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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 5186147, member: 7511"] It’s difficult to gauge just how good TN is. This season new HC Kim Caldwell introduced her “Helter Skelter” defense that is characterized by aggressive pressure all over the court, 5 player substitutions and up tempo transition offense. The Lady Vols blew through a somewhat mediocre OOC schedule. Their best win to date was a 2-pt victory at home over #22 FSU. But so far, their SEC record is just 4-5. While they’ve had several close losses to ranked teams, some have started to question whether TN’s scrambling style of basketball can lead to success in the SEC. On the plus side, TN has a bunch of athletes and they can get on a roll turning over opponents, shooting 3’s and attacking the basket. On the minus side, with players scrambling all over the court and mass substitutions, the LV’s can become disorganized at times, frequently turning the ball over themselves, with numerous defensive breakdowns, giving up easy baskets to opponents who move the ball and attack the basket. The game against UConn will be an interesting test. UConn’s own pressure defense forces a lot of turnovers while the Huskies guard-dominant offense does not turn the ball over. I think this game will come down to rebounding and which team takes better care of the basketball. [/QUOTE]