SECT Game Thread: Lady Vols 74 - Kentucky 83

[BreatheUT]

You lose two players like Horston and Green your in a tough situation no matter who your coach is. Glad to see all our true fans are out tonight to give us their input. Never get their expertise when we win a game.

I agree

 

[djohnnyg]

Any chance of Horston coming back for Ncaa tourney?

 

[volfan__18]

We were throwing the balls out of bounds, coukdnt rebound, key was playing scared with 4 fouls, etc.

Lost to 10-18 auburn team before the injuries. We are the most inconsistent team I’ve ever seen.

wrong. we lost to auburn after loosing green.

 

[Mr French]

No Marta, No Horston, No Green and 3/4 of a Rae does not wreak of a final 4 to me. Some of our underclassmen Ladies will take some good steps next year, get some of these folks back at 100% add a couple of pieces and then maybe we can scare a deep run. Never want to lose, but not sure I wanted to face SC with this cobbled together team.

Rae is 100% she's just pressing and being stupid with the ball. She moving fine.

 

[dtnvol]

Kentucky is hot from the 3...would have been tough for any team to overcome...All-n-all, should have lost by 20...LVFL

 

[sisaq]

Ky thank ur God that Horston was out. This game Horston would've scored 30 point

 

[Volfan2012]

Any chance of Horston coming back for Ncaa tourney?

I don't think she should comeback but it could happen. I wouldn't want to risk further injury to that elbow which I think takes at least six to eight weeks to heal and that is not counting therapy to use it properly again.

 

[volfan__18]

Rae is 100% she's just pressing and being stupid with the ball. She moving fine.

Being 100% doesn’t always mean physically. Basketball is just as much mental as it is physical and an injury like that messes with ur mental game also. She obviously not back 100% mentally and it’s showing

 

[djtee]

Refs? This was uninspired basketball. The game plan was awful and our 6-7 center didn't feel like being here. The defense was non-existent for the first 20 minutes. It looks like they lost purposely. Terrible basketball.

The problem with Key is she brings the ball down way to much, And when when get`s the ball she offensive moves are slow like she is in slow motion. If you look at 6-7 So Cardoso she never brings the ball down.

 

[GetEmVols]

wrong. we lost to auburn after loosing green.

Oh ok. Lost 1 player and then blown out to a 10 win auburn team. Hard to argue that we are just not a good basketball team this year. Maybe next year.

 

[Dak1219]

Key didn't show up but the inability of Darby to score points hurt us just as much

Didn't you see the open shooters turning down outside shots? You can be sure Kellie told them to get the paint and no more outside shots. Sarah looked right at one with no one guarding her and instead of taking the shot, she put the ball on the floor and drove into traffic and got nothing. I am pretty sure all of the 3 point shots we took came in the first half.

 

[Coach Jumper]

Key is not an offensive threat, and we need to stop pretending she is.

She should be, but she has not progressed to the point where she is.

We were better when Striplin was in.

this!

 

[Govols922]

We were throwing the balls out of bounds, coukdnt rebound, key was playing scared with 4 fouls, etc.

Lost to 10-18 auburn team before the injuries. We are the most inconsistent team I’ve ever seen.

I think you’re more upset about not winning. This team played an incredible game. Just couldn’t answer with big plays. We needed playmakers tonight Rae and Dye needed one more big shot play maker and we would have beat this team easily.

 

[Voluble2]

KEY can’t get any rhythm, when Kellie takes her out after one foul.

She barely averages 10 pts a game, and probably costs us more than that with how we try to get her the ball and end up with turnovers.

She is not a good finisher unless she has just perfect position. And she has poor hands. She is great on defense, when she decides to play it. But tonight she intentionally did not play defense on several possessions. I would rather her foul out than take herself out of the game like that. Put the onus on the refs.

It's true that the officials don't let her play like the other girls. She is going to go through her whole career never having actually been allowed to play basketball and show what she can do. It really is a tragedy what the officiating has done to her in the SEC. They give Rhyne, who is a lazy and dirty player, every call imaginable, while they let opponents climb Key like a jungle gym. There is no excuse for it.

But it will be interesting to see who the refs choose to screw in the SC game. They absolutely cannot call it straight.

 

[JCP201]

They get to rest and wait on the NCAA tournament. They played sloppy tonight, and we missed Horston for sure.

 

[I4Vols]

C'mon guys, Walker has not been a bad player for us...been tough since the Jordy injury...

She's your #1 point guard
Too many bad decisions on the court
No one else to take a leadership role

 

[Coach Jumper]

Key didn't show up but the inability of Darby to score points hurt us just as much

and this

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

I don't think she should comeback but it could happen. I wouldn't want to risk further injury to that elbow which I think takes at least six to eight weeks to heal and that is not counting therapy to use it properly again.

her injury was non surgical i thought that was 3-6 weeks... I guess it all just depends on the person

 

[Volfan2012]

Striplin and Key both had four fouls so one was in and the other was out for that reason. We could've sat Key doubt Striplin would've lasted the rest of the game, but it was an option.

 

[Mr French]

Being 100% doesn’t always mean physically. Basketball is just as much mental as it is physical and an injury like that messes with ur mental game also. She obviously not back 100% mentally and it’s showing

I'm not making excuses. She's had 18 and 20 point games recently she had a bad game. Fulkerson is an example of not being 100%. Don't make excuses for her because I damn sure bet she wouldn't. She's good, it's a money year for her and naturally she's pressing way too much. She's barely over 20 and looking at fulfilling what I'm sure is a lifelong dream so it's natural.

 

[Coach Jumper]

you know what i thought was the game changing play. We were down one rhyne had the ball pushed off on Walker (no call). She kicks it to Hunt for a three, they go up four. That was a horrible miss by the refs.

and this

 

[dtnvol]

Caroline should have played more often during the regular season, who knows where she'd be right now...Sara had a rough night, but I'm proud of the freshmen play tonight...Hopefully it will continue in the NCAA tourney...We need that 4 seed...

 

[Govols922]

Let’s not beat the team up. The lady vols are an amazing team. Just couldn’t pull it out tonight.

 

[Volfan2012]

her injury was non surgical and takes 3 to 6 weeks to heal.

Hope she can come back two weeks before we play.

 

[mudcat1973]

Being 100% doesn’t always mean physically. Basketball is just as much mental as it is physical and an injury like that messes with ur mental game also. She obviously not back 100% mentally and it’s showing

rae still favors her knee some.