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[purduefanatic]

I was very surprised to see that no one was talking about this result from last night. Not only was the final outcome shocking to me, but the fact that they were down by 16 (37-21) at the half blew me away.

Did anybody see this game?

[Shades]

I guess you haven't figured out we have game threads.

http://boards.rebkell.net/viewtopic.php?t=82437

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[larmarch5]

[NoDakSt]

Didn't see the game but it seems like Tennessee couldn't find anyone that wanted to play help defense or who could hit an open shot. UTC regularly beat the one-on-one perimeter defense and found open lanes to the basket Particularly true in the first half. In the second half The lady Vols overcame the 17 point deficit and tied the game on several occasions thanks to 19 points from Jasmine Jones. Tennessee players like Cierra Burdick, and Bashara Graves were not especially productive and it sounds like Warlick didn't play Nia Moore much even though she has had some recent success. Not a focused effort by Tennessee on either side of the ball bot the Mocs deserve credit for being dialed in.

[purduefanatic]

[Shades]

[larmarch5]

Fox Sports 1 is carrying TN @ TX Sunday 6:30 ET

[FrozenLVFan]

I did see the entire, painful game, and NoDakSt pretty much hit the nail on the head. The team came out flat, the half-court defense was terrible, particularly at stopping the dribble drive, and Jones was the only one who could throw it in the ocean. Besides that, no one on the team seems to understand the concept of boxing out and UTC actually led in rebounds by fairly wide margins at various points in the game. The poor rebounding shut down the running game and the half court offense was completely stagnant.

To a long-time Tenn fan, this whole performance was very depressing because this team had exactly the same issues last night that they've had for the past 4 or 5 years.

[myrtle]

Not trying to make an excuse here but Tenn is, after all, missing Izzi. They still 'should' be able to take care of business against a Chattanooga but they also do definitely miss Izzi, especially since they decided to redshirt their other big.

Chat. seemed to score on layups repeatedly which does not speak well for DEFENSE either.

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[beknighted]

I thought it was interesting when Foster took the UTC job. Obviously he's making progress. Even if it was a bad game for the Lady Vols, it took a good game by UTC.

[ArtBest23]

[Skyfan22]

It really is enough to make one give up on the ladyvols. I deal enough with heart break as a Sky fan. Totally tired of seeing teams un straight at them unfettered to the basket. Coaching should realize that early defensive pressure is a high risk approach. Couple of confident ball handlers and the TN defense falls apart; you need to have sound defensive principles at the core of their defense.

Don't they try this every year? Gonna run and trap and create turnovers. By Xmas that is gone because everybody else after the first couple bottom dwellers can handle the pressure. New season same tired results. Oh well, Go Sky!

[GEF34]

I thought there was a rule about posting results in thread titles, has that changed?