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Watching Tennessee and Oregon State is like watching a PAC12 game...

Plebe said:
Time to pay a visit to VolNation. It's a shadenfreude Sunday.
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Actually on reflection I am now feeling sorry for the Tenn Vols and Vol nation as a whole. When you have high expectations and disappointedly don't even come close, it hurts worse.
 
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willtalk said:
But at the start of next season they will again be ranked in the top ten.
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Their highly-ranked recruiting class will be sophomores next year; Tenn will be competitive for the SEC title, and as such, be relevant to pollsters.
 
LOTRADER said:
Stop with the less talented stuff! Oregon State may not have played their very best game, but they played pretty darn well in the 2nd half. Defense is critical in the Tournament, and OSU played solid today, regardless of their poor outside shooting. Pivec & Katie McWilliams were outstanding today. Gulich had a decent game, and hit some key shots in 2nd half, and rebounded well in 2nd half. OSU had two freshman playing today in the rotation, and they played extremely well in their 1st BIG game in the Tournament. Let's give OSU some credit for beating Tennessee on their home court.
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It's not a knock on OSU. Hey's not saying OSU is untalented. By any measure, and most specifically their recruiting rankings coming out of HS, Tennessee's roster is the more "talented" one: more McD AA's, for example.
 
chuck.r said:
A lot of firsts this game for the LV program: 1st NCAA tournament loss at home (57-1), plus the program's 1st back-to-back NCAA tournaments missing the Sweet 16. Incredible runs for that program.
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TN certainly WAS a great program but karma is the bitch that continues to bite the program in the rear end. Since cancelling the series with UCONN, TN has not made a FF while UCONN has not missed. Since the cancellation of the series UCONN has won the championship more often than not.
 
Plebe said:
It's not a knock on OSU. Hey's not saying OSU is untalented. By any measure, and most specifically their recruiting rankings coming out of HS, Tennessee's roster is the more "talented" one: more McD AA's, for example.
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High School? Not sure that is what was meant. In any case, our freshman played better than Tennessee's freshman today. On the court today, OSU players, as a group, were not "less talented".
 
Congrats to ORST and Scott Rueck on an important program win on a hostile court. Unfortunately, their reward is a probable date with Baylor, whom ORST beat 2 years ago in a tight contest to get the the Final 4. (The jacket-toss game :D ). Lets hope Coach Mulkey has an encore performance in that Olympic category!!
 
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Plebe said:
I'm not watching. I can't stand that stupid song that they play 100 times a quarter. No wonder their fans are always on the verge of a psychotic break.
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I've heard that "song" way, way, way too many times in my life. If I never hear it again, it would be too soon.
 
chuck.r said:
Congrats to ORST and Scott Rueck on an important program win on a hostile court. Unfortunately, their reward is a probable date with Baylor, whom ORST beat 2 years ago in a tight contest to get the the Final 4. (The jacket-toss game :D ). Lets hope Coach Mulkey has an encore performance in that Olympic category!!
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Yeah, I'm not liking OSU's chances in a rematch against Baylor, with the Bears looking for some revenge. All things considered Sweet 16 is fairly good accomplishment for this year's team.
 
wallman said:
Well, err, except for the 9 turnovers.
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I believe OSU won the game, on Tennessee's home court. You can call out any stat you want, but that is one stat. The stat that matters is the final score.
 
Gus Mahler said:
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I've heard that "song" way, way, way too many times in my life. If I never hear it again, it would be too soon.
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Ever watched a USC (I mean the real USC, the one from LA) football game? Their band plays the fight song after pretty much EVERY play. It will certainly drive you insane.
 
bags27 said:
But it is their fault they didn't realize what a spiralling disaster the program is and go elsewhere instead. It wasn't like it was a secret. What a waste of talent.
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Not sure this criticism is warranted, either. You’re blaming the players for believing Holly’s sales job. Trust is not a negative character trait.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Ever watched a USC (I mean the real USC, the one from LA) football game? Their band plays the fight song after pretty much EVERY play. It will certainly drive you insane.
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Yes. I actually started to mention that. It sounds good the first couple of times but after that it gets nauseating.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
Yeah, I'm not liking OSU's chances in a rematch against Baylor, with the Bears looking for some revenge. All things considered Sweet 16 is fairly good accomplishment for this year's team.
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Hey nwhoopfan, I know eliminating Baylor is a BIG task (if Baylor wins today). But, as I previously posted on another thread, I liked OSU's path forward in the bracket. Let's not forget that even though Baylor only has one (1) loss (to a PAC-12 team), I believe OSU has played a much more difficult schedule. The OSU Team is believing. Don't forget OSU is tall. I don't think Baylor has played a lot of teams that play defense like OSU (Stanford game didn't have McPhee). If OSU has a halfway decent 3-point shooting game vs Baylor (or Michigan), OSU can win.
 
LOTRADER said:
Stop with the less talented stuff! Oregon State may not have played their very best game, but they played pretty darn well in the 2nd half. Defense is critical in the Tournament, and OSU played solid today, regardless of their poor outside shooting. Pivec & Katie McWilliams were outstanding today. Gulich had a decent game, and hit some key shots in 2nd half, and rebounded well in 2nd half. OSU had two freshman playing today in the rotation, and they played extremely well in their 1st BIG game in the Tournament. Let's give OSU some credit for beating Tennessee on their home court.
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I'm happy to give them all the credit in the world. I expected this outcome.
 
chuck.r said:
A lot of firsts this game for the LV program: 1st NCAA tournament loss at home (57-1), plus the program's 1st back-to-back NCAA tournaments missing the Sweet 16. Incredible runs for that program.
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Time to give Holly a 10 year extension because of the HISTORIC firsts that she achieved today.
 
Someone mentioned the McDonalds All Americans that Tennessee has and it is a fair point.... Tennessee suited up a few today.... Oregon State dressed zero....

And three of those McD All Stars chose to leave Oregon and cross the country to play for Holly....

I feel badly for the Tennessee players...... but also am happy for the Oregon State program
 
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LOTRADER said:
Hey nwhoopfan, I know eliminating Baylor is a BIG task (if Baylor wins today). But, as I previously posted on another thread, I liked OSU's path forward in the bracket. Let's not forget that even though Baylor only has one (1) loss (to a PAC-12 team), I believe OSU has played a much more difficult schedule. The OSU Team is believing. Don't forget OSU is tall. I don't think Baylor has played a lot of teams that play defense like OSU (Stanford game didn't have McPhee). If OSU has a halfway decent 3-point shooting game vs Baylor (or Michigan), OSU can win.
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Love the enthusiasm! Last time Baylor was heavily favored as well. But no Weisner and Wiese this time. Gulich had her hands full w/ Russell today and Brown is a much, much better player than Russell. And even bigger. That matchup scares me. Never mind Cox. Can Corosdale handle her? We'll see. But yeah, 3 point shooting has to be better for OSU to continue advancing. Hopefully Baylor isn't a full court pressing team. Probably not w/ Brown and Cox on the floor together.
 
vol Nation seems to believe the end is very near for Holly.....
 
LOTRADER said:
Stop with the less talented stuff! Oregon State may not have played their very best game, but they played pretty darn well in the 2nd half. Defense is critical in the Tournament, and OSU played solid today, regardless of their poor outside shooting. Pivec & Katie McWilliams were outstanding today. Gulich had a decent game, and hit some key shots in 2nd half, and rebounded well in 2nd half. OSU had two freshman playing today in the rotation, and they played extremely well in their 1st BIG game in the Tournament. Let's give OSU some credit for beating Tennessee on their home court.
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It was meant as a complement.................I don't think they have a top 75 kid in their program yet they handily defeated a team with probably seven or eight high school All Americans............they do what they do very well as a team although individually they are not as gifted as the Tennessee players.....if you want to take that as a criticism so be it.........
 
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