Non-Lady Vol Basketball News 2024-25

[Lucy]

Wonder if the NC State loss today will help or hurt us?

 

[KnoxLikeUs]

Wonder if the NC State loss today will help or hurt us?

Tennessee can take care of it all by just winning our remaining regular season games.
I don’t think they need much help if they finish the season strong.

 

[Lucy]

Who is people? Ironic I’ll give you two posts before you go crying about narcissism.
Post what you have to say and I’ll do the same.
Your obsession with constantly quoting me when I barely know you exist on this forum is comical.
You don’t even defend Tennessee to this degree.
#1/#2 2025 High School recruiting class.
Physically outmatched and beat Top 5 UCONN.
Top 16 seed.
GBO ‘solid’!

First off, everyone but you knows her much more than you.
Second, the comment was about prematurely dissing Vandy over a loss when everyone, EVERYONE knows as soon as you do that Vandy will comeback and win. It is a universal law. Like gravity.
You have to wait until the game is over to slam them! You alone are responsible for their come from behind victory today!!

 

[KnoxLikeUs]

It’s that time of the year.

 

[hUTch2002]

Tennessee can take care of it all by just winning our remaining regular season games.
I don’t think they need much help if they finish the season strong.

One thing that is certainly helping is that UConn win. I forget who but I saw someone on this forum dismissing that win as if it weren’t a good win. Ask SC how good that win was.

 

[volsagain]

First off, everyone but you knows her much more than you.
Second, the comment was about prematurely dissing Vandy over a loss when everyone, EVERYONE knows as soon as you do that Vandy will comeback and win. It is a universal law. Like gravity.
You have to wait until the game is over to slam them! You alone are responsible for their come from behind victory today!!

Hehehehe yeah what Lucy said ! I try to never speak in absolutes

 

[KnoxLikeUs]

One thing that is certainly helping is that UConn win. I forget who but I saw someone on this forum dismissing that win as if it weren’t a good win. Ask SC how good that win was.

I saw that as well and some even went as far to say that this is the worse UCONN team in years.
I didn’t see any of that when watching UCONN prior to playing Tennessee and certainly not since that game.
Tennessee is a good team. They haven’t played together long enough to be as polished or consistent as other good teams but eventually once it clicks the LVs could be the best team in WBB.
Today, UCONN stated their case for best team in WBB.

 

[VolBalls33]

Gilbert last 10 games for LSU
2 games against UT scored 22 and 23
Other 8 hasn't scored more than 6.

 

[westtnvoljackson]

That sequence might get Johnnie fired. Inexcusable.

And it should!

 

[1reVOLver]

 

[maple]

As a biased UConn fan I will say that the main difference between the loss to LV and the win against SCar is the rebounding (LVs out rebounded us) and that when UConn grabbed the lead, the LVs dug deep and fought back.

IMO SCar started looking uncertain when UConn first pulled away. For the first time in a while, Dawn did not have an answer for in-game adjustments. I’m not about to say Kim is a better coach, obviously, but at least in their respective games against UConn, Kim did a better job game planning and making corrections in-game.

It will be interesting to see where all 3 teams go from here.

 

[cabbie191]

I was at the Conn/South Carolina game. Some musings and a question:

1) I didn’t think the final score is really reflective of the two teams’ strengths. With few exceptions the Gamecocks were pretty tenacious on defense and didn’t give Conn a whole lot of really wide open shots.

Likewise, their passing and ball movement on offense was pretty crisp. It’s just that their shots didn’t go in with a high percentage. That happens to every team now and then.

2) We all know that because of the relative strength of Big East WBB vs the SEC, Geno has (for the first time that I ever remember) been giving most of his starters quite a lot of rest during conference games. Dawn doesn’t have that luxury. So I wonder, being a late season game, if this was a quiet advantage for UConn.

3) One thing I noticed that was surprising (to me at least) was some hesitation on the part of Kitts to take medium range shots when she was open. You’ve seen more of her game than I have so maybe this is just who she, or maybe it was uncharacteristic. Thoughts on this?

 

[VolBalls33]

No Betts for UCLA tonight.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

UCONN beating SC so badly right now. Maybe SC isn’t all that it’s been made out to be?

Just like I’ve said from the beginning.

 

[Dak1219]

I was at the Conn/South Carolina game. Some musings and a question:

1) I didn’t think the final score is really reflective of the two teams’ strengths. With few exceptions the Gamecocks were pretty tenacious on defense and didn’t give Conn a whole lot of really wide open shots.

Likewise, their passing and ball movement on offense was pretty crisp. It’s just that their shots didn’t go in with a high percentage. That happens to every team now and then.

2) We all know that because of the relative strength of Big East WBB vs the SEC, Geno has (for the first time that I ever remember) been giving most of his starters quite a lot of rest during conference games. Dawn doesn’t have that luxury. So I wonder, being a late season game, if this was a quiet advantage for UConn.

3) One thing I noticed that was surprising (to me at least) was some hesitation on the part of Kitts to take medium range shots when she was open. You’ve seen more of her game than I have so maybe this is just who she, or maybe it was uncharacteristic. Thoughts on this?

What do you mean Dawn doesn't have the luxury to rest her starters? Dawn has ten All Americans on that team and has chosen to play who she is gonna play. She could play every one of her top 10 players 15-17 minutes and always have an all American in every spot. If she chooses not to develop these players and put them into the rotation that's on her and her own coaching philosophy.

 

[MAD]

Remember the name

 

[SGMVols]

Remember the name

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Vandy’s gonna have to get their money up to keep her in Nashville.

 

[maple]

UCLA might win this game tonight but I am not convinced they deserve a #1 overall. Sorry. Maybe I’m just a hater but they do not impress me.

Edit: UCLA needing a BS technical call on MSU in order to put them away. Joke. Even the B10 announcers called out that the technical shouldn’t have been called that late in a 1pt game.

 

[chuckiepoo]

First off, everyone but you knows her much more than you.
Second, the comment was about prematurely dissing Vandy over a loss when everyone, EVERYONE knows as soon as you do that Vandy will comeback and win. It is a universal law. Like gravity.
You have to wait until the game is over to slam them! You alone are responsible for their come from behind victory today!!

A little ‘stitious, eh?

 

[chuckiepoo]

It’s that time of the year.

 

[superfly]

Just like I’ve said from the beginning.

OK...lets set the thing straight. I think these girls play a "no worries" type game. They were up by 20 on Tennessee and took their foot off the gas. Tennessee beat UCONN so they had the "no worries" attitude, and it snowballed. When it comes to crunch time this is not a team you want to face. They don't stay focused, and they can run up the score and then let it slide. The loss of Watkins is a big problem, but it has been solved somewhat. Watkins is a beast. This was an embarrassment, and I can assure you this won't happen again. The team has the talent to win another title. The question is do they have the focus? The tournament is when it all counts and no matter your seed (as long as you are a 16 host) you are going to have to beat the best teams to get to the championship. This is just the silly season before the real season starts. You just play to get yourself in position.

 

[Volfan2012]

OK...lets set the thing straight. I think these girls play a "no worries" type game. They were up by 20 on Tennessee and took their foot off the gas. Tennessee beat UCONN so they had the "no worries" attitude, and it snowballed. When it comes to crunch time this is not a team you want to face. They don't stay focused, and they can run up the score and then let it slide. The loss of Watkins is a big problem, but it has been solved somewhat. Watkins is a beast. This was an embarrassment, and I can assure you this won't happen again. The team has the talent to win another title. The question is do they have the focus? The tournament is when it all counts and no matter your seed (as long as you are a 16 host) you are going to have to beat the best teams to get to the championship. This is just the silly season before the real season starts. You just play to get yourself in position.

Fans always make way to much out of a win or a loss. For whatever reason teams don't play well on a certain day. It is because of player performance and has no bearing on what a team will do in the next game or in the future. UConn was a better team than SC yesterday doesn't mean they would be the best team if they played again. People talking about SC might not be that great because they lost a game probably should rethink that decision. SC will be right there when the NCAA starts and is certainly still the favorite to win the SEC Tourney.

I feel sorry for poor little Arkansas they are going to get the beatdown of the year when they play there this Thursday.

 

[glv98]

Fans always make way to much out of a win or a loss. For whatever reason teams don't play well on a certain day. It is because of player performance and has no bearing on what a team will do in the next game or in the future. UConn was a better team than SC yesterday doesn't mean they would be the best team if they played again. People talking about SC might not be that great because they lost a game probably should rethink that decision. SC will be right there when the NCAA starts and is certainly still the favorite to win the SEC Tourney.

I feel sorry for poor little Arkansas they are going to get the beatdown of the year when they play there this Thursday.

All that is true, but there's something about seeing your team play in a god awful way you had no idea they were capable of playing anymore. I had no idea SC could be that bad, and for that matter that UConn could play that well esp after their showing here. Elite teams don't usually have lows quite that low. Once you see it, that level of stink is always hiding in the corner of your mind waiting to jump out.

 

[Volfan2012]

All that is true, but there's something about seeing your team play in a god awful way you had no idea they were capable of playing anymore. I had no idea SC could be that bad, and for that matter that UConn could play that well esp after their showing here. Elite teams don't usually have lows quite that low. Once you see it, that level of stink is always hiding in the corner of your mind waiting to jump out.

If you look at SC it is quite obvious that they are having problems rebounding the ball. They have lost the rebounding by double digits in some of the games. They usually still win by holding the opposition to shooting in the 30's. It doesn't work if a team can get that offense going and shoot even 45 percent. When they played us we won the boards but shot 35 percent. 45 percent wins the game against them. Going forward they are going to need to figure a way to become a better rebounding team or be consistent in holding teams to 30 percent shooting.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Once you see it, that level of stink is always hiding in the corner of your mind waiting to jump out.

…brutal.