Media Picks Lady Vols Second In SEC Poll

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The SEC released it preseason media poll for women's basketball on Tuesday, and Tennessee has been picked to finish second in the league in 2014-15.

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That is where I would pick us. They add a number one player and a strong post to all five starters returning. Were right there with four starters returning and several excellent players to add depth. We have to play at their place so that gives them the edge. I think we can go 14 and 2 in the SEC. I think they probably go 15 and 1 or 16 and 0.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
That is where I would pick us. They add a number one player and a strong post to all five starters returning. Were right there with four starters returning and several excellent players to add depth. We have to play at their place so that gives them the edge. I think we can go 14 and 2 in the SEC. I think they probably go 15 and 1 or 16 and 0.
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Not only that they have a lot of size on the frontline that other teams will not be able to deal with.
 
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mtsuraider06 said:
I think USC drops one or two unexpected games this season.
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Don't see it. They have a pretty easy non-conference schedule, with a watered down Duke team being their toughest match. They'll have plenty of time to get their freshmen acclimated to the college game. By the time they get to SEC play, they'll have a lot of minutes under their belt.

Depending on how good Wilson is, they have a good chance to win the NC. UConn loses a lot, and if they have a player or two that can make things difficult for Stewart, and they don't get 20 pts from their backcourt, then they will be vulnerable. Hartley and Dolson will be big voids to fill, and they may not have the personnel to overcome that.
 
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USC will lose one or two games. The Lady Vols could lose three or four games.

It will be interesting to watch the season play out.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Don't see it. They have a pretty easy non-conference schedule, with a watered down Duke team being their toughest match. They'll have plenty of time to get their freshmen acclimated to the college game. By the time they get to SEC play, they'll have a lot of minutes under their belt.

Depending on how good Wilson is, they have a good chance to win the NC. UConn loses a lot, and if they have a player or two that can make things difficult for Stewart, and they don't get 20 pts from their backcourt, then they will be vulnerable. Hartley and Dolson will be big voids to fill, and they may not have the personnel to overcome that.
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South Carolina also plays UConn in their OOC schedule, so Duke is not their toughest game.
 
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doggydaddy said:
South Carolina also plays UConn in their OOC schedule, so Duke is not their toughest game.
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Good point...I stopped looking after conference play starts. That will be a really good game and could be a preview of the NC game. Assuming Wilson lives up to her billing as #1 recruit, I'm going to look forward to seeing her go toe-to-toe with Stewart.
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
USC will lose one or two games. The Lady Vols could lose three or four games.

It will be interesting to watch the season play out.
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South Carolina will lose at UCONN and possibly/probably at Duke, but if they stay healthy, I think that's it. They only have to face UT once in the regular season and it's in Columbia.
 
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SGMVols said:
South Carolina will lose at UCONN and possibly/probably at Duke, but if they stay healthy, I think that's it. They only have to face UT once in the regular season and it's in Columbia.
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They won't lose to Duke. Duke lost 4 of their 5 starters. They will kill them.

They will probably lose to UConn, but depending on how good USC's freshmen are, they could surprise a lot of people. Of all the teams coming back, they are best positioned to threaten UConn given how little they lost to graduation, who they are bringing in, and who UConn lost. That will be a good game.
 
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Looked at the Lindy's Basketball magazine today they had the Lady Vols picked fifth in the nation. They had it UConn, SC, Notre Dame, Stanford, and Tennessee. I think they got it wrong I think were going to beat the crap out of Stanford this season. I don't expect them to be a top ten team by season's end.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Looked at the Lindy's Basketball magazine today they had the Lady Vols picked fifth in the nation. They had it UConn, SC, Notre Dame, Stanford, and Tennessee. I think they got it wrong I think were going to beat the crap out of Stanford this season. I don't expect them to be a top ten team by season's end.
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Tennessee has made it a habit of losing to inferior teams. They lost to Vandy last season which has less talent and inferior coaching than Stanford will have this season.

UConn plays to kill, ND plays to kill, Tennessee plays to hopefully not lose. That's why IMO they don't deserve to be a top 5 team preseason. If the freshmen are as good as advertised and the returning players show signs of improvement, then they can be talked about in the same breath as the rest of the top teams.
 
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SC has a coach that hates to lose. Dawn Staley doesn't smile or talk nice about a loss.
The weakness of the SC team last year was the ability to shoot free throws.

Staley scheduled UConn because in her mind she believe her team should win. Not saying it will happen but I expect it will be an annual game.
 
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