NCAAT Game Thread: Lady Vols vs Buffalo/Belmont

[SGMVols]

Doesn’t look like Missouri State misses Kellie very much. They’re winning just as much without her as they did with her.

 

[NoBackBoard]

I’m gonna go out on a limb and do understand we have had an injury or two, but I can’t ever recall any of our teams being this disjointed without a clue of an offensive identity. Do we really have the talent deficit or is it something else?

I take it you never watched the last few years of the Holly era.

 

[Voltopia]

Competition is way better than them good ole days. Also, these Lady Vols teams aren’t as good as they used to be.

It's better, but it's not that much better. You watch the teams at the top, they look like Tennessee used to look. The reality is that the drop off from the "best" teams to the next few tiers is significant. Even though people love to say "parity," and I admit there's more parity today than there was 20 years ago, but even though people say that today, the reality is that there aren't that many superior teams.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I will sacrifice the women’s team for a win by the men tonight. There. I said it.

Go on with your bad self.

 

[zaqhhh]

I believe Oregon will beat us just as bad without Horston unfortunately.

True. Louisvilles play style scares me though.

They attack the passing lanes the full game and are extremely fast too.

We may have 40 turnovers and if they led Notre Dame like 40-3 at one point, they may do the same to us

 

[volbound1700]

SEC Basketball (both men and women) have had a terrible time so far in the tournaments.

 

[Ovol]

Not reffing. Our typical game against s team we should beat by 40. Except we aren’t down 20. We let them hang around in the 3rd and might lose this one.

 

[I4Vols]

Rae cant throw it in the ocean.

There is not a pro team (other than one in Russia) that wants player who plays as she has in the first half.
It won't happen, but she needs another year to get in synch and be a team player.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Doesn’t look like Missouri State misses Kellie very much. They’re winning just as much without her as they did with her.

Oh, well.

 

[Volfan2012]

Really ready for the season to end. What was that exactly? Burrell is hurting her daft pick so badly with her play since she returned. She should really consider taking her covid year cause she has lost a lot since last season. Key just not into playing anymore. she has a foot on any of their players and isn't delivering inside. This game really shouldn't be this hard to win at home.

 

[Caz]

I take it you never watched the last few years of the Holly era.

I have, but can’t even say they were worse at this stage

 

[Volstylexx]

I’m gonna go out on a limb and do understand we have had an injury or two, but I can’t ever recall any of our teams being this disjointed without a clue of an offensive identity. Do we really have the talent deficit or is it something else?

The injuries will be the scapegoat of the season but they only mask the real problem- lack of recruiting quality depth. We have players on this team that wouldn’t start at any other SEC program. That should never happen at a program with our lineage. That’s not a knock on those players personally, but it’s been clear at times this season our depth was under recruited.

 

[alexvol]

Lady VOLS will come out in the 2nd Half & blow these little girls away.
Kellie needs to get a reset & chew on these girls to wake them up.

It is hard to think of any game that they have played worse than they have in the 1st half. They still have their heads somewhere other than playing basketball as a team.Can't : make a layup;rebound ;make a clean pass ;or guard their person ; or keep from turning the ball over.
Waiting to see if they can play any worse in 2nd half.

 

[volbound1700]

I will sacrifice the women’s team for a win by the men tonight. There. I said it.

That is a slippery slope.

I would sacrifice men to get a great football season with a win over Alabama. I would sacrifice Baseball for the Lady Vols to be back. I kind of see the sports in this ranking with College.

1. Football
2. Men's Basketball
3. Women's Basketball
4. Baseball/Softball
5. Everything else

These rankings are mostly due to how popular the sport is from a viewership/appearance on TV aspect.

Still, I want both to win.

 

[VolBalls33]

0 blocks at the half with this size difference is not acceptable. It's almost comical at this point.

 

[volbound1700]

It is hard to think of any game that they have played worse than they have in the 1st half. They still have their heads somewhere other than playing basketball as a team.Can't : make a layup;rebound ;make a clean pass ;or guard their person ; or keep from turning the ball over.
Waiting to see if they can play any worse in 2nd half.

Be patient, we will see if Buffalo can keep it up for 2 halves. Plus our 3s are not dropping right now.

 

[lvocd]

Tennessee really did look tight and nervous to me, which is weird, and it got worse as the minutes ticked away, and with only a few minutes of focus.

Hard to believe they need to be given a fiery locker room speech at this point, but something has to happen to get them back mentally so that they can let their bodies do what they have trained hard to do.

I'm hopeful the second half will be better, but if we don't have a little separation by tge fourth quarter I'm going to have a nervous breakdown.

 

[volnationnj]

I’m gonna go out on a limb and do understand we have had an injury or two, but I can’t ever recall any of our teams being this disjointed without a clue of an offensive identity. Do we really have the talent deficit or is it something else?

We just don't have shooters. After watching game after game, I don't know how you can come to any other conclusion. It's not as though this game is an anomaly. This is how we shoot in the vast majority of our games.
If we can't overwhelm our opponents on the boards, we have little chance of winning the game. I don't like it but it is what it is.

 

[dtnvol]

Lady VOLS will come out in the 2nd Half & blow these little girls away.
Kellie needs to get a reset & chew on these girls to wake them up.

That remains to be seen...So tired of seeing them play DOWN to the other team's level...All due respect to Buffalo, LVs should be up by 15 pts [32 rebounds in 1st half]...TK needs to play stronger and Tess needs to shoot...

 

[Voltopia]

That is a slippery slope.

I would sacrifice men to get a great football season with a win over Alabama. I would sacrifice Baseball for the Lady Vols to be back. I kind of see the sports in this ranking with College.

1. Football
2. Men's Basketball
3. Women's Basketball
4. Baseball/Softball
5. Everything else

These rankings are mostly due to how popular the sport is from a viewership/appearance on TV aspect.

Still, I want both to win.

I couldn't. I could never. The men have fought for forty years to be relevant. This year, finally, Tennessee basketball has played at a level few teams have. People talk about them with respect. Even if you told me - flat out promised me - that I could choose and the football team would be great, or even win a national title, I would reject that. They deserve their own success.

 

[37620VOL]

Their #4 is a freshman? !!!!!

 

[TheMississippiVol]

32-30 @ Halftime.
Keep up the pressure defense and crash the boards hard to open the 3rd qtr.

Need some consistent offense from the guards. Lets go LVs !

 

[Volfan2012]

Team really needs a lot more speed on the perimeter. Not just speed players that can score. Were way to big and slow at to many positions. We bring in Miles and Wynn were faster, but offensively challenged. Buffalo is smart they are not going to let Darby get any open shots. Key looked far better early in the season than now. Maybe that was Horston.

 

[Orange_Mamba]

BK gotta shoot when she’s open too.

 

[And1]

I’m gonna go out on a limb and do understand we have had an injury or two, but I can’t ever recall any of our teams being this disjointed without a clue of an offensive identity. Do we really have the talent deficit or is it something else?

You really are out on a limb and must not have watched the last 5 or 6 seasons. There has been no offensive identity with the Lady Vols for years.