reasons so many people hate the Yankees in baseball.

In our "down" years since our last national championship

2008-2009 ---> 22–11 #5 seed
2009-2010 ---> 32-3 #1 seed (Sweet 16) SEC Regular Season AND Tournament Champions
2010-2011 ---> 34–3 #1 seed (Elite 8) SEC Regular Season AND Tournament Champions
2011-2012 ---> 27-9 #2 seed (Elite 8) SEC Tournament Champions
2012-2013 ---> 27-8 #2 seed (Elite 8) SEC Regular Season Champions
2013-2014 ---> 27-5 #1 seed (???) SEC Tournament Champions

Even Kara Lawson who PLAYED for Tennessee doesn't seem to give us any love. It's all good, though. So far, we're still competing since Pat's unfortunate diagnosis. I'll be interested to see how UCONN fares after Geno retires. He'll turn 60 at the start of this tournament. He probably has several years left, but not as many as people think.

Tennessee has been a solid Top 10 team since their last NC, save one year. However, the only year where they were a legit NC threat was Pat's next-to-last year when they lost to ND in the E8.

Kentucky has done about as well as Tennessee has in tournament and conference success, but you don't see commentators putting them in the same breath as UConn or ND.

When Tennessee does something on the hardwood to warrant the attention, they will get it. South Carolina was the first Top 5 team they've beaten in 4 years, so they will need to start getting Elite results instead of very good results in order to get the media's attention.

I'm no UConn fan, but they've earned their press...100% of the way. I delighted at Stewart's late season collapse last year, only to see her play like the best player in the country in the tournament. UConn was without Mosqueda-Lewis, and still beat a bunch of top teams like they stole something. When Tennessee starts producing those kind of results again and if they STILL aren't getting the recognition, then your point is a valid one. But right now, UConn (and ND) deserve all of the headlines.

 

[djtee]

We are a #1 seed. The #3 seed overall. Rain on their parade all you want. You can't convince me that we are anything but a great team with a chance to contend for a title. Regardless of what actually happens in the tournament will not change that reality.

Tennessee played one of the toughest schedules in the country in arguably the toughest conference in the country and ended the season winning that conference tournament. We did it all with one of our best players out. We avenged 3 of our 5 losses. Some of you are Tennessee fans who will just never be satisfied. Some of you are just not Tennessee fans.

Ok let me reset this yes we are and a #1 seed and yes i said we, And there are 3 other #1 seeds to, Also there are 68 others if 68 is incorrect i apologize that will contend for a title. But anyway my problem is that this team has been up and down all year even when AM was at the point. And a lot of it starts with the coaching.

 

[mtsuraider06]

One thing to remember is that we had to go up against Griner in two of her four years in the tournament. It would have been three had they beat Louisville last year. We were a better team in 2010 than 2011 IMO. Lost three games, undefeated in conference play and the SEC tournament. Baylor was seeded VERY badly as a #4 seed, and we couldn't handle Griner and Baylor's defense.

 

[Amb3096]

One thing to remember is that we had to go up against Griner in two of her four years in the tournament. It would have been three had they beat Louisville last year. We were a better team in 2010 than 2011 IMO. Lost three games, undefeated in conference play and the SEC tournament. Baylor was seeded VERY badly as a #4 seed, and we couldn't handle Griner and Baylor's defense.

See, last year was a perfect example. Tennessee didn't even have to beat Baylor to get back to the FF...and they STILL managed to choke vs. a Louisville team that they were head and shoulders above.

Tennessee may be a top 5 team, but until they start winning big games, the story line will continue to be "UConn, ND and everyone else." They have distinguished themselves as a legit threat to win the NC.

Hopefully, if someone does the dirty work and gets rid of UConn for them, they won't blow it this time.

 

[gule]

how convenient how they forget that Griner put Tn out 2 years in a row....