Our Dear Friends at UTenn Go Down Again -- to Ole Miss

[msf22b]

Last post of the busy day:
Couldn't resist
Ms Margo's tirade:
Pretty spot on:

Lady Vols lose to Ole Miss - YouTube

 

[pacific 44]

Uconn hasn't lost two games in a row since 1993 and the lady vols haven't lost two in a row since.......um......Jan.12,2017,and they may very well lose at least their next two games,(Auburn and N.D.).

 

[Plebe]

Last post of the busy day:
Couldn't resist
Ms Margo's tirade:
Pretty spot on:

Lady Vols lose to Ole Miss - YouTube

Margo is at her wits' end. I cannot blame her.

 

[BigBird]

I can't be specific, as I lack the deep knowledge of X/O, but every time I see the LV's, I can't discern anything like an offensive concept. Or an organized defense either. What I do understand is body language as negative (or indifferent) as I have ever seen from a supposedly good (?) team.

 

[noirwestern]

It's Shakesperian over there. A weak but terminally loyal leader chosen by the weakened queen's hand. Holly can't possibly step down on her own lest she go against Pat's wishes but she can't possibly not know that she's at her very best an assistant trying to do a leader's job. Hard to imagine that there's not a lot of Iago's lurking behind curtains or director's doors over there.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

I always enjoy Ms. Margo going bananas after a loss!

 

[Gus Mahler]

It's Shakesperian over there. A weak but terminally loyal leader chosen by the weakened queen's hand. Holly can't possibly step down on her own

Plus she would be giving up enough money for most Americans to retire on.

 

[JordyG]

'I be a hero, and a legend in my own time!'

More like in their own minds.

 

[JordyG]

It's Shakesperian over there. A weak but terminally loyal leader chosen by the weakened queen's hand. Holly can't possibly step down on her own lest she go against Pat's wishes but she can't possibly not know that she's at her very best an assistant trying to do a leader's job. Hard to imagine that there's not a lot of Iago's lurking behind curtains or director's doors over there.

"For sorrow ends not, when it seemeth done".

 

[Bayareahusky]

Russell has actually been playing quite well this year and I think would easily be a first round draft choice. DD, who knows - there is probably a GM stupid enough to draft on reputation for talent in the first round, but more likely a second or even a third round flier. I thought she was way overhyped as a freshman while her teammates were doing the heavy lifting, and it has been down hill since - she is what Gabby might have been with bad coaching - uber athletic with little actual skill at putting the ball in the basket efficiently.

Yes Miami, u r right, Mercedes a 1st rounder..... but then again women's hoops not that deep.... so landing in 1st round would not be surprising....

Diamond, oh diamond!!!! again there is no price to pay for her abundance of mistakes on court.... and if I was to choose one telltale thing to encapsulate all of her tenure at TN, it would be the frequent picture of her during games..... with the pout and disconnected look..... she is talented..... but obviously has no respect for the coaches...... but it figures because the coaches do not demand anything of her....

 

[BostonCanuck]

Last post of the busy day:
Couldn't resist
Ms Margo's tirade:
Pretty spot on:

Lady Vols lose to Ole Miss - YouTube

Yep, one of Margo's best. She leads with the two tactical coaching errors committed by Holly late in the game that had me shaking my head, too.

 

[eebmg]

Nothing like heading over to Volnation after a "pathetic" loss for a quick pick me up. Where else can you go to see that the problems in your own life are so petty. Their next game against ND will be a bludgeoning.

 

[pinotbear]

where is the poster who says: Nothing to see here. Move on.

 

[oldude]

They only missed 43 shots. I wonder when the last time was that UConn missed 43 shots.

Just last week. In fact UConn missed 47 shots in the EC & USF games combined. Of course the Huskies also made 77 shots in those two games.

 

[JavaMan]

Oh how badly I want them to be an 8 seed in UConn's bracket...except they'd probably lose in the first round.

Well, maybe they'll be the 16 seed in UConn's bracket.

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[Icebear]

Well, maybe they'll be the 16 seed in UConn's bracket.

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God forbid, no need for hat distraction.

 

[meyers7]

Here's something funny: I initially checked scores on ESPN with the filter being for ranked teams. I couldn't find it because the LVs don't meet that filter criterion. The only filter that works is to search for scores involving SEC teams.

In other words, the LVs aren't even ranked right now. Schadenfruede abounds.

Yea, they haven't been ranked in like 6 weeks. Where ya been?

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Uconn hasn't lost two games in a row since 1993 and the lady vols haven't lost two in a row since..um.Jan.12,2017,and they may very well lose at least their next two games,(Auburn and N.D.).

Yep, next up is Notre Dame. ND has not been unbeatable lately, though they haven't been exactly beatable. Tennessee could very well go into its Auburn game with a record of 10-7. And if they lose to Auburn, would they really, at that point, qualify as a 8 seed?

 

[Carnac]

Too bad there's no way all of these comments can't be transferred (copied/sent) over to Vol Nation's website for their consumption and enjoyment.

 

[BobbyJ]

They only missed 43 shots. I wonder when the last time was that UConn missed 43 shots.

Probably all last month.

 

[bags27]

Listening to Margo, it becomes startlingly obvious (as if it needed further demonstration) that Holly has no basketball imagination, no emotional elasticity. Worked pretty well for Pat when she had all the talent and until that curly-haired kid get hired up North, but not any longer.

Listening to Margo, you'd think that so-called #1 recruiting class would decommit en masse.

 

[Zorro]

ND IS unbeatable; by the L V!

 

[BostonCanuck]

Listening to Margo, it becomes startlingly obvious (as if it needed further demonstration) that Holly has no basketball imagination, no emotional elasticity. Worked pretty well for Pat when she had all the talent and until that curly-haired kid get hired up North, but not any longer.

Listening to Margo, you'd think that so-called #1 recruiting class would decommit en masse.

Actually, you only have to listen to Holly herself, in her post-game presser, to come to those conclusions.

 

[Zorro]

Then, heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.

 

[UcMiami]

Yep, next up is Notre Dame. ND has not been unbeatable lately, though they haven't been exactly beatable. Tennessee could very well go into its Auburn game with a record of 10-7. And if they lose to Auburn, would they really, at that point, qualify as a 8 seed?

There are 32 at large bids but typically of the top 25 ranking only 7 or occasionally 8 of those teams are automatic bids (P5 conference winners plus BE and AAC and sometimes the A10) which means there are 17 or 18 ranked teams taking up at large bids - that leave 14 or 15 unranked teams, so theoretically the teams 26-39 or 40 in the rankings.
At this point TN certainly would be in that range. And they have two quality wins to date - Stanford and KY that will distinguish them from most of the 26-50 range of teams which will not have anything near that quality of win. Where they will stumble in comparison is losses like PSU and OleMiss which are really bad losses to teams not in contention for NCAA spots - but the committee typical overweights good wins and discounts bad losses.

They are a team that is very capable of adding more 'bad losses' to their resume, but they are equally capable of adding more 'good wins' to the resume as well - especially playing in what is a scoring and road challenged and generally weaker SEC than normal.

Finally I think they will get more 'benefit of the doubt' from a majority of the committee than any other team that might be on the bubble.