Non-Lady Vol Basketball News 2024-25

[lvocd]

If I’d been Alabama’s AD, I would have interrupted that interview after the “wrong place at the wrong time” comment to fire him on the spot — on camera so that the world would know Alabama understands the seriousness of it.

 

[Volfan2012]

Gotta rant:

Can ya'll believe the horror show with Alabama men's team? One already arrested as accessory to capital murder and turns out another player brought the murder weapon to the bar at 2 a.m., texted the alleged accessory where it was and that it was loaded, and allegedly used his car (which had bullet holes in the windshield) to block the car in which a young mother was murdered - for not accepting unwanted advances.

Coaches reaction? Poor kid (their one and done star) was in "wrong spot at wrong time". Said the school has always known the second players role and "he's not in trouble, did nothing wrong". AND as a response to the murder, brought in RAY EFFING LEWIS to talk to about it!!! Not someone to talk about the decision making, but an athlete who previously murdered!! Player still playing, Bama fans defending!!! Completely sickening.

Rick Barnes can't coach offense much better than Kellie Harper, but I thank God the U of T has him.

Also, this gun fetish culture ya'll . . .

I wouldn't say he can't coach offense as much as some of the players can't make an open shot. He was coaching offense really well when he had Williams and Admiral. I am really surprised at how bad some of these guys shoot in certain games.

 

[Rooster1]

I know we shouldn't think much of Utah even with their 10 and 3 Q1 record. If they can beat California and Stanford in their two final Pac 12 games I think they might move to the one line.

I have been saying Utah is ranked a bit high based upon their accomplishments. Basically this is their resume' so far :

Beat #13 OK by 46
Split with #14 Az (won by 1 and lost by 10)
Beat #17 Ucla by 2
Split with #21 Colo (L by 10 w by 26)

Lost to #3 Stanford by 12

Meh

 

[Volfan2012]

I have been saying Utah is ranked a bit high based upon their accomplishments. Basically this is their resume' so far :

Beat #13 OK by 46
Split with #14 Az (won by 1 and lost by 10)
Beat #17 Ucla by 2
Split with #21 Colo (L by 10 w by 26)

Lost to #3 Stanford by 12

Meh

With the net counting all Q1 games as equals they will have their shot at a number one seed if they can beat Stanford at home. Otherwise they will still be a two. Where your losing focus is that all Q1 victories are counted the same no matter who you play. It may not be right, but is the reason they are ranked the way they are this season. Right now the number twos in the last bracket were Utah, LSU, Maryland, and Iowa. If any of them are to become a number one it would be LSU more than likely or Utah if they win those last two Pac 12 games this week. Iowa plays Indiana so that gives them a shot as well. Maryland at Ohio State needs to win that road game to stay in contention.

 

[Rooster1]

With the net counting all Q1 games as equals they will have their shot at a number one seed if they can beat Stanford at home. Otherwise they will still be a two. Where your losing focus is that all Q1 victories are counted the same no matter who you play. It may not be right, but is the reason they are ranked the way they are this season. Right now the number twos in the last bracket were Utah, LSU, Maryland, and Iowa. If any of them are to become a number one it would be LSU more than likely or Utah if they win those last two Pac 12 games this week. Iowa plays Indiana so that gives them a shot as well. Maryland at Ohio State needs to win that road game to stay in contention.

No argument here. I would think that Uconn would still be the favorite to win the BE tourney, and Md will not be much of an underdog vs Ind in the B10 tourney. Utah and LSU have almost no chance to win their conference tournaments. I believe Uconn and Md will ultimately be ranked higher than LSU and Utah.

 

[Volfan2012]

No argument here. I would think that Uconn would still be the favorite to win the BE tourney, and Md will not be much of an underdog vs Ind in the B10 tourney. Utah and LSU have almost no chance to win their conference tournaments. I believe Uconn and Md will ultimately be ranked higher than LSU and Utah.

Farther down the road sure could be true, but I'm talking about next week's bracket as that is the one that will reflect what happened this week.

 

[glv98]

If I’d been Alabama’s AD, I would have interrupted that interview after the “wrong place at the wrong time” comment to fire him on the spot — on camera so that the world would know Alabama understands the seriousness of it.

Except apparently Bama's AD has known about all this all along. Yeah, maybe fire Oates for not saying it very well for public consumption, but the AD is AOK with what happened. Just stunning.

 

[lvocd]

Except apparently Bama's AD has known about all this all along. Yeah, maybe fire Oates for not saying it very well for public consumption, but the AD is AOK with what happened. Just stunning.

That's awful. And infuriating!

 

[creekdipper]

That's awful. And infuriating!

Well, after all, they are ranked #2.

 

[djtee]

Arkansas Erynn Barnum and Makayla Daniels will return for the 2023-2024 season

 

[sisaq]

Maryland lost to Nebraska by 23, Depaul by 9, and to Iowa by 14 the first time they played. I can agree that LSU hasn't played enough good teams as well. So maybe UConn stays the last number one as the backup crew all have a lot of faults meaning the number two seeds.

I would give that #1 to Uconn. LSU is the last team to think about because they're scare to play any top them and it will expose them come tournament time.

 

[mudcat1973]

4 knox ejected for fighting local high school girls wvlt ch8 gym cleared of fans.

 

[Rooster1]

I would give that #1 to Uconn. LSU is the last team to think about because they're scare to play any top them and it will expose them come tournament time.

Sisaq
Lets hold off on giving Uconn a #1 seed for now, in a few weeks we will know. Right now they have some work to do to get back to a 1. They are currently playing 5 1/2 players per game….and the 1/2 isn’t fully back yet. Maybe Azzi comes back and is herself, maybe. Even then, not sure what that looks like tbh.

 

[Darth_Vol]

Gotta rant:

Can ya'll believe the horror show with Alabama men's team? One already arrested as accessory to capital murder and turns out another player brought the murder weapon to the bar at 2 a.m., texted the alleged accessory where it was and that it was loaded, and allegedly used his car (which had bullet holes in the windshield) to block the car in which a young mother was murdered - for not accepting unwanted advances.

Coaches reaction? Poor kid (their one and done star) was in "wrong spot at wrong time". Said the school has always known the second players role and "he's not in trouble, did nothing wrong". AND as a response to the murder, brought in RAY EFFING LEWIS to talk to about it!!! Not someone to talk about the decision making, but an athlete who previously murdered!! Player still playing, Bama fans defending!!! Completely sickening.

Rick Barnes can't coach offense much better than Kellie Harper, but I thank God the U of T has him.

Also, this gun fetish culture ya'll . . .

Absolutely despicable.

But hey, who cares about a little murder when you've got a team that can win it all...

 

[sisaq]

Sisaq
Lets hold off on giving Uconn a #1 seed for now, in a few weeks we will know. Right now they have some work to do to get back to a 1. They are currently playing 5 1/2 players per game….and the 1/2 isn’t fully back yet. Maybe Azzi comes back and is herself, maybe. Even then, not sure what that looks like tbh.

I meant instead of giving #1 to LSU give it to Uconn

 

[Rooster1]

I meant instead of giving #1 to LSU give it to Uconn

Oh, I knew that.

 

[Rooster1]

@NeedOrange

Predictions for the seedings and thoughts? Thx in advance, peace

 

[Lucy]

If LSU did take the last #1 spot, and Uconn is the top ranked #2 team we could see that matchup. I’d definitely watch that game. Not sure why LSU would jump to a 1 seed just yet, Maryland has 3 top ten wins, LSU has played one top ten team and got beaten badly, they have not beaten a current ranked opponent all season. Right now, I’d seed the top 8 like this:
SC
Ind
Stan
Md (beat Uconn and 3 top 10’s)
LSU (will know more after SECT)
Uconn (beat Iowa)
Iowa (a 30 pt loss, 6 total losses)
Utah (for now, keep an eye on ND)

I‘m not enamored with LSU’s fancy looking W-L record…..sorry but the OOC schedule does matter. Crème said on Twitter LSU goes to a 1 now because Md “only” has 3 top ten wins…was he drinking?

Well now that you mention it……

 

[Lucy]

Again??? Where are her parents?!? This happened in the game Saturday and she had to have an ice pack to the back of the neck. I was stunned they put her back in without a concussion exam, after she just came out of the protocol. What in the world is UConn thinking? Maybe they've been hit in head.

So with you on this! Would have been walking over to the bench and gathering up my kid. You don’t mess with concussions.

 

[StorrsCentral]

Sure is fun to watch everyone take advantage of a vulnerable UConn team this year.

Well, almost everyone...

The tank is empty, and not only can they not play anymore, they can't think anymore. Blood is in the water and the other BE teams know it, so they are going for it. From our view, it's sad because they worked so hard to maintain the level of play that is expected of them. I give them a lot of credit for their effort, and I hope none of this hurts them in the future as their bodies are so run down.

 

[djtee]

After Maryland pounded Iowa Lisa Bluder taking a shot a Brenda Frese : I mean honestly this is one of the smaller crowds that we went against, Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. This might be a really good one for Maryland, I don't know.

 

[creekdipper]

As much as I hate to give conn any kind of credit, in some ways they have overachieved (keeping in mind that they still have some fairly elite active players who would make any roster and start for most). With the number of close calls they've had lately, they could easily have several more losses by now.

 

[glv98]

After Maryland pounded Iowa Lisa Bluder taking a shot a Brenda Frese : I mean honestly this is one of the smaller crowds that we went against, Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. This might be a really good one for Maryland, I don't know.

OUUCCHHH! Sure hope they play in the tournament!

 

[djtee]

Ava McKennie, 6-2 W, McDonogh School (Owings Mills, MD), has announced her commitment to Maryland WBB, their first 2024 commit; her other finalists were Harvard, Penn State, and Princeton

Good pickup for Frese

 

[Lucy]

Ava McKennie, 6-2 W, McDonogh School (Owings Mills, MD), has announced her commitment to Maryland WBB, their first 2024 commit; her other finalists were Harvard, Penn State, and Princeton

Good pickup for Frese

should have gone to Harvard or Princeton! Got to think strategically there!!