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Mississippi St (8) @ Tennessee (23) - 2/06/20

Who will win this game?


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Only/main difference under Harper than Holly is Tennessee just seems much more sound defensively and they know their roles on that end. On offense, its more of the same from the past. Team cannot take care of the ball to save their life, don't run a lot of set plays. Its a bunch of one on one shooting and hoping the big girls will rebound to put the ball back in. Sometimes they will run some set plays but not often. I am just amazed by how players at this level continue to make such poor decisions with the basketball.

That said, Tennessee has been depleted with some major losses from last year. They lost Jackson and Green to graduation. They lost Westbrook and Collins to transfer (major losses). Then their 2nd best player Zaay Green goes down with a season ending injury. I do not think some of the supporting cast to Rennia Davis is good enough. Burrell is a nice little player, if she can be more consistent that will be good for them. Horston is talented but she is a turnover machine and is out of control too much. All the poor decision making really negates her talent capabilities. Key is a freshmen who is a pretty good shot blocker but has a long way to go on everything else. Tennessee has some rebuilding to do from the ground us, especially from a philosophical level. Harpers first recruiting class wasn't great so this upcoming year is pretty critical for her.

Making a judgment on Harper is bizarre.

it's not her team.

It's not even holly's team minus two top players.

I think she's done well with what she has, but that's not going to tell you much about the future.

the recruiting will tell the tale and it's not realistic to expect a great deal from the first cycle when she's started so far behind.

I thought her inability to sustain before made her an odd choice, but Tennessee is different talent draw.

The next recruiting class will be a good weather vane.
 
It seems Harper is recruiting more offensively capable players.. not necessarily ones that are mostly athletically gifted while being offensively raw..
 

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