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WFFL said:
Jacy Sheldon / Taylor Miksell vs Jordan Horston/Rickea Jackson.....Lol no competition . Not to mention Key & Suarez
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And in the end, we see who won.
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LwrcasefaN said:
OSU point guard Green was impressive. Steady. Very solid handles in traffic.
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Madison Greene helps that team immensely with her defensive intensity and ability to handle pressure when bringing the ball up. That, in turn, frees up Sheldon and Mikesell.

Ohio State has also added two first-time players -- Cotie McMahon and Emma Shumate -- who look like they'll get better throughout the season. Shumate didn't play last year after transferring from West Virginia (never played there) and I was interested in seeing what she'd bring to that team. Like the announcers, I was expecting shooting. Instead, some grit and an ability to block shots. McMahon is quite athletic and plays bigger than her 6'0".
 
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Ohio State was just too much for Tennessee in the end. I was hoping that Eboni Walker would have had a pretty solid game. Shumate is going to be nice for Ohio State. But loved watching that game. Ohio State would not fold and in that 3rd quarter, they just went off.
 
I did not agree with those ESPN talking heads proclaiming the Vols being a final four team this year. It’s early of course, but they look like the same ol Tenn of the latter years. Talented, tall, athletic, but no semblance of a cohesive offense.
 
WFFL said:
Jacy Sheldon / Taylor Miksell vs Jordan Horston/Rickea Jackson.....Lol no competition . Not to mention Key & Suarez
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Key and Suarez weren't even a factor in this game. Key's issues with fouls cropped up again. Saurez had 7 minutes off the bench and was ineffective.
 
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UConnCat said:
Based on what Harper said recently it sounds like Pissot is at the end of a very long bench. More experienced players ahead of her.
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This is my fear. She's so talented, but I think that she'll be stuck on the bench all season.

I wonder how different the game would've been if Jackson and Key stayed out of foul trouble. It's a really good wakeup call for them two and how important they are to the team.

I also was surprised Suarez only played 7 minutes although even in their preseason game she didn't play a lot with first unit players and came in late. I'm surprised she couldn't serve as another playmaker to offset the pressure Ohio State threw at them.

At the end of the day though, this probably is a good thing call for Tennessee.

I also think Ohio State didn't really play that well but they did play incredibly hard. I still kinda think Iowa is better.
 
Iluvacc2 said:
I will give the Vols credit for scheduling the game unlike the litany of cupcakes LSU will face :rolleyes:

Now you’ve made me say something nice about Tenn
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Rutgers will stress me out enough this year. At least for the non-conference with LSU, I can lean back and
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some cupcakes.
 
I was shocked with the turnovers. OSU applied defensive pressure but not intense pressure. Imagine how Tennessee will react against Vic ball, Texas would make Tennessee look worse than they did last night and they were pathetic. IMO, Jordan Horston is real glue to that team but she is not the PG. Tennessee must get better PG play to have any chance to beat a top level team.
 
SCspur said:
Me too. Tennessee may very well win but it may come down to the wire! People forget that Ohio St beat LSU and took Texas to the wire last year to end the season so they’re very familiar with teams that play an athletic and uptempo style of play. I think I’ll go with the upset. Sheldon moving back to the 2 this year will be huge for them and having Athletic players like Cotie McMahon, Eboni Walker, and Rikki Harris will be great for guarding Horston and Jackson.
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Can someone hire me to be a coach? Lol I was Spot on!
 
This was only the first game of the season and it was on the road against a decent opponent. I'm not counting Tennessee out after this poor performance. It's preferable to get exposed early and have the film on what needs to be improved early. I believe that's a much better strategy than going into the non-conference unchallenged and getting exposed midway through the season.
 
GCKSFN4L said:
This was only the first game of the season and it was on the road against a decent opponent. I'm not counting Tennessee out after this poor performance. It's preferable to get exposed early and have the film on what needs to be improved early. I believe that's a much better strategy than going into the non-conference unchallenged and getting exposed midway through the season.
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Totally fair. The hype around Tennessee has a lot of eyes on them though. Their game versus Indiana Monday night will have a lot of people curious to see how they bounce back. They struggled against them a couple years ago.
 
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GCKSFN4L said:
This was only the first game of the season and it was on the road against a decent opponent. I'm not counting Tennessee out after this poor performance. It's preferable to get exposed early and have the film on what needs to be improved early. I believe that's a much better strategy than going into the non-conference unchallenged and getting exposed midway through the season.
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Oh I totally agree. I expect them to solve some of their problems but there are some issues that I don't know if they can be fixed because those players seemed to have peaked (i.e. Key being foul-prone, etc.).

This was also a match made in hell for the first game of their season. They're trying to integrate new players, specifically PGs, into a group that is known for turning over the ball while facing a team that prides on ball pressure and creating turnovers...
 
GCKSFN4L said:
This was only the first game of the season and it was on the road against a decent opponent. I'm not counting Tennessee out after this poor performance. It's preferable to get exposed early and have the film on what needs to be improved early. I believe that's a much better strategy than going into the non-conference unchallenged and getting exposed midway through the season.
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I agree. It was the first game of the year, first official game of the year. Tennessee will learn from this game and get better. Ohio State can use this game as something to build on or use it during moments when facing adversity. I am definitely not counting Tennessee out as one of the Final Four members. If the Lady Vol players can buy in and trust what Coach Harper is teaching and play together and also keep getting better in the gym, they are going to be a force.
 
My take: I admit Tennessee is not my favorite team and I am biased but they have some critical flaws. Tennessee has some great players and a decent coach but they do not have an elite team as of today. The players do not have a group mentality because the team does not have a PG who knows the capabilities of the other players, like a football team with no QB. Until Tennessee develops a real PG they are just an average team, IMHO.
 
You know I was at the game and things were going pretty good for the lady vols there in the first quarter. However, midway thru the 2nd quarter I started to get an uneasy feeling that maybe the momentum was starting to swing away. Of course, Harper did what I thought she would do and started doing weird sub patterns. That third quarter though was a coaching travesty. I would say I wouldn’t have been surprised if AD Danny White pulled a USC move, like they did with Lane Kiffin, and fired Harper on the spot. Rickea Jackson pretty much mailed it in and to see her out there floundering around, I just couldn’t believe Harper didn’t call a timeout to give some sort of direction and let them regroup. UCONN will have a field day with Tennessee’s porous three point defense. Yikes!!
 
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cancontent said:
Totally fair. The hype around Tennessee has a lot of eyes on them though. Their game versus Indiana Monday night will have a lot of people curious to see how they bounce back. They struggled against them a couple years ago.
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Indiana was our only loss in 2019-20 season
 
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