Penn State (Brianna Banks) On TV Tonight

[RockyMTblue2]

Take a good look at Tennessee because that will be us in 5-10 years when Geno is gone.

Take your meds.

 

[Bonpland]

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.

From The Big Chill;

"Rationalizations are more important than sex. When was the last time you went a week without a rationalization?"

Tennessee will get much better but a Vol fan would need to have very powerful vision to find the silver lining in last night's storm cloud. They played a team with a limited number of options that's comiong off a seven win '14-'15 season.

There is much work to be done. Good luck with it.

 

[Gus Mahler]

Anybody hear any more about Banks's injury?

 

[HoopsFan21]

Lot of crying about the new rules by Lady Vol fans. They can't deal with quarters and all the foul shots.

 

[meyers7]

From The Big Chill;

"Rationalizations are more important than sex. When was the last time you went a week without a rationalization?"

One of my favorite lines from any movie. And one of my favorite movies. Jeff Goldblum.

 

[EricSD]

Lot of crying about the new rules by Lady Vol fans. They can't deal with quarters and all the foul shots.

Seriously? Well new surprise - you aren't allowed to maul or mug players any more. You have to play defense by actually moving your feet...

 

[Zorro]

I just went back and replayed Holly "the wonder coach's" pregame talk and her theme was RELENTLESS! TN was so psyched after the speech that they went out and fell asleep standing up! RELENTLESS my butt! How can you work in the presence of Pat Head Summitt for close to 30 years and have absolutely NO CLUE how to coach a WCBB team!
Please God, PLEASE make TN keep Holly Warlick for the next 20 years!
TN has to improve (you would hope so anyways) and UCONN gets back Ms. Boykin & Ms. Butler, and have CT & TN meet in the NCAA Tournament, UCONN would win by at least 50 points!
There isn't one TN player I would take over our roster including Lawlor & Polido! Our team has more spirit, hustle, & heart than ANYONE on TN's present roster IMHO! CT puts out more effort in 1 minute than TN puts out in the whole 40 minutes!

Eschew hyperbole!

 

[HoopsFan21]

Seriously? Well new surprise - you aren't allowed to maul or mug players any more. You have to play defense by actually moving your feet...

Was thinking the same thing. Can't stand all the foul shots? Teach your team to stop fouling. UConn figured out how to play tough defense without fouling. I'm not a fan of SEC basketball and all their 57-46 type games.

 

[pinotbear]

Was thinking the same thing. Can't stand all the foul shots? Teach your team to stop fouling. UConn figured out how to play tough defense without fouling. I'm not a fan of SEC basketball and all their 57-46 type games.

.. and, that's not the score, that's the number of ace bandages, ice packs and band-aids required by each team afterwards. It's not a pretty nor elegant brand of ball, and, if the game is called correctly, not a successful one either.

 

[delawarehusky]

Anybody hear any more about Banks's injury?

From Q and A with Coach W after game with Central Conn today:

Q: Do you have any updates on Brianna Banks status?A: Yeah, I mean, she’s day to day. It’s just a bad ankle sprain so hopefully she’ll be able to play for us when we get to California, but she will be day to day.

Q: I saw her sitting there on the bench and she was a little active, it looked like it was killing her to be sitting out there.A: Yeah, we could have used her twenty points, but hopefully like I said she’ll be ready to play when we get to California, but it just depends on this week and how she heals.

 

[Gus Mahler]

From Q and A with Coach W after game with Central Conn today:

Q: Do you have any updates on Brianna Banks status?A: Yeah, I mean, she’s day to day. It’s just a bad ankle sprain so hopefully she’ll be able to play for us when we get to California, but she will be day to day.

Q: I saw her sitting there on the bench and she was a little active, it looked like it was killing her to be sitting out there.A: Yeah, we could have used her twenty points, but hopefully like I said she’ll be ready to play when we get to California, but it just depends on this week and how she heals.

Delaware: Thanks a lot for the info. I hope this doesn't turn into a chronic thing like in her last year at UCONN.