A great example is we turned Miss St over 12 times in the first quarter and got three points out of it. That is why this team probably shouldn't press other than on made baskets. You turn teams over you need some player that can hit the open three we don't have any that can do that with enough consistency.
| TN | UCONN | |
| Q1 | 5-5: 3 4-4: 1 2-2: 2 1-1: 3 | 2-2: 1 1-1: 5 |
| Q2 | 5-5: 1 4-4: 1 3-3: 4 2-2: 2 1-1: 1 | 2-2: 1 1-1: 3 |
| Q3 | 5-5: 2 3-3: 3 2-2: 2 | 2-2: 1 1-1: 2 |
| Q4 | 3-3: 2 2-2: 3 1-1: 1 | 2-2: 1 1-1: 1 |
UConn did a great job with their press and who played Strong 37 minutes, Fudd 39 minutes, Shade 31 minutes, Arnold 28 minutes, S. Williams 29 minutes. He played his starters 164 minutes out of 200 you need to play. Heckel and Ziebel played all the rest except a a two minutes stint by Jana El. So he might be on to something using his best five players 164 minutes. We haven't got close to doing that except Alabama and maybe one more game.
I’m not sure the subbing pattern is that instructive anymore either. But thank you for the stats and they are interesting.
I hope more of us can rally around them in our thoughts and send them positive vibes. All the “sad truth-telling” isn’t going to do anything but add pressure.We’re going to the tourney. With a couple of upsets and the chips falling the right way, we could even still host.
How many floor minutes were by players with more than 20 games IN THIS SYSTEM? It is different, many variants of squad on the floor.
You can easily come up with a theory as to what is wrong with that 5 on 5 subbing. You have five players who are shooting 47, 42, 40, 39, 41 in the game and your subbing them all out to being in 33,35.32.31. 30. Your instantly hurting your shooting percentage and your doing it several times a game. Whereas UConn always leaves in three starters and most of the time four so they do not suffer any dramatic change in ability like our subbing is certainly bringing to the floor. You can easily see how this could cost you three percent from the field or more. Her plan only works well if all ten players are totally equal in ability. We know that is not true stats should tell her that and who to play the most.
I did that after the Miss St game it is what it is. I still have hope but really downplaying what this team can do is certainly not being a fan. I even said just hoping we keep the NCAA streak alive. It still means a lot to me as no one else can claim to have been to everyone. Holly came within game it seemed of losing it back when she was coaching, but we got in that year hope it is never that close again.It might be time for this fan ship to consider, for its own collective mental health, to try to come to grips with the concept of “it is what it is” and then just ride the rest of the season out. We‘re all disappointed that the team has now taken several of the kind of über beatings that have each left a pretty bad mark. As the kids would say when I was young, “That sucks donkey d*cks.”
All that said, at this moment the Lady Vols are tied with South Carolina for 1st in the SEC. Obviously we’re HIGHLY likely to take more losses. But, it’s also not impossible that the team could catch a magic carpet and ride into a top-third finish in league play.
I love our team, and I know they‘re hurting and wish to God they could have pulled off a major upset yesterday. I heard they were heartbroken and embarrassed by the loss to Mississippi State. These women are not trying to lose. They do care and are doing the best they can from what I can see. But … it is what it is.
I hope they don’t give up on themselves just because a lot of fans are jumping ship.
We’re not dead yet!
Same curiosity here. The beginning of the game and the start of the 3rd are when your best players should be on the floor. But she subs them out within 2 mins. Which puts our next 5 against the other teams top 5. This is usually when we dig big holes against top teams or when lower level teams mount a comeback. Then we use a ton of energy trying to claw our way back out. Makes absolutely no sense. I’m not a coach, but they can surely see this??
All Justine wanted to do was shoot 3s from half court. Kellie wanted her to do exactly what Shea is asking her to do. Also how long did it take her to finally play in Shea's system? Had she been opened to the exact same thing about what was being asked of her game from Kellie, we would see a totally different player. How many WNBA players does Kellie have compared to Shea? I'll take Rae, Jordy, and Kea's development over Justine's!
Yup. And I think it was you that mentioned how long it took Pat to break through to the top echelons, even before womens' basketball was under the NCAA. Remember LA TECH?
