South Carolina @ Tennessee - 2/25/18

[Plebe]

File this under weird.

And Tennessee catches yet another break.

 

[Magy Cannon]

Hope Aja will be ok.

 

[SCspur]

She has vertigo so it's good she isn't playing and can rest for the SEC tourney.

 

[Plebe]

South Carolina played *hideous* basketball without A'ja in the last game against Tennessee. This will not be pretty.

 

[bballnut90]

Really bummed she isn’t playing. This should be an easy win for Tennessee now, especially at home, but you never know which version of the Lady Vols will show up. Wouldn’t be shocked if SC pulls it out.

Tennessee is going to be a weird team entering the tournament...they’ll likely have 2 wins over South Carolina on their resume, but both times SC was without A’ja. I’m not sure SC is even a top 25 team without Wilson. Will the committee discredit those wins or will they consider those equal to a win over SC when they were at full strength? If they lose today and get bounced before the semifinals, I don’t think they should get a top 4 seed.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Considering how much folks around here also dislike Syracuse, I thought the law was amended to "Anybody Not Wearing Orange."

On that, we can all agree; hate all teams wearing orange.

 

[Blueballer]

TENN is so bad. Should be trouncing SC with no Wilson.

 

[donalddoowop]

Outside of Wilson, SC is shaky. While you never know which TN team will show up, I’m thinking the Lady Vols will be up for this one at home, pulling off an upset.

Would it be an upset against a Wilsonless SC?

 

[DefenseBB]

Outside of Wilson, SC is shaky. While you never know which TN team will show up, I’m thinking the Lady Vols will be up for this one at home, pulling off an upset.

Holly’s still the coach and she did make it to the game right? I will take SC, if only for the VolNation implosion if Tenn were to lose at home on senior day...

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Classic SEC basketball. A bunch of athletic people struggling to play basketball.

 

[mbr33ct]

Can't take my eyes off this game, like watching a train wreck.

 

[HoopsHoppy]

The pace - and the collegiate quality - have me thinking negative thoughts about the overall future of a sport with only a few quality programs (programs - not teams with a player giving a team a record for a couple of years) prividing a level of play that is both beautiful and fascinating to watch.

This game - and these two teams - sure ain’t it

 

[mbr33ct]

What's Nared...like 0-13?

 

[Alydar]

midway through the 2nd period and the teams have combined to shoot 13-44 (29%) and 18 turnovers (mostly unforced errors). I sure hope the NCAA selection committee is watching this mess.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Would it be an upset against a Wilsonless SC?

Not at all; Tennessee was favored in Knoxville even if we had Wilson.

 

[DefenseBB]

Classic SEC basketball. A bunch of athletic people struggling to play basketball.

Let me add to that, I have been watching Virginia-Wake Forest and that’s a classic lower half of the ACC, a bunch of non-athletic people struggling to play basketball...

Virginia is not a quality team. How they won 9 games in the ACC is a puzzle to me..

 

[Traer20]

I’m pissed as a lady vol fan. I do not want to be a basket but lord how do you continue to coach a team poorly year after year just don’t get any better. Smh!

 

[Orangutan]

Now that's what I call Lady Vol basketball!

 

[DefenseBB]

Holly was an AA guard right? How is it this teams guard play is so bad that they can’t get Russell ball? That said, Russell needs to work harder to WANT THE BALL.

This game should be a mismatch but Tenn continues to play down to their competition

 

[DefenseBB]

Herbert-Harrington!!!

 

[Orangutan]

Holly was an AA guard right? How is it this teams guard play is so bad that they can’t get Russell ball?

She graduated in 1980 and she hasn't taken note of advancements in the field since then?

 

[mbr33ct]

I'm impressed with Tenn's "weave".

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I'm impressed with Tenn's "weave".

It became unraveled, apparently. The short handed Gamecocks may run out of gas, but those freshmen and sophomores are holding their own, so far.

 

[mbr33ct]

Just a conspiracy theory on my part. The fact A'ja Wilson is not playing, Dawn didn't want her team to lose just to get out of the Albany Regional...no can't be!

 

[Wbbfan1]

An Ugly SEC game with extremely talented players on both teams. Neither team can score 30 points and Lady Vols barely scored 20 points