Tennessee Lady Vol News

[Rooster1]

Destinee was a rising senior, so she could either graduate this year or come back next year as a COVID extra year. Since she was injured and is redshirting, then she gets a do-over...so 2 more years of eligibility.

Good for her, nice. As it should be.

 

[Rooster1]

Wrong thread, but had to say great win tonight for UT men vs Auburn, Knecht scored 39, what a player.

 

[VolBall09]

Too soon to discuss the possibility of not having 20 wins this season?

Presuming we win tomorrow we would need to win 3 more games.

Unlikely to beat SC, if we end up 5th we probably play Bama and IF we win that game we see SC again and likely lose (beating a team 3 times in one season is hard though, better teams have lost to opponents like this). We would be sitting at 18 wins meaning we would have to make the Sweet 16 to hit 20 wins on the season.

Again, a strange scheduling choice. We had a lot of new pieces to work in. Seems like a bad choice not to play the extra games we could have.

 

[th2421]

Too soon to discuss the possibility of not having 20 wins this season?

Presuming we win tomorrow we would need to win 3 more games.

Unlikely to beat SC, if we end up 5th we probably play Bama and IF we win that game we see SC again and likely lose (beating a team 3 times in one season is hard though, better teams have lost to opponents like this). We would be sitting at 18 wins meaning we would have to make the Sweet 16 to hit 20 wins on the season.

Again, a strange scheduling choice. We had a lot of new pieces to work in. Seems like a bad choice not to play the extra games we would have.

If we're the 5th seed, we'd have to play the winner of the 12/13 game. That could get us to 19 wins before the NCAA tournament if we beat Texas A&M tomorrow and two SEC tournament games (12/13 winner and Alabama). Very doable, but beating Texas A&M and Alabama would be our 2nd and 3rd best wins in terms of NET, so still a big challenge.

 

[VolBall09]

If we're the 5th seed, we'd have to play the winner of the 12/13 game. That could get us to 19 wins before the NCAA tournament if we beat Texas A&M tomorrow and two SEC tournament games (12/13 winner and Alabama). Very doable, but beating Texas A&M and Alabama would be our 2nd and 3rd best wins in terms of NET, so still a big challenge.

Thank you! I felt like I was missing something lol

 

[woodpusher]

Thank you! I felt like I was missing something lol

So it's better to finish 5th than 4th. Roll Tide!

 

[VolBall09]

So it's better to finish 5th than 4th. Roll Tide!

Sad that we have to consider that, really. Shouldn’t even be a question at this point in the season.

Would still hope for 4th. Fewer games in the SEC tourney the better. The way this team is up and down they could lay an egg in that first game and be one and done…

Or they could win by 40.

 

[VolFuture]

Too soon to discuss the possibility of not having 20 wins this season?

Presuming we win tomorrow we would need to win 3 more games.

Unlikely to beat SC, if we end up 5th we probably play Bama and IF we win that game we see SC again and likely lose (beating a team 3 times in one season is hard though, better teams have lost to opponents like this). We would be sitting at 18 wins meaning we would have to make the Sweet 16 to hit 20 wins on the season.

Again, a strange scheduling choice. We had a lot of new pieces to work in. Seems like a bad choice not to play the extra games we would have.

Yeah we literally could have played 4 more games at least 2 would’ve been nice

 

[37620VOL]

With no game thread yet, and the importance of tonight's game being impossible to understate, I just wanted to drop this inspiring message to Jackson and Spear -

 

[SGMVols]

It is unacceptable to not get to 20 wins. It would be Kellie’s 2nd team to not get to 20 in 5 years. Before her, we had only one team since 1976 fail to win 20, and that was the team that got Holly fired.

 

[VolBall09]

It is unacceptable to not get to 20 wins. It would be Kellie’s 2nd team to not get to 20 in 5 years. Before her, we had only one team since 1976 fail to win 20, and that was the team that got Holly fired.

Especially because we could have played 4 more games but inexplicably just didn’t.

Would have been a good idea to use those on some cupcakes in Nov and Dec to get the line-up worked out better.

Instead she did her usual experimentation against a bunch of top 15 teams and lost all those games. Really a head scratcher for me.

 

[Volfaninfl2]

It is unacceptable to not get to 20 wins. It would be Kellie’s 2nd team to not get to 20 in 5 years. Before her, we had only one team since 1976 fail to win 20, and that was the team that got Holly fired.

Those with agendas twist facts, or leave out facts.

2019-20, We went 21-10
2020-21, We went 17-8, BUT 5 GAMES WERE CANCELLED (Covid)
2021-22, We went 25-9
2022-23, We went 25-12

Still playing this year.

 

[Volfaninfl2]

Lip reading:

Kellie: “Are you crying?”
Tamari: “Yes.”

Sweet.

 

[FormerLadyVolFan]

They tried and were unable to add some extra games to the pre-conference schedule this season.

Also, Rickea Jackson's absence lead to losses against the pre-season ranked teams. I wonder where the men's team's record would be if Dalton Knecht had missed their pre-conference games as well?

It is unacceptable to not get to 20 wins. It would be Kellie’s 2nd team to not get to 20 in 5 years. Before her, we had only one team since 1976 fail to win 20, and that was the team that got Holly fired.

 

[Coach Jumper]

They tried and were unable to add some extra games to the pre-conference schedule this season.

Also, Rickea Jackson's absence lead to losses against the pre-season ranked teams. I wonder where the men's team's record would be if Dalton Knecht had missed their pre-conference games as well?

Yes,,,but there are a lot of cup-cakes at the buffet table that we wouldn't have needed RJ for
So here, I think we should have went after more winnable games even with her injury

 

[knoxvol52]

They tried and were unable to add some extra games to the pre-conference schedule this season.

Also, Rickea Jackson's absence lead to losses against the pre-season ranked teams. I wonder where the men's team's record would be if Dalton Knecht had missed their pre-conference games as well?

Injuries are part of the game, every team has some sort of injuries during season.
Stars and role players.

Mens team lost ZZ last season at this time and still made it to round if 16 without star PG..

 

[Volfan2012]

Injuries are part of the game, every team has some sort of injuries during season.
Stars and role players.

Mens team lost ZZ last season at this time and still made it to round if 16 without star PG..

You need a roster where you can just reload. Pat always had that someone goes down another player almost as good and sometimes better stepped in.

 

[VolBall09]

They tried and were unable to add some extra games to the pre-conference schedule this season.

Also, Rickea Jackson's absence lead to losses against the pre-season ranked teams. I wonder where the men's team's record would be if Dalton Knecht had missed their pre-conference games as well?

Ok, so that’s another coaching failure. Couldn’t even get the games we needed scheduled. Tried and failed just means failed.

 

[Volfaninfl2]

They tried and were unable to add some extra games to the pre-conference schedule this season.

Also, Rickea Jackson's absence lead to losses against the pre-season ranked teams. I wonder where the men's team's record would be if Dalton Knecht had missed their pre-conference games as well?

We played the USA Team, that was nice, but didn’t count. We lost 4 of the 8 games Rickea missed. Now, we miss Wells, too.

When people just look at wins and losses, many teams who played really weak schedules are highly ranked. It’s aggravating to see.

Now, with Oklahoma and Texas coming to the SEC next year, our conference schedule just got tougher, but we have already scheduled UConn for next year. We’re making our schedule harder than ever. Why?

Wins build confidence, and also gets you a better NCAA Tournament seed.

 

[Coach Jumper]

You need a roster where you can just reload. Pat always had that someone goes down another player almost as good and sometimes better stepped in.

this is where HS recruiting is so very important,,,you fill gaps with portal players,,,you don't build teams with it otherwise you've got to have a great coach with a "plug-n-play" offensive system.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

We played the USA Team, that was nice, but didn’t count. We lost 4 of the 8 games Rickea missed.

When people just look at wins and losses, the teams who played really weak schedules are highly ranked. It’s aggravating to see.

Now, with Oklahoma and Texas coming to the SEC next year, our conference schedule just got tougher, but we have already scheduled UConn for next year. We’re making our schedule harder than ever. Why?

Wins build confidence, and also gets you a better NCAA Tournament seed.

If we have a stacked team will u be worried about the schedule or just if we don’t get any good players through the portal?

 

[volforlife10]

Injuries are part of the game, every team has some sort of injuries during season.
Stars and role players.

Mens team lost ZZ last season at this time and still made it to round if 16 without star PG..

ZZ and RJ are not comparable. RJ is way more valuable for the lady vols than he is for for the men. now Knecht and RJ are

 

[Lucy]

You need a roster where you can just reload. Pat always had that someone goes down another player almost as good and sometimes better stepped in.

You don’t have another Rikea Jackson hanging around. Pat could not have just reloaded a Tamika or Candace.
The loss of a player of Rikea’s stature would be a blow to any team in the country.

 

[knoxvol52]

ZZ and RJ are not comparable. RJ is way more valuable for the lady vols than he is for for the men. now Knecht and RJ are

Excuses ,is all I hear recruit better.

Like I said I don't care if Kellie is coach or not..

I only care about winning. Hire the Mail Man if he can coach ..

 

[Coach Jumper]

Excuses ,is all I hear recruit better.

Like I said I don't care if Kellie is coach or not..

I only care about winning. Hire the Mail Man if he can coach ..

right on,,,I'd love to have Karl Malone as an assistant