Alabama @ Tennessee - 2/15/18

[Shades]

Knoxville, TN - 6:30 PM ET
TV: SEC Network (Paul Sunderland & Debbie Antonelli)

Video:
Alabama vs. #11 Tennessee (W Basketball) (tvp)

Audio:
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Live stats:
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[Shades]

Alabama always seems to have Tennessee's number.

This one is 29-25 AL at the half

 

[Farney]

I don’t understand. I continue to hear from Rocky Top how great they are. No way they’d be losing to a very weak Alabama team.

 

[Sifaka]

Halftime
SECN 1 2
ALA ... 8 21 29
TENN 15 10 25

 

[EricLA]

I don’t understand. I continue to hear from Rocky Top how great they are. No way they’d be losing to a very weak Alabama team.

IMHO Tenn is one of those quintessential teams that TOTALLY plays to the level of their competition. They played a strong Georgia team tough, beat Texas, beat a Wilson-less SC, but lost to LSU and have struggled against the dregs of their league in several games...

 

[Centerstream]

I don’t understand. I continue to hear from Rocky Top how great they are. No way they’d be losing to a very weak Alabama team.

Alabama ended the 2nd quarter on a 12-0 run

 

[choochoo]

Holly Warlick is a joke as a coach. UT should be up 20 in this game. Final 4 not this year.

 

[eebmg]

Another upset potentially. Purdue over MD (at MD) 60-57 with 6 minutes left in 4th quarter.

 

[Centerstream]

Just under a minute left, Purdue up 5, MD ball.
70-65.

 

[Centerstream]

Purdue wins, 75-65.

 

[eebmg]

Rennia Davis is excellent. Russell is pathetic. Cancelling each other out.

 

[Centerstream]

I am not positive but it appears to me that these SEC Network broadcasters are kinda in favor of TN.

 

[Shades]

Another upset potentially. Purdue over MD (at MD) 60-57 with 6 minutes left in 4th quarter.

 

[Centerstream]

Debbie is saying how easy UConn has it schedule wise in the AAC compared to the top 4 SEC teams. But with the caveat that UConn IS THE BEST TEAM AND AGAIN THE TEAM TO BEAT! Guessing she isn't too high on MSST??? Hmm.

 

[Centerstream]

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60-5 now.

 

[Phil]

I watched a lot of the Purdue Maryland game. Purdue was up early but it look like Maryland righted the ship and was taking control. Purdue was down several points, not hitting and not playing well. Then I get a phone call and didn't watch for a while and when I came back I fully expected it to be a 20 point game but it was actually up. Maryland tied the game up but then inexplicably forgot how to play basketball and Purdue ran off 10 points to get the win.

Purdue doesn't have much of a record but they have beaten several ranked teams lately

 

[j66kicker]

Alabama ahead of TN 56-49 with 5 minutes left in Q4

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Actually Debbie has been pretty down on Tenn's offense , pointing out how static it is. I have the impression that she's disappointed that Tenn is in HW's hands.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Wait!?? Would this potentially be the 4th straight loss to Alabama for Tennessee???

 

[Kaizen]

Alabama run 12-0 in the 4Q.
56 - 49 ...Wow

 

[Phil]

Debbie is saying how easy UConn has it schedule wise in the AAC compared to the top 4 SEC teams. But with the caveat that UConn IS THE BEST TEAM AND AGAIN THE TEAM TO BEAT! Guessing she isn't too high on MSST??? Hmm.

It is now that there are only four games left, but it wasn't that long ago that I did an analysis of the remaining schedule and to my surprise UConn's remaining schedule was more challenging than that of Mississippi State.

And it is still closer than she might realize. Connecticut has one top 25 team left as does Mississippi State. The other three UConn opponents are slightly weaker than the other three Mississippi State opponents but Mississippi State has only one challenging game left and it's a team roughly comparable to USF.

 

[j66kicker]

Alabama run 12-0 in the 4Q.
56 - 49 ...Wow

Alabama 60-52, less than 3 min left....

 

[Vowelguy]

Hard to believe this Tenn team handily beat a good Georgia squad.

 

[Farney]

I am so sick of hearing how great the SEC is. They aren’t. They have a few good teams at the top of the conference but the rest of the conference is no different than the AAC. Look at Tenn and Missouri tonight against bad teams. UConn would roll this conference too minus 2 games against MSU.

 

[Centerstream]

It is now that there are only four games left, but it wasn't that long ago that I did an analysis of the remaining schedule and to my surprise UConn's remaining schedule was more challenging than that of Mississippi State.

And it is still closer than she might realize. Connecticut has one top 25 team left as does Mississippi State. The other three UConn opponents are slightly weaker than the other three Mississippi State opponents but Mississippi State has only one challenging game left and it's a team roughly comparable to USF.

She was generalizing that the SEC games are all tougher games than UConn's 4 AAC games, I think.