Poll: Who Wins : TN or SC - Game Thread [MERGED THREAD]

[triaddukefan]

I was one of the 12 who voted for UT.

By the way, heard outside the UT dressing room door....We Want UConn!! We Want UConn!!

The Men's team or the women?

 

[JavaMan]

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[StephStorrs]

Tenn. gets up for the big games, and collapses on the games they should win handily. Consistently inconsistent.

 

[Nuyoika]

Geez. SC is making a habit out of living and dying by the calls and no-calls in the final seconds.

They don't rely as much on free throws as years past but to some degree yes, especially in their last few games.

look. SC whined all night about fouls. it paid off as they stopped calling fouls for most of the second half against them. they put themselves in a position to lose and they lost. one possession doesn't make a game. i frankly think they underestimated the Lvs

They may have underestimated them but they also have a few systemic problems that have been showing up on the offensive and defensive end since conference play started that they largely hide with talent vs lesser opponents. Even still they are a good team. They will play well the next game out.

 

[stwainfan]

Great win against another top 10 team

 

[j66kicker]

Last SC foul was pitifully bogus. I get more contact than that in the check out lane at the local grocery store.

Hmmmm... Which store??

 

[JavaMan]

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[BostonCanuck]

Tremendous game! A lot of us may be eating a little crow about our predictions, but so what? This was such good fun to watch. For what it's worth, I find myself agreeing with that last call. When they showed the second camera angle, right before signing off, it looked much more like the blocking foul that was called. However, that's not the angle the ref who called it had.

I think Dawn let her bigs sit for too long on a couple of occasions, and that's probably what cost her the game. Regardless, this is the second Monday in a row that South Carolina has underperformed, albeit not in a big way. I've been saying for a couple of weeks now that UConn is going to dispatch them with relative ease, and this of course reinforces that view.

I'm really happy for the Lady Vols. As bags said, they left it all on the floor tonight. A well deserved, admirable win.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Officials gifted this one to Tennessee. Let's be real. Aja Wilson bogus 3rd foul and a travel by Jaime Nared that was also called a foul. Well played officials. Well played!

 

[bags27]

Couldn't agree more, BostonCanuck about it being a great game. Sure there were bad calls (gasp! that's never happened before) and sure there was some pretty questionable playing and coaches (gasp! again). But this was a really, really entertaining game. Anyone inclined to give WCBB a chance, probably watched to the end. It was good for the game.

 

[Carnac]

If any GM drafts Coates with the #1 overall choice, they should be fired.

Agreed. Brionna Jones (Maryland) should be drafted ahead of Coates. More upside and consistency.

 

[JavaMan]

look. SC whined all night about fouls. it paid off as they stopped calling fouls for most of the second half against them. they put themselves in a position to lose and they lost. one possession doesn't make a game. i frankly think they underestimated the Lvs

Maybe they were looking past the LadyVols down the road.
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[Orangutan]

Misery loves company and now us ND fans have company in club of Big Monday losers to Tenn.

I would like to congratulate LSU on being the beneficiaries of the inevitable Lady Vol letdown.

 

[oldude]

Maybe they were looking past the LadyVols down the road.

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You mean KY on Thursday?

 

[easttexastrash]

Hmmmm... Which store??

Piggly Wiggly.

 

[JavaMan]

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[Plebe]

Tennessee now has wins over 3 of the committee's top 12 teams, including one on the road. Some on this board may not want to hear this, but Tennessee is creeping its way into the discussion for a top-16 seed and the right to host. Not saying they're there yet, but they're in the discussion.

 

[j66kicker]

Piggly Wiggly.

Ha! I know PW, but they don't have those in CT

 

[easttexastrash]

Officials gifted this one to Tennessee. Let's be real. Aja Wilson bogus 3rd foul and a travel by Jaime Nared that was also called a foul. Well played officials. Well played!

You have to adjust to the way the refs are calling the game. After many hours of therapy I have learned to accept that refs don't cost anyone a game.

 

[msf22b]

Neither team does much more than play schoolyard BB
Mind you, I admire schoolyard BB, played a lot of it myself, still do (a bit)
Dribble the ball around the perimeter, pass to the player who's hot, execute a pick and role, once in a while if you've got a productive big...try to hit your layups...
that's the basic O of both teams

How many layups did SC miss is the last five minutes? Was it 4 or 5?...game right there.
Why foul their only 90% foul shooter....3x
Can't you at least try to keep her from getting the ball?

We all disparage Holly; me as much as anyone
But she had a sound plan for the beginning
Go right at the SC bigs with their propensity to foul
And they fell right into it.

I suppose its theoretically possible for UConn to lose to a team(s) that play like that
But I wouldn't bet on it.
So
How many coaches are out there that coach real BB?
I used to think Muffet, but based on this season, I'm not really sure...ok let's give her the nod
Tara, for sure
Who else?

 

[BostonCanuck]

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I think Tennessee has turned the corner now, and you're pretty much going to see the good version from this point on. We'll know soon enough.

 

[Blueballer]

I guess that one male ref is persona non grata in SC to say the least. Same ref who made a bad call on Wilson then T'd her up also blew that last foul call. I don't like UCONN in close games that's for sure.

 

[easttexastrash]

Ha! I know PW, but they don't have those in CT

When I was growing up we used to cruise the Piggly Wiggly parking lot, AKA the "hog lot," on Friday and Saturday nights. Then down to Sonic and then back to the "hog lot."

 

[easttexastrash]

Neither team does much more than play schoolyard BB
Mind you, I admire schoolyard BB, played a lot of it myself, still do (a bit)
Dribble the ball around the perimeter, pass to the player who's hot, execute a pick and role, once in a while if you've got a productive big...try to hit your layups...
that's the basic O of both teams

How many layups did SC miss is the last five minutes? Was it 4 or 5?...game right there.
Why foul their only 90% foul shooter....3x
Can't you at least try to keep her from getting the ball?

We all disparage Holly; me as much as anyone
But she had a sound plan for the beginning
Go right at the SC bigs with their propensity to foul
And they fell right into it.

I suppose its theoretically possible for UConn to lose to a team(s) that play like that
But I wouldn't bet on it.
So
How many coaches are out there that coach real BB?
I used to think Muffet, but based on this season, I'm not really sure...ok let's give her the nod
Tara, for sure
Who else?

SC needed four good bigs on the team instead of two.

 

[Nuyoika]

I'm keeping my lack of worry unofficial. Dawn will be crazy not to use this to whip them up and treat UConn as do or die.

Unfortunately for her UConn is nothing like Tennessee. If she thought Tennessee in transition was hard to guard wait till they see those Huskies flying all over the court.