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Vandy Takes Down TX

packwrap said:
Fascinating game to watch. Vandy now officially for real with wins over Michigan, Oklahoma, LSU and Texas! Shea's team arrives one year early and that's without Pierre. (now at NC St)

Blakes a player of the year candidate, but the two keys to the win were:
1- play of the freshman point guard Galvan.
2- Vandy outrebounded TX.

Shea Ralph doing some serious coaching. When they run offense via Galvan it's the ol Oregon offense with Ionescu. When they run with Blakes, it's the Notre Dame offense with Miles, Citron, Hidalgo.

She even got 12 useful minutes from big DelRosario. Rather than complain about what she can't do, Shea switches the defence during the DelRosario minutes to play to her strength as a rim protector. This forced TX to change up, and allowed Vandy starting front line to get some rest.

No break for Vandy though, they still face Kentucky, bama and Tenn plus SEC tourney. Keep winning, and they now have chance at a #1 seed.
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Your comments on del Rosario are spot on. Until last night’s game she had showed me absolutely nothing at LSU or Vandy. Last night, early in the game, TX’s Bigs were dominating the paint. Enter del Rosario who battled down low, particularly against Oldacre and neutralized TX size advantage.
 
visitingcock said:
Still, 7 minutes for Carleton is weird especially considering Cunningham fouled out with only 15 minutes of PT.

I get searching for the right combination but 7 minutes?
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Vic is old school. He will sometimes send a message to a player by sitting them in a game, win or lose. I seem to recall that he did so with Harmon earlier in the season during a game TX lost.
 
broooce said:
A little over 5000 attendance in an arena that has 14K + capacity. A game of this magnitude would be a sellout in CT, Columbia SC and Iowa City, among a few others.
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You can bet the next home game vs Kentucky will draw a LOT more fans.
 
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Watched game and some thoughts:
-Very odd. Vic Schaefer totally trashed his Texas team, saying they were the "softest" team he had ever coached. Very strange language for a coach of a top 5 team that had several great wins under their belt to put all the blame on his players. Remember this when the transfer portal opens.
-Vandy's guards are very good and will be difficult to trap by the UConn press. Unlike most teams, they keep the ball in the middle of the court and don't let themselves get trapped by the baseline or midline.
-I see alot of UConn in Vandy's offense. Very good shooting guards from all parts of the court and subs that come in for 5-7 minutes when the match ups work. They made few mistakes and at least last night, were patient working for an open shot.
-Recent post that Geno was looking for more offensive rebounding applies here. Vandy worked the offensive board the entire game, getting many more opportunities than Texas. Not a great part of UConn's game but seems like Geno knows he may need this skill in the playoffs.
 
Note to all: take a look at Vic’s postgame comments. “We have no heart.” “We weren’t tough enough.” He laments paying “these kids 100’s of thousands of dollars. Suggests he’s going to, “call my AD and apologize.” He does say it’s his fault. But I can only imagine what the Longhorns next practice will be like.
 
bballnut90 said:
I'm not shocked that they won but the fact that they blew out Texas is astonishing. I know some are criticizing Texas right now, but they are undeniably a VERY good team with arguably the best collection of wins in the country (wins over current #2 UCLA, #3 South Carolina, #6 LSU, #10 Oklahoma, #12 Baylor, #14 Ole Miss, #18 Kentucky and #21 North Carolina). Their only losses were road games at LSU (lost by 5) and South Carolina (lost by 3), and they just got destroyed by Vanderbilt, who was up by 26 early in the second half and the game was over at halftime.
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I agree that Texas is a very good team. They are right there in the big 4 (now 5). That loss to SC, at SC, was irritating to me. In a game decided by only 3 pts SC shot 26 FT while Texas shot 13 FT. I can't help but think Dawn and the packed house got some home-court favor.
 
oldude said:
Note to all: take a look at Vic’s postgame comments. “We have no heart.” “We weren’t tough enough.” He laments paying “these kids 100’s of thousands of dollars. Suggests he’s going to, “call my AD and apologize.” He does say it’s his fault. But I can only imagine what the Longhorns next practice will be like.
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Vic's comments were a little over the top. I feel badly for the players. If they were feeling down, they might have a hard time getting up. Time for the seniors to show their leadership.
 
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One additional comment about Vandy. You can make the case that right now that Vandy’s backcourt duo of Galvin and Blakes is playing as well as any backcourt in the nation. Think back to all those poised, talented AA guards that UConn produced. Who was their position coach and mentor? None other than Shea Ralph. She is the “guard whisperer.”
 
oldude said:
Note to all: take a look at Vic’s postgame comments. “We have no heart.” “We weren’t tough enough.” He laments paying “these kids 100’s of thousands of dollars. Suggests he’s going to, “call my AD and apologize.” He does say it’s his fault. But I can only imagine what the Longhorns next practice will be like.
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Poor Vic. On his watch this heart problem must have just developed since he wasn't saying anything about it after his soft, heartless crew beat UCLA and SC earlier this season. Then it was all 'Hook Em Horns' and I'm so proud of my team. Keep commiserating and blabbing to the media Vic and that portal door could swing wide open in a couple of months.
 
What did you all think about having Booker guard Galvan? I can appreciate the attempt, but after a while he was just wasting Booker’s energy because she was kinda get taken behind the woodshed. I already think that Booker gets lost on offense until the end of games. Not all games, but too many for my taste. I guess he’s also trying to push Rori’s buttons? Have no idea what’s going on there.
 
LwrcasefaN said:
What did you all think about having Booker guard Galvan? I can appreciate the attempt, but after a while he was just wasting Booker’s energy because she was kinda get taken behind the woodshed. I already think that Booker gets lost on offense until the end of games. Not all games, but too many for my taste. I guess he’s also trying to push Rori’s buttons? Have no idea what’s going on there.
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Booker on Galvin was an act of desperation by Vic. She was eating up Harmon, which is why Harmon earned a spot on the bench.
 
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Nice game for Shea's team. They are very good at home. But the team that's got my attention is UCLA. They are dominating in a very tough conference, at home or on the road, and they don't rely on just one player.
 
Kat said:
Nice game for Shea's team. They are very good at home. But the team that's got my attention is UCLA. They are dominating in a very tough conference, at home or on the road, and they don't rely on just one player.
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Yes UCLA is dominating in the Big 10. But let’s not forget that UConn pretty much dominated the top teams in that same conference with big wins over tOSU, Iowa & USC along with a tighter win vs MI, a game that UConn was up 20+ points in the 2nd half.
 
oldude said:
Booker on Galvin was an act of desperation by Vic. She was eating up Harmon, which is why Harmon earned a spot on the bench.
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This isnt the first time Vic pulled Harmon and put her on the bench. Is it her defense? Now sure. IMO if you keep the ball out of Galvins hands, play good D on her you can slow Vandy down. Looked like that happened in the second half. Taking Harmon out makes me wonder just how good TX defense is. Vandy seemed to get alot of dribble drives in the first half resulting in their high shooting percentage.
 
oldude said:
Booker on Galvin was an act of desperation by Vic. She was eating up Harmon, which is why Harmon earned a spot on the bench.
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It’s amazing how Vic waffles on Harmon. In Dec. 2025 he claimed “Harmon showed why she’s the best point guard in the country”. Two months later she’s not effective enough to play in certain games.
 
I had thought that UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Texas were essentially locks for number one seeds, the only question being the ordering.

Now it looks to me like it is UConn number one, UCLA number two, and the four top SEC teams fighting it out for 3-6. The rest of the SEC season and the SEC post season tournament will be very interesting.

South Carolina at LSU on Saturday and Texas at Tennessee on Sunday will be interesting. How will Texas respond to Vic's tirade?
 
browns said:
Blakes is going to beat out SS when Uconn is undefeated?..not happening!!
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I think so. Her offensive statistics are just better. And she has the SEC pushing her.

Edit: I just want to warn you guys. Don’t be surprised if UConn is not the number one overall seed when the bracket reveal comes out this weekend.
 
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Stagnant said:
I think so. Her offensive statistics are just better. And she has the SEC pushing her.

Edit: I just want to warn you guys. Don’t be surprised if UConn is not the number one overall seed when the bracket reveal comes out this weekend.
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Which statistics? Blakes scores more ppg than Sarah in large part because she plays significantly more mpg and takes considerably more shots per game. Sarah shoots a better percentage at all three levels, while also leading Blakes in rebounds, blocks, steals, assists, assist/turnover ratio and just about any advanced metric you can think of.

If Sarah was playing for a team that required her to play 35-40 mpg and take 20-30 shots per game, she would be easily putting up 30 ppg. Also, here’s a bit of history. While UConn has had a bunch of NPOY winners, not a single one was ever in the top-10 scoring nationally.

One final point. This is not unlike the discussion regarding Paige and CC then JuJu. In the 2 seasons that Paige was fully healthy, her 1st & last, she earned the WBCA NPOY award voted on by the coaches who know what they’re looking at when they evaluate POY candidates.
 
oldude said:
Note to all: take a look at Vic’s postgame comments. “We have no heart.” “We weren’t tough enough.” He laments paying “these kids 100’s of thousands of dollars. Suggests he’s going to, “call my AD and apologize.” He does say it’s his fault. But I can only imagine what the Longhorns next practice will be like.
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The Horns' next game is against Tennessee. I think the LVs are in trouble.
 
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