Diamond is Day to Day for Lady Vols

[RockyMTblue2]

I learned to shoot pistol with a Ruger 45/22. I liked it so much I bought one!

I use mine to tell the coyotes when they get to close to the house and my dogs. It's a good shooter, so I won't accidentally hit them. The coyotes are my first line of defense against rodents.

 

[UConnCat]

Well that ought to be all the motivation Allisha Gray needs while she sits out.

Curious statement by Holly. She didn't want to slam North Carolina but she kinda did. North Carolina didn't play as a team because of the other players, not Diamond. A look at the stats shows Diamond took 220 more shots than Gray, did not lead the Tarheels in assists (3rd) but did lead the team (by a lot) in turnovers.

 

[Alydar]

Diamond wasn't the only one wearing the blue shade gym shoe, so you would be wrong about that point. Unfortunately, you can't use that inaccurate analysis to attack her character. As for taking over a game, she will have help in that department. However, it won't be any different than the times when Stewie will need to take over. The difference in great and good is having a great player with the ability to take a game over...something TN hasn't had since 2008.

I never attacked her character, I questioned her commitment to a "team" concept. I may have missed another pair of blue shoes but when I was watching there were 4 pairs of orange shoes and one blue pair. And only six players suited up.

UConn, unlike Tenn, relies on the team concept on both ends of the court while Tenn has always emphasized individual skills, especially on offense. All one needs to do is compare the two programs' assist records over the last half dozen years to confirm that. Stewart may "go off" for a few minutes in a game but it's rare to see any UConn player "take over" a game, or even need to. And when they do it's just as likely to see it come from Jefferson or Tuck (or KML last year) as it is Stewart.

As for comparing DeShields to Stewart, you are comparing a three-time FF MVP to a player who hasn't even been to a FF. Right now DeShields' stats compare favorably to Meghan Simmons' two years ago. And Simmons was a much better 3 point shooter. DeShields has the potential to be a dominating player but the key word is "potential". She showed us in her season at UNC that she likes to shoot a lot. Putting her on the level of Stewart at this point in time is highly presumptuous.