ND/TENN - Who Do You Want To Win?

[Samanthabrown3]

Free throw shooting awful for both. 38% for ND, 46% for Tenn.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Margo is planning her post-game rant.....

PLEASE POST ASAP!

 

[BJLfromBK]

Margo is planning her post-game rant.....

I hate to admit it, but i have watched a video or two of hers. For a diehard fan, shes pretty fair in her criticism

 

[MilfordHusky]

I never saw Madison Cable as an impactful player. Then again i only ever see ND play UCONN and weve made her a non factor. ND sure quieted down the tenn crowd

Cable is good at catching passes and making buckets. As we all know, reception is better with Cable.

Put a fork in the LVs.

 

[RadyLady]

please - not a foul fest the rest of the way.....3 minutes to go, and in the last 30 seconds, they have been to the line 3 or 4 times

 

[Vowelguy]

Ugh nasty ankle turn for Loyd.

 

[BJLfromBK]

Ouch. Jewell lloyd with a bad ankle twist thanks to a tenn defender stepping on her foot mid court. Walking off on her own accord tho

 

[Samanthabrown3]

please - not a foul fest the rest of the way.....3 minutes to go, and in the last 30 seconds, they have been to the line 3 or 4 times

I don't think they're deliberate fouls. I think it's just being in the bonus.

Nice hand for the injured Loyd. Tenn fans know good basketball.

 

[VAMike23]

Amazed that Loyd was able to walk off the court after that sprain ---- goodness !!

 

[Suebird10fan]

If I count right UT was 4-29 on FGs in one stretch.

 

[VAMike23]

ND shows they are the mentally tougher team, the better coached team, and the team that can take the opponent's best shot on the road.

Not surprised that ND was able to make the necessary adjustments, and not surprised that UTenn folded like a cheap tent.

 

[bschwartz]

I wonder if the crowd rooting for ND skews older than the crowd rooting for the Vols. Would think so #History. Also, interesting. Doug Feinberg just asked T. Catchings on Twitter how many home games she lost in her TN career. She said she didn't know. He reminded her --- one --- you already know which team it was to beat them.

 

[John Glass]

If I count right UT was 4-29 on FGs in one stretch.

I am not sure which Notre Dame team showed up in the first half, they played no defense. Then they shut-down Tennessee in the second half.

 

[Phil]

TN hit 16 of their first 24 shots.

Then managed to hit 4 of their next 24.

That's an astounding turnaround. Did ND change their defense? Snarky answer, well they changed from not defending to defending. Most of those first 24 shots were undefended. Then something changed. Maybe Muffet had a secret bet - that they could allow 24 undefended shots, and still win. I really don't know, but from 67% to 17% is dropping off a cliff.

 

[Vowelguy]

TN hit 16 of their first 24 shots.

Then managed to hit 4 of their next 24.

That's an astounding turnaround. Did ND change their defense? Snarky answer, well they changed from not defending to defending. Most of those first 24 shots were undefended. Then something changed. Maybe Muffet had a secret bet - that they could allow 24 undefended shots, and still win. I really don't know, but from 67% to 17% is dropping off a cliff.

TN got a lot of layups in the first half. They started taking a lot of crazy shots in the 2nd half.

 

[Phil]

Twilight Zone - I saw Simmons make a nice pass for an assist !!!

I saw it too, but she shook it off and returned to normal.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Over in Vole Land they are beating up their team and coaching staff in about equal measure.

 

[bschwartz]

Did Jewell get hurt? Anyone know what happened?

 

[VAMike23]

I saw it too, but she shook it off and returned to normal.

tee hee

 

[Tonyc]

I kinda wish we had those refs in out game against Baylor. Let'em play and we would've won by 25+. A couple of things. Simmons and Massingale weren't going to continue to shoot 100% from treys. As rushed as ND looked in the first half and Tenn looked calm you knew it was just a matter of time before the Tenn guards starting missing and ND slowed the game down and got their passing game together. Hey ND was fortunate to have their tow bench players knock down all those treys but they were open just long enough to get those shots off.

For Tenn fans who complain about this game like the past few games all I can say is listen to the announcers and listen hard. When Tenn had it going in the first half they looked like a FF team. I was impressed with them. But understand ND was playing a zone. When ND went to man to man Tenn didn't have much movement and no quick passes thus no execution. They were like mice lost in a maize. I have to give credit to Tenn, I really thought they would get blown out. When you look at it it was something like a 25+ point turnaround at home. That's not a FF team caliber. Now Tenn has TAM coming up who has been playing much better, and this could be another loss for them. If they lose that game they're going to have a tuff time winning the SEC regular season crown and will be struggling to make the top 15.

This is a very talented team that gives up to easy. When the chips are down the fold. I had said I had heard rumors of CVS as a possible candidate for a coaching job at TEnn because her big contract is up this season at RU. She would instill the discipline that Tenn needs to turn them around, but I don't think that will happen and they will stay with Holly.

 

[triaddukefan]

i was watching the game on the couch..... and it was a 1pt game.... dozed off for what seemed like only a few seconds.. woke up and ND was up double digits

 

[rford53]

In the last two minutes a Tennessee player stepped on her right foot and she twisted her ankle. It looked like pretty bad high ankle sprain.....

 

[RadyLady]

I am not sure which Notre Dame team showed up in the first half, they played no defense. Then they shut-down Tennessee in the second half.

It's called a half time pasting by your coach

 

[VAMike23]

Did Jewell get hurt? Anyone know what happened?

She was dribbling up court at a pretty good clip, and a UT stepped squarely on her back ankle . Twisted pretty badly to the inside, I believe. Which can often be a much more serious sprain than rolling the ankle and spraining the outside ligaments (Katie Douglas' injury notwithstanding).

I was shocked/amazed that she walked off the court. I still wouldn't be surprised if she missed a couple of games, however.

 

[Fishy]

I was rooting for Montezuma's revenge in the arena water fountains.