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MilfordHusky said:
Tennessee games too often look like professional wrestling matches.
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Easy now...WWE is muuuuuuuch more entertaining than this conflagration...especially when the Divas have a bikini Battle Royale!
 
Well. I would say I'm shocked.......but I'm not.....

Penn State is keeping it close
 
Incidentally, Tennessee's Jones got away with a blatant elbow earlier.
 
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I am really disappointed. I thought we would see a much better Tennessee this year.
It's early, but this is ugly. I am having a hard time figuring out who is running the offense and who the team leaders are. Again it is early but the UT November 2015 team looks very similar to the UT March 2015 team. I am sad because I was hoping to see a UConn-UT final four game.
 
Well DeShields can only play better. She was 2-11 for 4 points and 4 fouls.
 
triaddukefan said:
Im almost willing to buy a subscription to the Summit just to read the game and post game thread on this one :eek:
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No need to purchase a subscription to the summitt, just mosey on over to volnation and you'll be plenty entertained
 
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I think The Summitt will be able celebrate the athletic superiority of their players and rationalize the lack of smooth-flowing b-ball to early-season rough edges and nagging injuries. Huge talent and size gap, but Penn State hung with them the whole game even without Banks. One might be able to conclude that Penn State is better coached.

Carolyn Peck gave Penn State sort of a faux compliment at the end: "These young bucks will be able to COMPETE in the Big Ten!" Basically a diss on the the B1G (left unsaid: "...but of course NOT in the ultimate supremacy that is the SEC...of course...")
 
Penn State looks better than Duke... at least tonight they did. If only every fan was blessed with a team playing at an all world level from the get go. South Carolina struggled with a Clemson team that is easily one of the worst teams in WCBB and Notre Dame was sluggish versus Toledo. Peyton Whitted, Spann and Teniya Page all hit big shots and attacked. Bash and Russell handled the interior. Perimeter defense and fouls were horrendous... something that will improve. DeShields will be better as the season goes on and we still have Nared, Moore and Jackson to integrate into the rotation. The look of this team is a far cry from what we will see come conference time.

We may not have a UConn level team but we are one of the "best of the rest" based on what I've seen.
 
RPM101370 said:
Tennessee is horrendous. A reflection of their coaching, or lack thereof. Best guess, as usual the zebras will bail them out at home.
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I said this before: Tennessee needs to offer Jeff Walz the biggest pile of money they can dig up.
 
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tennparker3 said:
Penn State looks better than Duke... at least tonight they did. If only every fan was blessed with a team playing at an all world level from the get go. South Carolina struggled with a Clemson team that is easily one of the worst teams in WCBB and Notre Dame was sluggish versus Toledo. Peyton Whitted, Spann and Teniya Page all hit big shots and attacked. Bash and Russell handled the interior. Perimeter defense and fouls were horrendous... something that will improve. DeShields will be better as the season goes on and we still have Nared, Moore and Jackson to integrate into the rotation. The look of this team is a far cry from what we will see come conference time.

We may not have a UConn level team but we are one of the "best of the rest" based on what I've seen.
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That was definitely not UConn last year. It took all season to get to that level. Perhaps Tennessee will follow a similar path. If you don't see improvement over the next month, then it's time to worry.
 
HoopsFan21 said:
I said this before: Tennessee needs to offer Jeff Walz the biggest pile of money they can dig up. Warlick does less with more.
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A total Clown, she that one is. Yoda.jpg
 
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tennparker3 said:
Penn State looks better than Duke... at least tonight they did. If only every fan was blessed with a team playing at an all world level from the get go. South Carolina struggled with a Clemson team that is easily one of the worst teams in WCBB and Notre Dame was sluggish versus Toledo. Peyton Whitted, Spann and Teniya Page all hit big shots and attacked. Bash and Russell handled the interior. Perimeter defense and fouls were horrendous... something that will improve. DeShields will be better as the season goes on and we still have Nared, Moore and Jackson to integrate into the rotation. The look of this team is a far cry from what we will see come conference time.

We may not have a UConn level team but we are one of the "best of the rest" based on what I've seen.
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The opponent probably had a little to do with that :rolleyes: Penn State's opponent that is. I guess you will be saying that they (Penn State) deserves to be in the top 25 as well.
 
triaddukefan said:
The opponent probably had a little to do with that :rolleyes: Penn State's opponent that is. I guess you will be saying that they (Penn State) deserves to be in the top 25 as well.
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Not necessarily. Just saying tonight they did look better than Duke has so far. They were hitting open and contested shots. Penn State played a good game because they are capable. I think Duke is a top 15 team but they haven't looked like it so far. I think Tennessee is a top 5 team but they haven't looked like it so far. Nothing is definitive. It's the 2nd game for crying out loud.

Words like horrendous are what make me go :rolleyes:. Sorry, some teams get better as the year goes on and some come of the gates on point.

Notre Dame, Duke, Tennessee, South Carolina, Ohio State, Baylor and numerous other teams are going to be way better in the coming months.
 
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Not necessarily. Just saying tonight they did look better than Duke has so far. They were hitting open and contested shots. Penn State played a good game because they are capable. I think Duke is a top 15 team but they haven't looked like it so far. I think Tennessee is a top 5 team but they haven't looked like it so far. Nothing is definitive. It's the 2nd game for crying out loud.

Words like horrendous are what make me go :rolleyes:. Sorry, some teams get better as the year goes on and some come of the gates on point.

Notre Dame, Duke, Tennessee, South Carolina, Ohio State, Baylor and numerous other teams are going to be way better in the coming months.
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Your game friday should be interesting. Your 3pt defense better be solid cause Syracuse loves to bomb away.

Duke needs to settle on a smaller rotation... and play Salvadores more. She only played 18 minutes tonight....
 
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Well, folks. Tennessee completely exposed to be a pretender. Brianna goes down with an ankle sprain and the six win Nittany Lions of a year ago fight through typical Tennessee officiating to keep it close to the last minute.
 
tennparker3 said:
Notre Dame, Duke, Tennessee, South Carolina, Ohio State, Baylor and numerous other teams are going to be way better in the coming months.
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I think you should add Penn State is going to be way better in the coming months too.
 
Kaizen said:
Penn State should be a top 25 team
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Penn State is far from a Top 25 team. They won 6 games last year and have lost two players to season ending injuries and lost Brianna who has been their best player on top of that now with what appears a high ankle sprain.

They are expected to be at 7 or 8 in the Big Ten.
 
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Not necessarily. Just saying tonight they did look better than Duke has so far. They were hitting open and contested shots. Penn State played a good game because they are capable. I think Duke is a top 15 team but they haven't looked like it so far. I think Tennessee is a top 5 team but they haven't looked like it so far. Nothing is definitive. It's the 2nd game for crying out loud.

Words like horrendous are what make me go :rolleyes:. Sorry, some teams get better as the year goes on and some come of the gates on point.

Notre Dame, Duke, Tennessee, South Carolina, Ohio State, Baylor and numerous other teams are going to be way better in the coming months.
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keep smoking what ever you are! Uconn will defend and run and out rebound the vols or any of your
 
Sorry Tennessee fans, but your team is flat out average. All the talent in the world can't seem to make it work. I'm sure fans can look for some sort of silver lining on the game (Graves and maybe Cooper), but Russell was OK and Deshields was average. To quote a LV fan who was on our board the other day, Diamond did not look anything like the top recruit in her class.

But enough heaping on them. Here's the problem with Tennessee - Holly is a disciple of Pat. Zero offense. She's been the HC for 3+ years now. Every single year we hear Tenn fans talk about the improved offense for next season, and how the coaches have been preaching guard play, ball movement, blah blah. And what do we see? Same old.

Offense consists of a few perimeter passes to start the possession, but very rapidly, it degenerates into a one on one game, a miss, and then CRASH the O-boards. That's what Pat taught for almost 40 years. And that's what Holly knows.

If they were to play together right now, even as shorthanded as UCONN is, we'd win by 40+. And that's with us being without Chong, Boykin and Butler. Don't fans realize that not only will Tennessee get better, but so will every single other team in WCBB? After all the hype for Tennessee, I was shocked at how average they looked.

I will not go so far as to say they aren't a top 10 team because I have no idea how good the rest of the top 10 teams are. But at this point, in order of the top 4-5, I'd say...

UCONN
Baylor
ND/SC (pick em)
Maryland

Say what you will about Freese - she does way more with far less talent than Tennessee. Better coach than Holly. I'm just so surprised... I mean this is the PSU team who needed OT to beat Holy Cross, AND they were without Banks. Sheesh!
 
tennparker3 said:
Notre Dame, Duke, Tennessee, South Carolina, Ohio State, Baylor and numerous other teams are going to be way better in the coming months.
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I saw part of the TN-PSU game. I was impressed with TN's talent - especially Graves, Russell, Cooper and DeShields. Cooper is insanely athletic on defense. Clearly they will get a lot better as they play together more.

But besides ND, Duke, TN, SC, OSU and Baylor, UCONN is also notorious for being considerably better later in the season than in their first game. Just sayin...
 
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