Tennessee will have a great season in 2017/2018

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NoBackBoard said:
How many freshmen did Baylor start?
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None, but their three freshmen all played around 20 min each.

Like Tennessee, they lost 3 starters from last season. Two of the new starters (Chou/Cohen) did not play heavy minutes last season, but led the team in scoring in the game with 20 and 19 points.
 
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UConn wins their exhibition by 50-some points, but gets next to nothing from their talented freshmen class. A cautionary tale about what can we really expect from the freshmen right from the get-go.
 
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Amb3096 said:
UConn wins their exhibition by 50-some points, but gets next to nothing from their talented freshmen class. A cautionary tale about what can we really expect from the freshmen right from the get-go.
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How many minutes did they play?
 
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LadyVol1908 said:
How many minutes did they play?
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Gordon -5 min, 2 pts
Coombs - 7 min, 0 pts
Walker - 13 min, 2 pts
Espinoza - 14 min, 0 pts

Nurse, KLS and Collier all played 26+ minutes. It actually satisfies me that there is a huge drop off in bench play beyond Stevens. Maybe they won't be as much of a lock for the NC as originally projected.
 
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That's fools gold ,, IF given the opportunity freshman can play look at guard from Oregon and their freshman had big years and Maryland guard if you are riding the bench can't show too much
 
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ladyvosl23 said:
That's fools gold ,, IF given the opportunity freshman can play look at guard from Oregon and their freshman had big years and Maryland guard if you are riding the bench can't show too much
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Or you can have Tennessee's 2008 team, where freshmen played big minutes and big roles, but the team still struggled. There are a lot of variables, and availabile playing time by itself is not a good predictor of success.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Or you can have Tennessee's 2008 team, where freshmen played big minutes and big roles, but the team still struggled. There are a lot of variables, and availabile playing time by itself is not a good predictor of success.
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Or you can look at TN freshman class with the Tamika Catchings and Semeka Randall! A freshman is a freshman but we have had some freshman that have been successful off the bat, others who got to be successful and some who never reached the level of which we thought they would. With that being said I have to believe playing time only enhances the players skills, IQ, and overall benefits them. Take Ms. Carter at A&M if she is allowed to play freely but he reigns her into how the college game is played I think she benefits from the available playing time. She is not the type to learn from the bench. She is a gamer. I feel like this squad we have are gamers who are smart enough to gain knowledge and experience from playing time.
 
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VA_VOLFAN said:
Or you can look at TN freshman class with the Tamika Catchings and Semeka Randall! A freshman is a freshman but we have had some freshman that have been successful off the bat, others who got to be successful and some who never reached the level of which we thought they would. With that being said I have to believe playing time only enhances the players skills, IQ, and overall benefits them. Take Ms. Carter at A&M if she is allowed to play freely but he reigns her into how the college game is played I think she benefits from the available playing time. She is not the type to learn from the bench. She is a gamer. I feel like this squad we have are gamers who are smart enough to gain knowledge and experience from playing time.
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I don't disagree with you. Just with the premise that if a freshman can get playing time, that alone will automatically make them good. Even ones that were already very good in HS. We've seen plenty who struggled as starters and many who thrived coming off the bench. There are other variables that will come into play.
 
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Amb3096 said:
I don't disagree with you. Just with the premise that if a freshman can get playing time, that alone will automatically make them good. Even ones that were already very good in HS. We've seen plenty who struggled as starters and many who thrived coming off the bench. There are other variables that will come into play.
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I don’t disagree with you either...I also agree there are a lot of variables that play into freshman development. I also agree that Westbrook has a better shot at freshman player of the year than Walker because of how heavily they will rely on her while walker can come along a bit slower becuz of the guards/wing players that Geno can bring her along slower if need be. He will need Dangerfield to step up and run his team for the next 3 years. I will say this Walker is a baller I live in VA and they called her 50 because of the points she would drop on opponents. That being said Westbrook is the naturally more agreesive one on one kick down defended while walker will prolly play more team defense because Geno hides his weakest defenders and gets them to play good team defense which makes them all look good.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Gordon -5 min, 2 pts
Coombs - 7 min, 0 pts
Walker - 13 min, 2 pts
Espinoza - 14 min, 0 pts

Nurse, KLS and Collier all played 26+ minutes. It actually satisfies me that there is a huge drop off in bench play beyond Stevens. Maybe they won't be as much of a lock for the NC as originally projected.
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Yeah but Geno prefers to play a shorter bench anyway. I really hope out starters are conditioned to play 35+ mins this year if needed.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Or you can have Tennessee's 2008 team, where freshmen played big minutes and big roles, but the team still struggled. There are a lot of variables, and availabile playing time by itself is not a good predictor of success.
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The Baby Vols that year really didn't have much upperclass help to show them how to be leaders. Baugh was injured, McMahan was also out, Fuller was the only senior and Bjorkland was just a sophomore. I also thought that class was an odd mix of forwards whose pieces didn't fit.

This group will have Nared and Russell to help them grow up. I do expect some bumps but think a softer early schedule will help them mature before the SEC slate.
 
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday is the big day, lets get the show on the road.
Hope to see what the big 4 freshmen has to show.
 
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teacherdean said:
I pray that your prediction is right. I think the first few cupcakes will give us some idea how the season will go. We should dominate all of the games prior to playing Texas.
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You know I shoot from the hip So this ain't + this is what I believe this year I believe Holly has The Perfect Storm and I believe that the only thing I can get in her way is herself just definitely will be a , proving year
 
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I see 3 things that can go really bad for the Lady Vols this year


1 Injury's,we all know how bad that can be

2 Freshmen,I do believe they will be good,but it will be an up and down year,it will be hard to tell


3 Depth,lack of,I do wish that CHW would carry some project players on the bench,a couple of extra bodies would be nice
 
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governmentmule said:
I see 3 things that can go really bad for the Lady Vols this year


1 Injury's,we all know how bad that can be

2 Freshmen,I do believe they will be good,but it will be an up and down year,it will be hard to tell


3 Depth,lack of,I do wish that CHW would carry some project players on the bench,a couple of extra bodies would be nice
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My mom always told me to balance the bad with the good...

So you need to say three things that you can see going really well for the Lady Vols... Readddy , setttttt, goooooo!
 
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#373
1 They stay healthy

2 The Freshmen will be great for every game

3 They will be supported by the Great Lady Vols fan :)





that work ?
 
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