Non-Lady Vol Basketball News 2024-25

[Voltopia]

First three season 42 and 48 SEC 17 and 29 it takes time to build a program.

I'm not arguing her history or her work. I'm saying that poster's comments about South Carolina were flat out wrong. Because they were flat out wrong

 

[Volfan2012]

So i know this post wasn't for me and i want to preface this by saying I am NOT I REPEAT NOT a UCONN fan. but here is one by @SCspur that stated the following... We proceeded to joke about how he said the same thing last year and i proceeded to remind him A&M had a great season.

I could see if they had just stayed with the odds on favorite but he/she said specifically no one would beat them aka "untouchable"


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A lot more like this just didn't want to take time to look them up. Glad you took the time to find one. Not the only SC poster that had this moto of no one will beat SC they will go undefeated. It also happened more than one year.

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

"Dawn won the SEC before she started landing real talent."

Staley literally brought in the best class South Carolina - Wilson and all those other five star signees - to play on that first squad that got to a Final Four. She never won the SEC before that year.

yep

• 6× SEC Tournament champion (2015–2018, 2020, 2021)
• 5× SEC regular season champion (2014–2017, 2020)

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

A lot more like this just didn't want to take time to look them up. Glad you took the time to find one. Not the only SC poster that had this moto of no one will beat SC they will go undefeated. It also happened more than one year.

i always speak on that one post becuz it was bold! Just like one that said SC was gonna be better after losing their 4 year starting pg and the other senior who was the emotional leader of the group.

 

[Amb3096]

I'm not arguing her history or her work. I'm saying that poster's comments about South Carolina were flat out wrong. Because they were flat out wrong

I think they either won outright or shared w Tenn the SEC regular season the year before A'ja. I remember Izzy showing up and out against them in their H2H matchup. Great game!

 

[Mr.Pivot]

So i know this post wasn't for me and i want to preface this by saying I am NOT I REPEAT NOT a UCONN fan. but here is one by @SCspur that stated the following... We proceeded to joke about how he said the same thing last year and i proceeded to remind him A&M had a great season.

I could see if they had just stayed with the odds on favorite but he/she said specifically no one would beat them aka "untouchable"


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So one fan equal “the fan base”? Btw I know Spur personally. Super crazed Gamecock fanatic and he’s one of the reasons I decided to post here. He told be why he decided to stop posting here but I won’t disclose that lol. So he likely won’t get that notification from you.

 

[VolBall09]

So one fan equal “the fan base”? Btw I know Spur personally. Super crazed Gamecock fanatic and he’s one of the reasons I decided to post here. He told be why he decided to stop posting here but I won’t disclose that lol. So he likely won’t get that notification from you.

This sounds like something Spur would say…

 

[Terrells Bay88]

I think they either won outright or shared w Tenn the SEC regular season the year before A'ja. I remember Izzy showing up and out against them in their H2H matchup. Great game!

They won the SEC regular season title the year before A'ja got there and was a #1 seed. They lost to the Diamond Deshields UNC team in the S16.

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

So one fan equal “the fan base”? Btw I know Spur personally. Super crazed Gamecock fanatic and he’s one of the reasons I decided to post here. He told be why he decided to stop posting here but I won’t disclose that lol. So he likely won’t get that notification from you.

Man... phew... here goes...

the quote was Rooster1 saying "Show me one post where someone claimed or labeled them “untouchable” ".

I did just that I showed that poster ONE post of someone saying they were "untouchable" just to prove its been said.

Also as i said in the post SCSpur and i had a good laugh back and forth with it so that's no secret.

How you got all the way from someone saying show me one post to one fan equaling the fanbase was a super longgg stretch

I don't know if you didn't understand Roosters question and then my response but hopefully you understood that someone posted that one post and i wanted to locate and show them just what they asked for...

While SCSpur has chosen not to post i see they continue to lurk and like posts so i'm glad to see they are still around in general. Glad you found a friend in SCSpur always seemed decent and took a good ribbing as well as dished some out. Friends are important

 

[LadyVols_WBK]

Speaking of recruiting Lavender Briggs has liked too many Tennessee tweets lately

 

[VolBall09]

Speaking of recruiting Lavender Briggs has liked too many Tennessee tweets lately

She’s trying to hop on the train! Lol

She’s a great player. Depending on the situation at UF I could see it going either way. Like I said in another post though, if it was disciplinary at all I have a hard time seeing Kellie and her staff being interested.

 

[NoBackBoard]

Speaking of recruiting Lavender Briggs has liked too many Tennessee tweets lately

Lavender in orange sounds fun!

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

Speaking of recruiting Lavender Briggs has liked too many Tennessee tweets lately

https://floridagators.com/404-1.aspx?url=/roster.aspx?rp_id=14435&

they did the ole 404 clean sweep of her player profile... so i guess she is really leaving this time.

 

[VolBall09]

https://floridagators.com/404-1.aspx?url=/roster.aspx?rp_id=14435&

they did the ole 404 clean sweep of her player profile... so i guess she is really leaving this time.

Not the 404

 

[VolBall09]

So far Iowa State cannot caused Ayoka Lee at all. Just having her way with them.

 

[Amb3096]

So far Iowa State cannot caused Ayoka Lee at all. Just having her way with them.

I hope you didn't give up on this game, because it got really interesting in the last 4 minutes.

ISU hits 6 3s in the quarter, including a big one with 4 sec left for a 72-70 lead and steals a solid win on the road that KS State should have come away with.

And yes...Ayoka Lee is a beast! 38 pts, 11 boards, but not much help from her teammates. Ashley Joens has a much better supporting cast.

 

[VolBall09]

I hope you didn't give up on this game, because it got really interesting in the last 4 minutes.

ISU hits 6 3s in the quarter, including a big one with 4 sec left for a 72-70 lead and steals a solid win on the road that KS State should have come away with.

And yes...Ayoka Lee is a beast! 38 pts, 11 boards, but not much help from her teammates. Ashley Joens has a much better supporting cast.

I watched the entire game. To much Ashley Joens in the end. When she shoots like that she’s impossible to guard. Thought they looked like two really good teams. Both well coached and executing well with a lot of young players.

KState has had trouble closing big games the last couple seasons. They are really close but can’t quite get over the hump against ranked teams. They did get Baylor but I maintain that’s a very different situation at this point.

 

[Amb3096]

I'm curious how good of a pro Ashley will be. Seem Iowa State (and Iowa, for that matter) consistently pump out All Americans who fizzle in the WNBA. Maybe Joens is the one who bucks the trend?

KState choked . 3 costly turnovers in the last 2 minutes will do that to you. But ISU can really shoot it from deep. Good win for Fennelly and club.

 

[shiverz]

"Dawn won the SEC before she started landing real talent."

Staley literally brought in the best class South Carolina - Wilson and all those other five star signees - to play on that first squad that got to a Final Four. She never won the SEC before that year.

She won the SEC regular season title before Wilson and her class arrived.

 

[xtpsrh08123]

I'm curious how good of a pro Ashley will be. Seem Iowa State (and Iowa, for that matter) consistently pump out All Americans who fizzle in the WNBA. Maybe Joens is the one who bucks the trend?

KState choked . 3 costly turnovers in the last 2 minutes will do that to you. But ISU can really shoot it from deep. Good win for Fennelly and club.

Ashley Joens will not have a long career ….mark my words ! WNBA guards and forwards eyes will
Light up when they see her as their defender . It’s a two way street in this sport . She can score but cannot create her own shot off the dribble imo. That’s always been the knock on Iowa State players. Great shooters but their
Always set shooters .

 

[Amb3096]

Ashley Joens will not have a long career ….mark my words ! WNBA guards and forwards eyes will
Light up when they see her as their defender . It’s a two way street in this sport . She can score but cannot create her own shot off the dribble imo. That’s always been the knock on Iowa State players. Great shooters but their
Always set shooters .

Joens has shown she can create her own shot with ease in the college game, but I agree that her ability to do that in the WNBA will make or break her chances. She will definitely have to prove herself as a reliable defender at the next level for sure.

 

[xtpsrh08123]

Joens has shown she can create her own shot with ease in the college game, but I agree that her ability to do that in the WNBA will make or break her chances. She will definitely have to prove herself as a reliable defender at the next level for sure.

High end Bridget Carlton low end Stacy freeze pro careers

 

[Amb3096]

High end Bridget Carlton low end Stacy freeze pro careers

Hopefully she does better than poor Stacy Freese. Now that's a player who couldn't create her own shot.

Honestly, I thought Carleton would be better than she's shown. I'm surprised she's still in the league.

 

[FormerLadyVolFan]

Well, it looks like someone else thinks Uconn is on the decline...and Geno also has some words for you that live by recruiting rankings...

Auriemma also sees the change. More and more schools are beginning to put resources into their women’s programs and that’s being reflected in more parity and more upsets, he said.

“I also think a lot of the highly rated recruits around the country — ones that people said are can’t-miss, sure-fire great players coming out of high school and all the recruiting services tout how great these kids are — are, quite frankly, not that good relative to a few years ago,” he said. “So, what ends up happening is those next-level kids down, they’re better than they’ve ever been and they’re going to different schools and they’re knocking off some of these teams that have these big-time recruits and you’re starting to see a lot more of that.”

 

[Volfan2012]

Well, it looks like someone else thinks Uconn is on the decline...and Geno also has some words for you that live by recruiting rankings...

Auriemma also sees the change. More and more schools are begin- ning to put resources into their women’s programs and that’s being reflected in more parity and more upsets, he said.

“I also think a lot of the highly rated recruits around the country — ones that people said are can’t-miss, sure-fire great players coming out of high school and all the recruiting services tout how great these kids are — are, quite frankly, not that good relative to a few years ago,” he said. “So, what ends up happening is those next-level kids down, they’re better than they’ve ever been and they’re going to different schools and they’re knocking off some of these teams that have these big-time recruits and you’re starting to see a lot more of that.”

Were going to get to parity because so many more girls are playing basketball and this is creating quality and depth in the rankings. Seen plenty of girls in the 2023 class that are unranked by Hoopgurlz that are as good as any they have ranked.