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

[BroadwayVa]

According to your post, you obviously reached some epiphany about why UConn SHOULD and MUST be #1 (as if they weren't already) after watching tonight's game between two teams not-named UConn. So I'm asking... what exactly did you learn about UConn from tonight's game?

The future looks much brighter!! If you don't feel the awe most Uconn fans feel of their current status--you lurked this site and learned nothing--last year being number one was hoo hum, again number one--not so this year.

 

[rugbymate]

Very bad call...traveling on Nared, ball to SC...

looked to like she just tripped with either no contact or no-impact contact

 

[HuskyNan]

The funny thing about moderated posts is seeing what it is exactly that the mods consider too controversial for the Boneyard... lol

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[rugbymate]

So now we can speculate on were SC will be in tomorrows coaches' poll.

And will Tennessee crack the top 25 again?

6 and yes

 

[SCGamecock]

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Hidden Figures is a GREAT movie. What a story and shameful that it took a movie for it to become known.

 

[nyfanofwbb]

looked to like she just tripped with either no contact or no-impact contact

I thought that the LV player may have caught her thigh in SC player causing her to trip. There definitely was contact. How much is debatable.. they move onto next show and there weren't too many replays that I saw to clarify.

 

[SCGamecock]

For those interested... Dawn kept it classy and didn't make it about the refs.

 

[SCGamecock]

Wilson and Cuevas-Moore..

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Our defense hasn't been up to snuff and we stand around too much on offense. UT is much improved. Hopefully this loss will get their attention.

 

[JordyG]

I've just caught up to the game. A good win for UT. What was glaring to me was SC decision making under pressure and on set plays was atrocious. When UT showed motion on offense SC constantly lost their marks or were slow on switches. Gray was especially guilyy. Yes, by default she had to cover DD, but once they went to her as the 4 she was still average on defense. On offense Gray is a scorer, but that's her mindset. Often I'd see open bigs waiting for her pass for the easy shot, but once she had the ball it was shot time. Once SC's high/low game was nullified by UT they did however show an effective plan B. SC had no one that could cover DD, and she was their difference maker. Wilson took some nice 12 footers early then stopped late. Coates once again was a big disappoint in a big game.

As I've said a couple of times, I like Dawn, but against SC, I ain't sceerd. Not one bit.

 

[triaddukefan]

Our defense hasn't been up to snuff and we stand around too much on offense. UT is much improved. Hopefully this loss will get their attention.

The Duke loss should have gotten their attention, I guess that was too far in the past.

 

[StephStorrs]

I tuned in to late. Read on SM that Aja Wilson got t'd up. If so for what?

She was called for a foul, and used some rather colorful language in response. I really think the technical was overkill; as I said in my earlier post on the matter, I've seen others do worse and never have the T called. The announcers disagreed and said it was deserved, so what do I know?

 

[HuskyNan]

Hidden Figures is a GREAT movie. What a story and shameful that it took a movie for it to become known.

The movie is EXCELLENT. I never knew the story about the women, both black and white, that worked for NASA. The movie is so uplifting, I can't imagine anyone that wouldn't enjoy it.

The movie was a film adaptation of a book by Margot Lee Shetterly. For those here in Connecticut, Shetterly will be the keynote speaker at Quinnipiac University in Hamden for their Black History Month event.

Black History Month Keynote Speaker: Margot Lee Shetterly

 

[bags27]

An ND fan??? And I was just starting to like you. I bet you still wear your scapula (sp) .(and no bones about it)

No, no, no, not me! The ND guy asked whom he should ask forgiveness from. It's a picture of Touchdown Jesus.

 

[DaddyChoc]

 

[NewCorn]

I would agree that Baylor isn't even close to being as good as UCONN. I think that at this point UCONN is a virtual lock to win a 5th straight NC.

If you're trying to lull our girls to sleep, it won't work.

 

[Bigpetunia]

SC did so many things to lose this game they didn't need any "help" from the refs. As always, some of the calls were questionable, but we UConn fans only emulate the ND folks when we succumb to the impulse to shout things like "the refs stole the game," etc. At the end of the day, it was a pretty entertaining game, the result of which carries very little meaning besides one night's bragging rights.

 

[Buzzyboy]

it is a shame that officials have become such a big factor in games. The quick whistle with bogus calls is hurting the game. . . .not just the bad call at the end of the game . . . . Wilson's 3rd foul was a horrible call. And contrary to what Doris Burke said, she did not deserve a technical foul . . . . you are allowed to react to a horrible call

No, you're not! How many people pick up a technical when you rant about calls, good, bad or otherwise!

 

[triaddukefan]

The movie is EXCELLENT. I never knew the story about the women, both black and white, that worked for NASA. The movie is so uplifting, I can't imagine anyone that wouldn't enjoy it.

The movie was a film adaptation of a book by Margot Lee Shetterly. For those here in Connecticut, Shetterly will be the keynote speaker at Quinnipiac University in Hamden for their Black History Month event.

Black History Month Keynote Speaker: Margot Lee Shetterly

Found out by reading today's paper that the author Shetterly did a book signing downtown yesterday. I never knew the story either..... and though Im not much of a movie person, I might have to check it out one of these days.

 

[HoopsFan21]

She was called for a foul, and used some rather colorful language in response. I really think the technical was overkill; as I said in my earlier post on the matter, I've seen others do worse and never have the T called. The announcers disagreed and said it was deserved, so what do I know?

I dunno if you're a player you need to just walk away if you find yourself ready to say something colorful to a ref. A coach generally gets a little more latitude. A player usually has none.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Has Margo been posted, if not, here she is... or here she is again lo Go Lady Vols

 

[cabbie191]

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!

Yes and no. There was that spate of missed bunnies by Coates - I think there were three in a row in the third quarter or early fourth. Towards the end of the game, the kept fouling Nared, their best free thrown shooter, rather than pressuring her to pass and fouling someone else. Lots of other examples of missed opportunities.

But yes, even though the last foul was perhaps technically legit, with five seconds you let them play on.

 

[cabbie191]

I'll bet "ya girl Margo", is happier than a rooster in a hen house. I hope someone posts her podcast, I'd love to hear her take on tonight's game.

In this instance, shouldn't it be happier than a hen in a rooster house?

 

[VA Huskie]

The movie is EXCELLENT. I never knew the story about the women, both black and white, that worked for NASA. The movie is so uplifting, I can't imagine anyone that wouldn't enjoy it.

The movie was a film adaptation of a book by Margot Lee Shetterly. For those here in Connecticut, Shetterly will be the keynote speaker at Quinnipiac University in Hamden for their Black History Month event.

Black History Month Keynote Speaker: Margot Lee Shetterly

As I read in one review, it's too bad the movie couldn't have been made when the events took place. Agree, great movie.

 

[nyfanofwbb]

She was called for a foul, and used some rather colorful language in response. I really think the technical was overkill; as I said in my earlier post on the matter, I've seen others do worse and never have the T called. The announcers disagreed and said it was deserved, so what do I know?

Thank you.. I guess it depends how you direct colorful language..

 

[donalddoowop]

Diamond scores over Wilson and Coates...Wilson comes back with a tough score over Russell...9 pt game...

Did you notice how Coates just moved out of the way?

 

[donalddoowop]

As I read in one review, it's too bad the movie couldn't have been made when the events took place. Agree, great movie.

She was showing up the official who made the call (which was the right call) and another official called the tech, which is what he is taught to do. SC got the calls go against them that went against MS the other night.

 

[donalddoowop]

Very bad call...traveling on Nared, ball to SC...

Now they know how MS feels.

 

[Checkmate]

Wow the last foul call.... I hate talking about officiating... but the competency index in WCBB is low..... Why do Dee Kantner, Lisa Mattingly, and Brian Enterline get all the big games.... this clown who called the late foul that changed the whole game should sit for a while..... what was he watching.....

Nonetheless a good win for the LVs

I do not like any of the officials. I see offensive players drive to the basket with the sole intention of drawing a foul. . . all they need to do is drive to the hoop, then put their shoulder into the defenders chest and make contact. I see players stand still with their arms straight up get called for fouls all the time. This takes the best players out of the game.

Also, I saw at least 3 fouls with no contact tonight. The officials anticipate fouls on fastbreaks and blow their whistle before there is a foul. The " new rules are a joke ". Tonight Doris Burke said Mercedes Russell played great defense, when she backed off and allowed a USC post score on a lay-up.

 

[Bayareahusky]

I do not care who won tonight.... But i do care that the officiating was horrible..... No wonder we see Kantner and Mattingly and Enterine on a cycle on a WCBB game that means anything......

I believe that if WCBB is to be taken seriously as a sport..... it MUST attract and train qualified officials..... nothing close to this ineptitude you see in the men's game.