UT Player Development

[Boxerpups4me]

The OP says "you people on the boneyard ". Well, are we allowed on your site?
BTW, I think Tennessee and louisville are the only teams that could beat UCONN this season.

If Tennessee doesn't figure out a way to defend the perimeter and cut down on turnovers, both UConn and Louisville would take us by 20+ points...

 

[VolFan]

The turnovers are a huge issue. I'll take me from Russell and Harrison, but I'd like them to be lower. However, they come mostly from Burdick, Jones, and Simmons. When Cierra is on she's great, but when she's off, she tries to break from her skillset. Jones still can't make mature decisions with the ball too often, and Simmons TO issue is well documented. Let it be known, her minutes are 6 down this year. I'd really like to see Burdick come back into the form she hit at spurts last season. She has rebounded the ball well most of this season. But she is best offensively not forcing her shot and hitting the midrange jumper to open up the drive for a couple easy buckets. She seems to be forcing too much this year and I don't know why. She's the type of player that will watch tape and get in the gym to fix her game and I have the greatest respect for the leadership and heart she brings to the team.

 

[VolFan]

Also the assists at Georgia were a season low. They were playing us for the one on one and it was too easy to burn them that way however, we've averaged an SEC leading 19 assists a game.​

 

[DobbsRover2]

Also the assists at Georgia were a season low. They were playing us for the one on one and it was too easy to burn them that way however, we've averaged an SEC leading 19 assists a game.​

Yeah, but let's be honest where a lot of those assists came from, like the 31 against poor Lipscomb recently. In the last three big games against Stanford, LSU, and Georgia, it's been 10, 16, 9. That's under 12 for the three more realistic and recent games. If that was their average for the year, that would place them around 267th among the NCAA teams. Still thinking that the ball handling and the assists could be a big issue for UTenn, and when UConn players blow by defenders one-on-one, that's a prime opportunity for a MoJeff assist.

 

[huskyblooz]

I'd be curious to know what has changed since the 30+ point game Louisville lost last year.

We were clicking on all cylinders last March/April. If we hit a funk and struggle against Walz' triangle+2 or whatever junk he'll throw at us, you never know. Do I think we'll lose to either? No. But anything is possible.