NCAA Tournament Game Thread - (5) Lady Vols vs (12) USF Bulls

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LV renaissance said:
You must listen not to the Sports Animal, as various commentators on that said they wondered if it was just fatigue. I am surprised that your forgot that several posters here after our loss to Georgia posited that various people were unhappy here, that perhaps something that was going on, etc. My mentioning the SEC tourney was to just solidify the point that it was not dissension that led to our losses. I do agree that our inconsistencies in 3-point shooting and defense did interfere with our ability to win some of our games as well.
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I don't listen to the Sports Animal much. They have lots of hours to fill, I don't set store by most of what they say.

The conversations I remember here weren't really about team dissention and more about the individual attitudes of Sara and Coop due to arm chair analyzing, mostly unfairly, their every expression. And that was mostly just an extra lane for people whose main gripe was their play. Then there was the unfortunate thread fm the Puckett family friend. But all that just didn't amount to much. The public buzz around the team and coach has been hugely positive.
 
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Cb153181 said:
The press works against lower competition. Let’s see how it works tomorrow against a team who also press. Kim doesn’t need to press all game when your going against elite athletes.

Yesterday MamaDembele broke the press multiple times and was able sto get to the paint at ease. Tomorrow that will be Jaloni instead who will score easily.

The press gives opponents an easy 10-15 pts a game. That’s the real issue with her system.

If we don’t press Vandy or Georgia we win those games easily.

The team can play great half court defense or a half court trap. There still wasn’t any adjustments made yesterday with the system.
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As I watched this game could see how their guards could not handle the press to the extent that they had a shooter handling that could make a basket. That has been the sum of it for all the teams of South Florida's ability. I agree we beat Vandy and Georgia without the press they both just got to many easy baskets because of it. Better reel it in a lot in the next game if we are expecting to win cause Ohio St knows the press inside out. They will use it against us tomorrow, but not all game. We should use it after made baskets sometime never on a missed shot. Going to be a different game and we can win if we understand they will break the press for easy baskets and that is what we have to avoid as much as possible.
 
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I for one did not know what the problem was for the last two weeks of the season when they played dreadfully in every game.Coach came out and said it was just being tired and I am glad that was the problem .....we shall get a better idea about that tomorrow against OSU if it was just having tired legs.

To me the improvement in play had a lot to do with attitude ......they played loose without tenseness and had some fun doing it......played with energy and were hitting 3 pointers right and left again.

On to OSU and wishing them the best against a team that plays a lot like the LV's .....
 
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The key to the rather easy win was the failure of the defensive gameplan by the Bulls coaching staff......They did not pressure the 3 point line.....They were expecting us to miss, like we had been doing recently....Once our guards/girls made a few 3's and got their confidence, it was lights out for the Bulls...

I was very impressed with Sammie P, the girl can shoot....She was awesome in defeat.
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chuckiepoo said:
Dayum, Gunter! Get ‘em! 🤣
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I am old, and weary of having to muddle through repetitive crap, especially real time in game threads, and especially early in game threads. Hoping having to see their loyalty rewarded post game IN THOSE THREADS will give them pause in the future. The more cringe worthy the better. That is MY agenda.

Better threads for agenda driven drivel.
 
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GUNTERSVOL said:
I am old, and weary of having to muddle through repetitive crap, especially real time in game threads, and especially early in game threads. Hoping having to see their loyalty rewarded post game IN THOSE THREADS will give them pause in the future. The more cringe worthy the better. That is MY agenda.

Better threads for agenda driven drivel.
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Much long winded drivel. The LV Forum way. 😉
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Did what we were supposed to do in the end first quarter was ugly for us and thus the comment. They should never shoot 59 percent in any quarter seems everytime we play the opponent does their damage in the first quarter. South Florida was not good enough to maintain it and ended up shooting 39 percent. If we hold Ohio State to 39 percent we will win the game. If they shoot 59 percent in the first quarter that will not happen.
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Well, of it about efficiency, how do you rate your early game accuracy? This system fits the squad she put together in her first year. It has proven to consistently lead to runs, both good and bad, so why introduce dissenting one liners before the body of work is in, especially when cumulative impact of pace and substitution patterns are so key to the final results.

Teams with extremely good handles getting it to strong posts at a high rate, especially in transition defeating our overplay will yield bad results if we don’t generate to’s, backcourts, in larger numbers. Just part of the deal.
 
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Rewatching the game right now, and MAN those three first-half threes by Spearman were sweet. The sound they made going through the net was even great! And Talaysia Cooper was a beast. South Florida never had a chance last night.

And how about Avery Strickland showing her speed? I am SOOOO glad she came through big on defense like she did. A while back I remember being puzzled by a couple of comments here saying Avery was too slow. I thought, "REALLY? You really think Strickland is slow?!?!" I think Coach Jumper and I have always agreed that she's a way better player than most here believe her to be. Someone recently even said she doesn't belong in P4 conference-level basketball! 😳 That is just plain ridiculous. I'm thrilled she's a Lady Vol, and the great class coming in had better not sleep on Strickland, 'cause she's gonna work hard to steal some of their minutes!
 
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lvocd said:
Rewatching the game right now, and MAN those three first-half threes by Spearman were sweet. The sound they made going through the net was even great! And Talaysia Cooper was a beast. South Florida never had a chance last night.

And how about Avery Strickland showing her speed? I am SOOOO glad she came through big on defense like she did. A while back I remember being puzzled by a couple of comments here saying Avery was too slow. I thought, "REALLY? You really think Strickland is slow?!?!" I think Coach Jumper and I have always agreed that she's a way better player than most here believe her to be. Someone recently even said she doesn't belong in P4 conference-level basketball! 😳 That is just plain ridiculous. I'm thrilled she's a Lady Vol, and the great class coming in had better not sleep on Strickland, 'cause she's gonna work hard to steal some of their minutes!
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And she's a cutie too...
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lvocd said:
Rewatching the game right now, and MAN those three first-half threes by Spearman were sweet. The sound they made going through the net was even great! And Talaysia Cooper was a beast. South Florida never had a chance last night.

And how about Avery Strickland showing her speed? I am SOOOO glad she came through big on defense like she did. A while back I remember being puzzled by a couple of comments here saying Avery was too slow. I thought, "REALLY? You really think Strickland is slow?!?!" I think Coach Jumper and I have always agreed that she's a way better player than most here believe her to be. Someone recently even said she doesn't belong in P4 conference-level basketball! 😳 That is just plain ridiculous. I'm thrilled she's a Lady Vol, and the great class coming in had better not sleep on Strickland, 'cause she's gonna work hard to steal some of their minutes!
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Avery definitely deserves a big shout out. She was a forgotten player for much of the season but she clearly kept a positive attitude and kept working hard. Now, she is getting important minutes during in SEC and NCAA tournament time. She made some really nice hustle plays last night and her shot stroke looks really good. I loved that big smile on her face when she nailed a 3 pointer in the closing stretch of the game.
 
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GUNTERSVOL said:
Well, of it about efficiency, how do you rate your early game accuracy? This system fits the squad she put together in her first year. It has proven to consistently lead to runs, both good and bad, so why introduce dissenting one liners before the body of work is in, especially when cumulative impact of pace and substitution patterns are so key to the final results.

Teams with extremely good handles getting it to strong posts at a high rate, especially in transition defeating our overplay will yield bad results if we don’t generate to’s, backcourts, in larger numbers. Just part of the deal.
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Since you don't know the difference between a time reactive post and an end result let me explain. Time reactive is a post on the result that is going on in real time not the end result of a competition. If you don't like them why don't you just ignore. Poor starts have ended in bad results and this time reactive post was pointing out this was another poor start for the team. Most of our losses this season have resulted in poor first quarter play. The luck today was that we were playing South Florida a team we can overcome not LSU, Oklahoma, or SC that when you start bad your going to end bad.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Since you don't know the difference between a time reactive post and an end result let me explain. Time reactive is a post on the result that is going on in real time not the end result of a competition. If you don't like them why don't you just ignore. Poor starts have ended in bad results and this time reactive post was pointing out this was another poor start for the team. Most of our losses this season have resulted in poor first quarter play. The luck today was that we were playing South Florida a team we can overcome not LSU, Oklahoma, or SC that when you start bad your going to end bad.
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I am optimistic that we can hang and win against Oh St. given early SEC play we competed again SC, TX and others. Fingers crossed they remember how to battle and come out on top!!
 
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LV renaissance said:
You must listen not to the Sports Animal, as various commentators on that said they wondered if it was just fatigue. I am surprised that your forgot that several posters here after our loss to Georgia posited that various people were unhappy here, that perhaps something that was going on, etc. My mentioning the SEC tourney was to just solidify the point that it was not dissension that led to our losses. I do agree that our inconsistencies in 3-point shooting and defense did interfere with our ability to win some of our games as well.
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Pretty much always happens when any team loses two games in a row really badly. Watching that uga game the team did not look happy. Do think it was just a lot of fatigue but it definitely looked bad and caused some speculation. Truly one of the worst losses in program history. That UGA team was horrible.
 
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