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TN was leading, but Miss St. has come back to take a 41-34 lead at halftime.

DD had stretches of playing great defense.
 
With 2 mins. left it's exactly the kind of game I imagined: Offensively challenged, grind it out, brute basketball. I'm also watching VT vs Clemson. Their grand attendance has to have all of 300 people. Really sad watching two good teams playing before a marching band.
 
JordyG said:
With 2 mins. left it's exactly the kind of game I imagined: Offensively challenged, grind it out, brute basketball. I'm also watching VT vs Clemson. Their grand attendance has to have all of 300 people. Really sad watching two good teams playing before a marching band.
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It's 41-34 at the half. That's not exactly a low-scoring game.
 
This was the game last year where Miss State refused to play zone for three quarters against a team that had no offense against a zone, and almost lost. They pulled it out at home in the 4th Q playing mostly zone.
 
Tennessee's offense was MIA in the second quarter. They get no help from their bench while MSt's bench really helped put them in the lead.
All you need to know about the Lady Vols offense is 4 assists and 9 turnovers in the first half.
 
The George Washington (with coach Jen Rizzotti) vs Dayton game is starting on CBSSN now (3:00).
 
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rvwsleep said:
Tennessee's offense was MIA in the second quarter. They get no help from their bench while MSt's bench really helped put them in the lead.
All you need to know about the Lady Vols offense is 4 assists and 9 turnovers in the first half.
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When Reynolds and Nared went to the bench with 2 fouls, Tennessee went into an offensive drought and MSU surged into the lead.

I don't think MSU is the fourth-best team in the country, but still I'm amazed at how good they are considering they had zero HS all-Americans.
 
Dabber said:
Sounds like a good game to watch but guess I can't - - - my provider (Comcast) shows Texas A & M at Kentucky on the SEC channel at 2 p.m. Sunday
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both my SEC channels are showing the TAMU/Kentucky game smh #Comcast
 
DaddyChoc said:
both my SEC channels are showing the TAMU/Kentucky game smh #Comcast
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You can watch it online, SEC Network "Plus", available at ESPN3/WatchESPN. (And with Roku or Apple TV, or an HDMI cable connection to your device, watch it on TV.)
 
Mississippi State has hit a buzzer-beater 3 at the end of each quarter. That's been the difference in the score.
 
Plebe said:
When Reynolds and Nared went to the bench with 2 fouls, Tennessee went into an offensive drought and MSU surged into the lead.

I don't think MSU is the fourth-best team in the country, but still I'm amazed at how good they are considering they had zero HS all-Americans.
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Vivians wasn't an AA ?
She averaged 40 pts a game in her senior year.
 
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59-58 Miss St, 5 min left in Q4. Both teams with lots of fouls but Miss State in worse shape there with Dillingham fouled out already. Knoxville crowd getting into it, TN playing inspired D.
 
Despite being undefeated Miss St is not the 4th best team in the country. Not sure they are in the Top 10. Lady Vols despite their loss should be in the Top 25. They are playing better and should be ranked.

If Miss St ends up in UConn's bracket I can see another blow out. Won't be a 60 point blowout, but UConn wins by 25+ points.
 
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j66kicker said:
They're not going to. 73-64 with 30 sec left, TN reduced to fouling. TN has WAY more talent, just no idea what to do with it...
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Definitely agree. Mercedes has really upped her game but as long as DD is playing, there is no discipline. 1 great play followed by 2 stupid plays. They don't even have the discipline to hold for last shots in a quarter. Not impressed by MSU. Vivians can be defensed.
 
I watched parts/excerpts; hard to watch continuously.
Both teams were reduced to scoring lay-ups when available
Neither has much else.
Mississippi St (learned to spell in 2nd grade) is not (absolutely, without a doubt), a top-5 team.
If they really are, then the continued trip to the national title by our esteemed collaboration will be a piece of cake; a walk in the park.

State looked just like the moderately talented but under-coached team that we destroyed (where was it...Bridgeport)?

UTenn looks a little better (than they used to)...at least they try (in contrast to last season), seemingly not racked by the dissension rumored in the past.

Holly seems more in charge and the team's play,these days resembles a caricature of Tennessee past.
Play tough D, hit the boards, no offensive coherence.

Then there is the matter of Diamond Deshields, really an amazing, raw talent...all the physical ability in the world.
It's hard to imagine what would have come out of her if Geno would have coached her.
But in three years (+1) of attendance at two (reputedly) top BB schools her game has scantily if at all improved and her [] attitude is far worse. I can't imagine who could straighten her out at the next level; I'm thinking Bill Laimbeer might have a chance.

State's Vivians is another one...don't get me started...some of the wildest looking shot attempts in recent memory.

This afternoon, the dumb, beat the blind....Oh, I wish, please Mr. Almighty...please put UTenn in the Bridgeport regionals as an 8th seed...Pl-ease....

I'd pay anything to see that (oops, I already have tix).
 
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Well, DD shot 6/16, which is not horrible, and 13/15 freebies, which is pretty good. Her percentage on 3s was exactly the same as that of her teammates; she was 0/1m they were 0/6. And she had 9 boards, 2 assts, 2 blocks and only 4 turnovers. The rest of the lv were considerably worse.
 
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Wbbfan1 said:
Despite being undefeated Miss St is not the 4th best team in the country. Not sure they are in the Top 10. Lady Vols despite their loss should be in the Top 25. They are playing better and should be ranked.

If Miss St ends up in UConn's bracket I can see another blow out. Won't be a 60 point blowout, but UConn wins by 25+ points.
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Bingo.
 
Miss. St. - They have what they have. They are what they are. It is what it is.

UConn beat Miss. St. in last years Sweet 16 by the score of 98-38. But, they were 28-7 last year which included losses to S. Carolina, Texas, and of course, UConn.

How Coach Vic Schaefer responded after that loss to UConn is a contributing factor in why they will go deep into the NCAA tournament again this year. Here is his presser after last year's UConn loss:



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And, if you'd like to also revisit highlights and comments from our side after that game:



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eebmg said:
Definitely agree. Mercedes has really upped her game but as long as DD is playing, there is no discipline. 1 great play followed by 2 stupid plays. They don't even have the discipline to hold for last shots in a quarter. Not impressed by MSU. Vivians can be defensed.
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Hadn't seen DeShields play in a long time. It's hard to watch. All that talent, and she manages to pass the ball to no one, lose the ball, drive and chuck the ball up there and hope for the best. Sheesh.
 
JordyG said:
With 2 mins. left it's exactly the kind of game I imagined: Offensively challenged, grind it out, brute basketball. I'm also watching VT vs Clemson. Their grand attendance has to have all of 300 people. Really sad watching two good teams playing before a marching band.
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I thought the roads were icy and snowy back in that part of the country. Temps in teens for folks who dont deal with that stuff that much,
 
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