The Vols' ultimate revenge on UConn in 2013

[stwainfan]

Wait, I don't understand. Are you the confidant, or do you have a confidant? It would be a nice gesture for you to buy tickets for the team. You could then be confident they will be there.

I'm pretty confidant my team will be playing. After all the FF is in home state.

 

[doggydaddy]

I'm pretty confidant my team will be playing. After all the FF is in home state.

It will certainly be a home court advantage IF they get there. But they won't have home games in the sweet sixteen or elite eight.

 

[Husky1964]

SAD!!!! The Vols have won NOTHING in the last 15 years-----leaving out Parker's 2 titles. Sorta like the Cuse who have won nothing in Boeheim's tenure without Carmelo!!!!! Remarkable how many we have won in that same 15 year period.

 

[doggydaddy]

SAD!!!! The Vols have won NOTHING in the last 15 years-----leaving out Parker's 2 titles. Sorta like the Cuse who have won nothing in Boeheim's tenure without Carmelo!!!!! Remarkable how many we have won in that same 15 year period.

Leave out Parker's two titles? Why?

Last five years, not so good. Ten years before, better than anyone not named Uconn.

 

[Stray Cat]

Bravo! Bravo!

 

[triaddukefan]

Thanks! I'm pretty confidant my team will be there.

On May 24 of 2012.... I was pretty confident.... actually I was sure without a doubt that my team would be down on Bourbon Street the following April. Things didnt go quite as I thought they would. While I think TN has as good a chance of making the final 4 as any team not named UCONN, or Duke..... you never really know until the final buzzer sounds in the regional finals.

 

[stwainfan]

It will certainly be a home court advantage IF they get there. But they won't have home games in the sweet sixteen or elite eight.

Do we know the E8 and S16 games are held?

 

[Phil]

The locations won't be announced until September

 

[mr006]

The LV's have as good a chance as anyone to make the FF. There is a group of 4 or 5 teams battling for the 3 spots. Tennessee is one of them.

I thought it was the Final FOUR. Has someone gotten an automatic bid to it?

 

[ed4ourgirls]

With all the cupcakes in the AAC, each of whom UConn will have to play twice,
there is no way the Huskies will have the best SOS next year or for the forseeable
future - no matter what their non-conference schedule is like.

 

[sarals24]

But I bet they have a few National Championships.

 

[Kibitzer]

I'll stick to the facts, no opinion.

When Pat coached Tennessee, they won eight national championships. Had they NOT LOST 4X TO UCONN IN NC GAMES, they/Pat would have won 12 NC's.

Mulkey/Griner won one NC at Baylor. They should cherish it.

GG's Duke Dynasty? CViv's Jewel of the East? We're still waiting.

Then there is Notre Dame. They won one NC. BSDE (before Skylar Diggins era).

I have an opinion about the future but I'll save it.

 

[DobbsRover2]

It will certainly be a home court advantage IF they get there. But they won't have home games in the sweet sixteen or elite eight.

Maybe we can hold off on the home court advantage a bit till after we work our contacts with the Vandy crew. Haven't heard from Doreburt in a while, but I'm thinking that the last thing the Commodores want to see is the Vols doing anything on their home grounds. The last time TN hosted the finals back in 1990 (seems like yesterday) the non-FF curse was laid on UTenn even in their worshipful Knoxville, and surely Vandy does not want the Vols trying to make any hoopla on Music Row. Sorry stwainfan, but I'm just not seeing UTenn getting past the E8 after the Vandy band starts playing Nix the Knox.

 

[stwainfan]

Maybe we can hold off on the home court advantage a bit till after we work our contacts with the Vandy crew. Haven't heard from Doreburt in a while, but I'm thinking that the last thing the Commodores want to see is the Vols doing anything on their home grounds. The last time TN hosted the finals back in 1990 (seems like yesterday) the non-FF curse was laid on UTenn even in their worshipful Knoxville, and surely Vandy does not want the Vols trying to make any hoopla on Music Row. Sorry stwainfan, but I'm just not seeing UTenn getting past the E8 after the Vandy band starts playing Nix the Knox.

The games at Vandy I've been too. There has been more orange than black and gold.

 

[doggydaddy]

The games at Vandy I've been too. There has been more orange than black and gold.

Golly, you all are the best fans,yessiree Bob....

 

[Bayareahusky]

Yeah who knows where UT will end up next year..... In my mind, Holly showed this year that she is a decent coach,.... now she needs to go the next level..... I still look at some of her players and wonder why they didn't develop more..... UC is THE program now..... there is a reason other coaches come to see UC practices..... that isn't happening with any other major program...... Geno is spectacular...... 8NCs in 28 years..... Wow.... Keep it going!

 

[Phil]

With all the cupcakes in the AAC, each of whom UConn will have to play twice,
there is no way the Huskies will have the best SOS next year or for the forseeable
future - no matter what their non-conference schedule is like.

I don't know how I'll be able to live with that—oh wait, I'm not an LV fan, so never mind.

 

[Phil]

Yeah who knows where UT will end up next year..... In my mind, Holly showed this year that she is a decent coach,.... now she needs to go the next level..... I still look at some of her players and wonder why they didn't develop more..... UC is THE program now..... there is a reason other coaches come to see UC practices..... that isn't happening with any other major program...... Geno is spectacular...... 8NCs in 28 years..... Wow.... Keep it going!

Texas will have a decent year, although I don't think Karen's nickname is Holly.

 

[DobbsRover2]

And speaking of UTenn, ever since that kind of subscription-only switch by the Summitt, following the far more limited but less demented commentary on the VolNation's Lady Vols forum is actually pretty good. Now of course almost all the threads are on the softball team's run in the CWS, but the smaller group of commentators now seem to be a fairly informed and thoughtful group, though there are certainly still some nasty threads posted in the now more open environment. In one of the final big threads about the WCBB team's 2013 results, there was one comment two days before the NC game that would surely have been considered an anti-mojo killer for the Vols' hopes of remaining alone atop the national titles list:

"Last I checked, Geno only has 7 titles, not 8."

I'd forgotten that UTenn started the year rated 4th or 5th in the SEC, so last year was a pretty good run. But if you ever are confronted in a dark alley by a hostile group of Vol fans, just yell "Meighann Simmons" and make a run for it while the mob tears itself apart.

 

[Bestiarius]

And speaking of UTenn, ever since that kind of subscription-only switch by the Summitt, following the far more limited but less demented commentary on the VolNation's Lady Vols forum is actually pretty good. Now of course almost all the threads are on the softball team's run in the CWS, but the snaller group of commentators now seem to be a fairly informed and thoughtful group, though there are certainly still some nasty threads posted in the now more open environment. In one of the final big threads about the WCBB team's 2013 results, there was one comment two days before the NC game that would surely have been considered an anti-mojo killer for the Vols' hopes of remaining alone atop the national titles list:

"Last I checked, Geno only has 7 titles, not 8."

I particularly enjoyed the, "Geno the Bozo" thread.

What I find amusing is their frequent attribution of Geno's success to Pat Summitt. IN fact, anything good that happens to women's basketball is attributable to UTenn. There is no need for them to win because any team that wins would not have done so without UTenn's influence, so, in essence, any team's victory is actually a win for UTenn.

 

[Waquoit]

What I find amusing is their frequent attribution of Geno's success to Pat Summitt.

Amusing? That's laugh out loud funny! Delusional. She has less than nothing to do with it. Don't forget after that back-door fest, Geno had PHS running to John Wooden. PHS never once had Geno running to Cathy Rush.

 

[Bayareahusky]

DobbsRover2 - Your Meighann Simmons reference is hilarious! She really has been a "live by the sword - die by the sword player throughout her career".... Under Geno, she would be spending much time on the bench...while learning to play the guard position....and not being such a "me-first" player......

Bestiarius - yes this is so true.... the LV pack - though there are sane minds in there also - has a large contingent that attributes any measure of Geno's success to Pat's being. If Pat weren't there to start everything, there would be no Geno..... Give Pat her credit, no question, but Geno has come along, and matched Pat and is doing it better..... I think as we stand today he has as many NCs in 10 less years as a head coach. That is impressive.

I am amused by their claim, also, that the history of womens basketball is rooted in Tenn. .... What about the Connecticut and Smith College teams the turn of the century, when the state of TN didn't have running water?

TN fans are passionate, and I have had good times with them at the NCAAs .... it is just those folks on the Summit who are a bit wacky.....

LV nation is envious of our 8-0 NC game record, 4 undefeated seasons, 90 straight wins, etc..... We just keep on doing it.

 

[Tonyc]

And speaking of UTenn, ever since that kind of subscription-only switch by the Summitt, following the far more limited but less demented commentary on the VolNation's Lady Vols forum is actually pretty good. Now of course almost all the threads are on the softball team's run in the CWS, but the snaller group of commentators now seem to be a fairly informed and thoughtful group, though there are certainly still some nasty threads posted in the now more open environment. In one of the final big threads about the WCBB team's 2013 results, there was one comment two days before the NC game that would surely have been considered an anti-mojo killer for the Vols' hopes of remaining alone atop the national titles list:

"Last I checked, Geno only has 7 titles, not 8."

I'd forgotten that UTenn started the year rated 4th or 5th in the SEC, so last year was a pretty good run. But if you ever are confronted in a dark alley by a hostile group of Vol fans, just yell "Meighann Simmons" and make a run for it while the mob tears itself apart.

Tenn will never get better until they can get guards who can create chemistry. You cant have gunners, or quick shots taken by your guards. Everything has to happen within the flow of the game and too many times over the past several years Tenn has done just that. Leadership is a funny thing. You need to get everybody involved. Tenn guards need to learn how to do that.

 

[Phil]

LV nation is envious of our 8-0 NC game record, 4 undefeated seasons, 90 straight wins, etc..... We just keep on doing it.

None of those are important. The only thing that's important is SOS. So I've been told.

 

[Zorro]

C'mon, y'all. If PHS had not nailed them peach baskets to the side of the barn way back when, where would Geno be today, I ask you? Prolly slingin linguini in an eyetalian cafe somewhere in Philly. And Kim would prolly be a fashion model. Credit where credit is due, I say!

 

[sarals24]

None of those are important. The only thing that's important is SOS. So I've been told.

The best part about their obsession with SOS is that they refuse to play the best team in the country, so how strong can their SOS really be?

 

[stwainfan]

Tennessee will have Carter back. She will along with Massengale, Reynolds that's three who can play point guard. I'm sure Holly will use a three guard lineup at times this year.

 

[Bayareahusky]

sarals24 ..... oh so true!!! But of course, remember "there is a reason we don't play you"...... "but we don't want to say what that reason is"

I think it is so ironic that their offering to play us in the 90s launched us, and then they unilaterally pulled the plug on things..... and they are the ones who stand to benefit from the series existence..... not us...... they are just hurting themselves.....

Yeah, Geno's stats when he is done can be put up against anyone else's stats..... he will be the standard-bearer for a long time.