They are NOTRE DAME! They can do what they damn well please and don't anyone dare criticize them! They had to shoot, the tough Lady Vols were harassing them, poor things.
Notre Dame (1) @ Tennessee - 1/24/19
- Thread starter Shades
- Start date
- Status
EricLA
Cronus
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2011
- Messages
- 15,534
- Reaction Score
- 88,853
Not sure if anyone addressed this, but if you look at the Tenn roster, it's filled with High School All Americans and highly rated JUCO transfers.
2015: Cooper (12), Jackson (49)
2016: Harris (NR)
2017: Westbrook (2), Hayes (7), Davis (12), Kushkituah (57)
2018: Green (10), Massengill (25), Burrell (43), Collins (49)
2019: Horston (2), Key (46), Saunders (NR)
Cheridene Green is a JUCO transfer from ASA College and was a 2 time JUCO AA averaging 10.5 PPG and 16.5 RPG. They also have graduate transfer Louise Brown, from Washington State, averaged 6.4 PPG for them with 6 RPG. Not great numbers for a 3rd year player but they have her too. Both Brown and Green are tall (6'3"+).
Not sure if Jackson was a HS AA, but I think Kushkituah, Collins and Burrell all were as well as all the other higher rated players. That means that they recruited 10 high school all americans over the past 4 seasons. Both Cooper and Hayes transferred out, but that means they have 8 on the roster now, and Green was a JUCO AA, so really 9'ish. Hence all the comments about the talent.
Name 5 teams who have recruited better than Tennessee over the past 5 seasons. Maybe a couple, but I don't think there are even 5 who have recruited better as a whole. Maybe UCONN, Texas, Baylor and ND? And not even sure about those 4...
DefenseBB
Snark is always appreciated!
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2016
- Messages
- 8,273
- Reaction Score
- 30,790
@EricLA ask and he shall receive! Actually quite a few times numerous posters have listed the Tenn talent and your recap, while not 100% correct sends the message that yes, they have individual talent. But not a cohesive team talent, which, you know, is the coaches job.
Here are the last 5 years of class recruiting program ranks.
Tenn is 6th. Whenever a team did not qualify as a Top 20, I used #30 as the default
Stanford, SC, Baylor ND and Louisville ahead, Texas, UConn right on Tenn heels.
Here are the last 5 years of class recruiting program ranks.
Tenn is 6th. Whenever a team did not qualify as a Top 20, I used #30 as the default
Stanford, SC, Baylor ND and Louisville ahead, Texas, UConn right on Tenn heels.
nwhoopfan
hopeless West Coast homer
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2017
- Messages
- 32,678
- Reaction Score
- 64,520
I'm pretty sure Lou Brown was lost to a season ending injury before ever playing for the Vols.
edited--yep; looks like they plan to petition NCAA for a 6th year of eligibility
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct.../1698933002/&usg=AOvVaw0kaeBjkmRvBO2E_Z7Poz8G
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2011
- Messages
- 417
- Reaction Score
- 1,405
Pat didn't pick Holly. The then AD Dave Hart picked Holly. Pat wanted to coach 1 more year.
Plebe
La verdad no peca pero incomoda
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2016
- Messages
- 20,020
- Reaction Score
- 73,876
Whether Pat was nudged out or resigned voluntarily, there's no question she handpicked Holly as her successor. Not even the maniac Lady Vol fans dispute that Holly was Pat's Choice.
RockyMTblue2
Don't Look Up!
- Joined
- Aug 26, 2011
- Messages
- 23,143
- Reaction Score
- 104,374
I do think that is accurate. While Pat may have wanted another year and there was more than smoke about the way she was handled in that, it was clear that Pat was standing back in games and letting others do most in game stuff.
- Status