OT: Shea gets her first SEC tournament win

[Bama fan]

Vandy won first tournament game vs T A&M,Gary Blair's last game. Big deal!

 

[DefenseBB]

Wow, what a game. One legend’s last game and the start of hopefully another’s.

Congrats to Shea and Congratulations to Gary Blair on a truly wonderful career and what I hear is a wonderful guy!

 

[Beemer]

Way to go Shea!!!

 

[Plebe]

Shea with some really nice words about Blair after the game.

 

[MSGRET]

I can remember earlier in the season that the pundits were talking about Tennessee, LSU, Flordia, SC, and Texas as a good win over A&M. I wonder if this will have any bearing on the committee? Naw, it's not UConn and the Big East.

 

[EdSaid]

Now shea/Vanderbilt get a rematch with Florida. Can they beat Florida again? Those kids on her team are really buying into her defense

 

[bballnut90]

I know her team's record isn't great, but if Ralph was in a different conference I'd think she'd be a contender for SEC Coach of the Year. She's done a fabulous job this year.

Side note--the SEC is sort of a weird conundrum of coaches this year where you have a 3 legitimate NCOY of the year contenders (Staley, Finley, Mulkey), other overachievers (Ralph, Coach Yo), underachievers (Blair, Elzy, Neighbors) a few with mixed results (Harper, Harris, Taylor, Pingeton).

 

[Stymie]

Can’t express how happy I am for Shea and her young women.
I can see Vandy moving up the SEC ladder steadily.
CONGRATULATIONS!

 

[fireford]

Putting into perspective the hand Shea had been dealt when taking the Vandy job:

Vanderbilt women's basketball hadn't won an SEC Tournament game in six years. The Commodores ended last season early due to a lack of available players and got a new coach last April who hadn't recruited a single player on the roster. Half of last year's team transferred.

Jordyn Cambridge gets triple-double as Vanderbilt wins first SEC Tournament game in six years over Texas A&M

 

[huskeynut]

Great win for Vandy and Shea!

Watched the second half. Her players go hard. They play very good defense.

Would love to see Vandy upset Florida.

 

[Vowelguy]

I thought 10 wins would be a successful year for Shea — 14 is great.

It could get harder next year as she graduates some key seniors (Cambridge and Alexander) who decided to stick it out for their final year. Possible talent gap until she gets her recruits up to speed

 

[eebmg]

Cambridge had a triple double.. Ony second time ever in SEC tournament play

 

[HuskylnSC]

I thought 10 wins would be a successful year for Shea — 14 is great.

It could get harder next year as she graduates some key seniors (Cambridge and Alexander) who decided to stick it out for their final year. Possible talent gap until she gets her recruits up to speed

Cambridge is coming back for her covid year as a grad student. Also two members of the SEC all freshman team in Moore and Sacha Washington. She'll gain a bit of size with her 2022 recruit Amauri Williams and a pretty good guard in Ryanne Allen. Both are 4 star recruits.

Also during the discussion of the SEC Coach of the year Andra mentioned that Shea deserved consideration.

I do wonder what Jaloni thinks of what's happening at her sister's school.

 

[Vowelguy]

Cambridge is coming back for her covid year as a grad student. Also two members of the SEC all freshman team in Moore and Sacha Washington. She'll gain a bit of size with her 2022 recruit Amauri Williams and a pretty good guard in Ryanne Allen. Both are 4 star recruits.

Also during the discussion of the SEC Coach of the year Andra mentioned that Shea deserved consideration.

I do wonder what Jaloni thinks of what's happening at her sister's school.

Oh Cambrdige coming back is huge.

 

[FormerCTrez]

Congrats to Shea and her team!

 

[Plebe]

Cambridge had a triple double.. Ony second time ever in SEC tournament play

And the first triple-double in Vanderbilt program history, if I understood the broadcast correctly.

 

[Blakeon18]

Vandy plays Florida today around 3:00 on the SEC Network.

Good luck to 'Always a Huskie'!

 

[HuskylnSC]

First SEC Tourney win for Vandy in 6 years!

 

[HopJim]

If you get a chance to see Vandy women on TV, take a few minutes. Not very talented, but a fun team to watch. Shea has them playing at full speed the entire game, taking chances on defense few other teams would consider. If Shea can pick up 2+ solid shooters next year, they will make a lot of noise next year.

 

[Tonyc]

Congrats Shea and Vandy.

 

[TC22]

I have watched bits and pieces of games all year. They have really improved over the year, especially defensively. This SEC had a number of coaches who could have been considered; Dawn of course, Mulkey did a great job, Finley at Fla, Coach Yo at Ole Miss didn’t make the NCAA tourn last year and they ended up in 4th in the league, and Shea. The SEC is a physical, defensive League and sometimes newcomers have to learn that. Shea’s team was much more aggressive and physical yesterday than they were earlier. Its a fun conference to follow and play in.

 

[HuskyNan]

I finally have a use for the SEC tv channel on our cable box

 

[JellyBean]

Congrats, Coach Ralph and the Vandy WBB program. Pretty impressive year for Coach Ralph and her program. Given to how competitive that SEC WBB conference is, Coach Ralph did a great job this year. Something to build on for next season and over the summer.

 

[BRS24]

No lie.