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Vols2015 said:
It’s crazy how UCONN only won by 10 against a team like Providence and we lost to then by 17.
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They didn't shoot as well for whatever reason. They turned the ball over more for whatever reason. We tried to play man to man which most of the top teams can butcher cause they easily find you weak links. Most of those big East teams are zoning them and that helps your weak players.
 
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leeeda97 said:
The crazy part is that the ACC doesn't even deny it happened. They just state they have no evidence and FSU has remained silent. The balls were switched at the half. Why would the ref do that if there wasn't a problem? The good news is that the ball will now be checked by players before the game, so it doesn't happen again.
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If Lawson says it happened, I believe her...
 
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MTSU lost both games this week. I checked their box score today and as a team shot 54 3's.😳😳😳 More 3's attempted then UTSA took total and still lost the game. Weird to have 29 more shot attempts and still lose.
 
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Vols2015 said:
It’s crazy how UCONN only won by 10 against a team like Providence and we lost to then by 17.
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I think the game against Tennessee took a lot out of them, mentally as well as physically. They had to dig down deep to come back against Villanova, and were really out of it at Providence, a team they beat by 30 earlier. They really aren't much better now, and the SC game could be ugly. They may start out well, but fatigue against a team so deep will catch up to them.
 
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VolBalls33 said:
MTSU lost both games this week. I checked their box score today and as a team shot 54 3's.😳😳😳 More 3's attempted then UTSA took total and still lost the game. Weird to have 29 more shot attempts and still lose.
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Local Kingsport girl Courtney Whitson is playing well for MTSU. Hit 6-11 threes in their latest loss, I think. She's a senior this year but has played well her whole career there.
 
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Vols2015 said:
It’s crazy how UCONN only won by 10 against a team like Providence and we lost to then by 17.
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It's playing 5 players for 5 games in 12 days. they looked so exhausted they couldn't walk out of the gym. The Tennessee game was a big part of that with the emotional stress on top of the physical. the next two games they were going through the motions. I am imaging they will be like lambs to the slaughter in the fourth quarter Sunday. Staying with SC when everyone is rested is one thing but to play five exhausted players is too much. As usual, I just hope no one gets hurt.
 
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NeedOrange said:
It's playing 5 players for 5 games in 12 days. they looked so exhausted they couldn't walk out of the gym. The Tennessee game was a big part of that with the emotional stress on top of the physical. the next two games they were going through the motions. I am imaging they will be like lambs to the slaughter in the fourth quarter Sunday. Staying with SC when everyone is rested is one thing but to play five exhausted players is too much. As usual, I just hope no one gets hurt.
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There will be a minimum of 8 players available to Uconn…..if they only are playing 5 then that is their problem for not recruiting players that can contribute in February.
 
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NeedOrange said:
It's playing 5 players for 5 games in 12 days. they looked so exhausted they couldn't walk out of the gym. The Tennessee game was a big part of that with the emotional stress on top of the physical. the next two games they were going through the motions. I am imaging they will be like lambs to the slaughter in the fourth quarter Sunday. Staying with SC when everyone is rested is one thing but to play five exhausted players is too much. As usual, I just hope no one gets hurt.
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But, on the flipside, if the Huskies can dig deep to find enough extra energy to ever put SC on their heels, I could see an upset happening. I hope to high heavens that does not happen because if it did it would probably get enough positive press to ensure Auriemma lands the No.1, No.2, No.3, No. 4 and No. 5 recruits for the next 5 years. Lol
 
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I suspect the Huskies will probably have the energy and momentum at home to finish the first quarter with a likely lead, and it will be a close game at halftime. Uconn will again have a good start to the 3rd, but by the end of that quarter we should start seeing SC begin to take control of the game defensively and on the boards. By the 4th, I think SC has the momentum and pulls away but it would not surprise me to see the Huskies make a valiant effort to comeback and pull it out, but it probably ends with a 6-8 point SC win with Uconn having to foul or possibly even having some players out due to fouls. I would think SC wins the boards something like 45-35, maybe more.

Side note, this is the type of game (opponent has size in front court) where SC will play Boston and Cardoso together on the floor a good bit….which is also when you see Raven in the lineup, she has a knack for getting passes into the bigs, especially to Cardoso, she puts the ball where only the 6’7 Brazilian can reach it around the rim.

The betting line is SC -4.5, so this might be a very close game after all. Uconn at home hardly ever loses let alone lose by double digits, I’m concerned about this game being @Uconn from a SC fan perspective.
 
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Rooster1 said:
There will be a minimum of 8 players available to Uconn…..if they only are playing 5 then that is their problem for not recruiting players that can contribute in February.
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They have the right players, 4 All Americans sitting on the bench with injuries. The players that are available off the bench are a 6'5" post player that contributes nothing, a freshman post that is not up to speed and a last minute guard recruited when Bueckers went down. She was headed for a JC when recruited.
 
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brassie said:
They have the right players, 4 All Americans sitting on the bench with injuries. The players that are available off the bench are a 6'5" post player that contributes nothing, a freshman post that is not up to speed and a last minute guard recruited when Bueckers went down. She was headed for a JC when recruited.
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Those three apparent misses are now in focus, which was my point about this game.
 
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Last game UConn played they got like 25 minutes out of the bench 27 minutes out of the bench. Edwards was the big beneficiary as she only played 26 minutes. Lopez went for 34 and the other three only had a couple of minutes off. Should be a good game. You never know how SC is going to shoot the outside perimeter shot. If they got that going should be a double digit win. Otherwise it could be like less than 10.
 
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If Geno keeps this within the 4.5 spread that man deserves a medal. SC should press press press because they actually have the athletes to do so. UCONN is prone to TO with the current roster.
 
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Rixxx said:
Rooster, I think you know that starters are injured and sitting on the bench, maybe 50 points. Your statement is kind of harsh.
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Rixxx,
It wasn’t meant to be harsh. Just countering all the talk about only having 5 players to use…there are 8 available, and I don’t like hearing that some are not good enough to play. They were recruited by Uconn.
 
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