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Tennessee Postgame Thread

Kaizen said:
Aubrey and Anna combine 18 pts, 15 rebs, 7 asts, 8 stls ....wowww

Today is freshmen day, and I see good future is coming ...
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They were something like a combined +35. All the pre game press was UTs freshmen, got that wrong. 2nd half was won by the freshmen and sophmores.
 
I was very impressed with our A and A. Aubrey, her total all-around game was Wowser! Anna, so composed as a Geno said and her lock-down defense was Superb!
I just wish some of the players would pass to her. Anna’s open a lot! Our family had fun yelling at the TV tonight. Love our UCONN gals!
 
Centerstream said:
Haven't a lot of our teams seemed to have shooting woes in the XL Center?
I thought that this was a game discussion by the announcers in previous XL Center games.
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I don't know? Lou hardly ever missed at the XL.
 
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RogueDave said:
CW has hit the wall she simply played too much basketball this summer mentally she is burnt out...She needs to go to come off the bench...start Aubrey...Have CW and Anna come off the bench...

Kyla needs to play much more aggressively she was passive and got eaten up...

CD and Anna played very well Olivia had a good second half...MW was average but was better on defense even though she was out sized...

MVP of game was TN Team for all the unforced turnovers.

Silver lining imagine if all 5 players of our players played With energy, we would have blown them out...

Poise and execution was much better in 2nd half...
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Let’s not go that far. Without CW we would’ve been destroyed by Baylor.
 
Well we stuck with ya for a half and played decently but couldn’t stop turning it over. Y’all put on a clinic that second half. Congrats on the win. Appreciated Coach Geno’s comments about the LV in his after-game interview (said we were better than the 23rd ranking...kinda shocked he said that). Lots for us to work on. See y’all next year in Knoxville.
 
VFLfan said:
Well we stuck with ya for a half and played decently but couldn’t stop turning it over. Y’all put on a clinic that second half. Congrats on the win. Appreciated Coach Geno’s comments about the LV in his after-game interview (said we were better than the 23rd ranking...kinda shocked he said that). Lots for us to work on. See y’all next year in Knoxville.
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You guys played hard - I think you’re for real. You’re on the way back
 
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VFLfan said:
Well we stuck with ya for a half and played decently but couldn’t stop turning it over. Y’all put on a clinic that second half. Congrats on the win. Appreciated Coach Geno’s comments about the LV in his after-game interview (said we were better than the 23rd ranking...kinda shocked he said that). Lots for us to work on. See y’all next year in Knoxville.
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I think this was kinda your only real chance at beating UConn for some time to come. Next year spit changes big time.
 
As I re-watch the game, here are some thoughts:

1. Not a pretty game (in terms of T/O and shooting %) but it was very entertaining! And we out-rebounded a good rebounding Lady Vol team! Both teams were hustling and working hard! Thanks guys!

2. It didn't have the same feeling as the classics, but there were times I felt that special something in the crowd and inside my heart! Mostly with those hustle/diving on the court plays! the definition of UCONN ball. Doesn't Geno keep a compilation of UCONN's greatest hustle plays or something? At least 1-2 defensive plays from tonight should be added :D

3. Thank you Crystal for keeping us afloat in the first two quarters.

4. Thank you freshmen for your BIG TIME contributions. We could not have done this without Aubrey and Anna. WOW. I'm Glad Geno had the gumption to start them in the second half!

5. Thank you "upper" classmen! Megan showed grit amongst the UT bigs and didn't let a bad shooting night affect her in a negative way. Same with Christyn. I don't know how many rebounds she had but she was fighting for everything on the boards! Glad Olivia turned things around in the second half! That shows a lot of maturity.

6. I really like Coach Harper. I'm glad she's back at UT. Rennia Davis had a great game. And if the team can limit some of those silly turnovers, they'll make some noise in the SEC tourney.

7. Adam Amin is wonderful. He is single handedly keeping "comport" in our vocabulary with Doris gone.

8. Nice halftime ceremony to recognize the money raised for the Pat Summitt Foundation. Again, this goes beyond basketball folks.

"In a world were you can be anything...be KIND"
 
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I kinda liked this game to some degree. Lots of good points already made. Tennessee played some good defense in the first half causing UConn turnovers combined with UConn poor shooting. In the second half, UConn shooting and defense really picked up with the spontaneous play of Anna, and Aubrey. They made the team rock and roll. Shooting was better but really not great but it was enough to pull ahead. Tennessee became very flat footed in the second half and players looked like they just stood still on offense while UConn players were all over the place, a good thing. Bottom line, a good win which I would imagine was a good confidence builder for this team. Geno must be pleased that Anna and Aubrey really stepped up off the bench and started the second half. Just a note: I heard that Tennessee average height was 6' ft 3'' inches. Big team. That helped them in the first half but did not do anything for them in second half as the scrappy UConn players seem to get offensive and defensive rebounds. Again, I liked that.
 
On more than a few occasions Geno has stated that rebounding is as much about desire as it is about size, With Liv on the bench for a significant period of time, against the much taller LV lineup, UConn had 47 rebounds to TN's 45. Not too shabby.
 
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oldude said:
Last year, Christyn was second only to Pheesa, shooting right around 50% from the floor,, 37% from 3 and 74% from the FT line. All her numbers are down this season. Her shot does look a little flat to me, so I'm not discounting a problem with mechanics, but she is a much better shooter than we've seen.
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As Auriemma would say, with the two scorers they had plus Walker and CD, the opponents fourth or fifth best defender was guarding her last year. Big difference.
 
Checkmate 2.0 said:
maybe Geno (per his post-game comment) should give more playing time to "kids that do not know what they are doing". Irwin is a great kid, but no matter how cerebral she is she can not produce.
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yeh, Geno, all they know is to go to where the ball is and get it, pass it, shoot it, especially Aubrey. what she does you can't coach. she is always around the ball. but don't be surprised if she doesn't get too many minutes the next game.
 
pvdoggy said:
I don't know why people are continued to be surprised by CW shooting. CW is really not that great of a shooter. Her mechanic is not that good, she tends to push the ball more than using her wrist, and when the timing is on she can have a good shooting day, but not in general. She needs to go take a lesson from Azzi Fudd.
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When she’s hot, she’s hot. When she’s not, it doesn’t look pretty. Hoping she got it out of her for the rest of the season
 
I think tonight's game might be a turning point for this team. They learned how to win. They hustled played relentless defense and certain players responded to the call. Crystal in the first half did what the team needed her to do to keep us in the game. Aubrey and Ania realized they can play and deserve to be in the game. Ania knows we need her to shoot and provide offense. She also played great defense and rebounding. She also helped break the press. She is turning the corner, Aubrey, what can you say that she was like a lightning bolt going off and sparking all of her teammates to play with fire and desire to win. Olivia actually got their bigs in foul trouble and dominated when she came into the game. What a lesson for her. She responded in a big way. Great game girls. Keep up the good work.
 
Glenn said:
I guess this game shows that our short bench and lack of conditioning is a real problem. (I need a sarcasm emoji) What impressed me was our relentless defense in the second half.
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Here. Try this one . ;););););););););)
 
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