GAME THREAD: Arkansas @ Tennessee, Sunday, 2 pm EST, SECN+

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chuckiepoo said:
Respectable 40 minutes of roundyball! 85-50, … fiddy… the demise of our defense was greatly exaggerated.
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Arkansas is going to fight it out with Missouri and Texas A&M for last place. I wouldn't expect Pat like numbers just yet. We are still giving up way to many points to quad 3 & 4 teams and Arkansas is currently a Quad 4.
 
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Vols2015 said:
I’ve been wondering why we have played 2 less games than everyone the last two seasons during regular season play. Is it strategic to not ware our team out with the style of play we do?
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Because UT didn't play in a multi-team event this year (where you can play three games, but only two count against your limit), they got one less game than teams that did play an MTE. UT also had a team cancel a scheduled December game because of a change in their conference schedule at a date too late to find a suitable replacement.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
We don't play for a week maybe we can get better rebounding. Were headed in the right direction certainly are seeing a lot better shot selection even if we had a bad shooting day today.
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I have wondered if CKC has held this team back, knowing what the front end of the SEC schedule looked like. The speed of the offense the last couple of games has been much faster, and the defense has been much more aggressive, like we started off last year. Got off about 30 more shots than Arkansas today, but it was Arkansas, and they are a quad 4 team. We are still seeing some lapses, but all in all, we have looked much better the last 2 games. Hopefully, this week off can tighten everything up before we start playing the top-tier opponents in the SEC.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
Because UT didn't play in a multi-team event this year (where you can play three games, but only two count against your limit), they got one less game than teams that did play an MTE. UT also had a team cancel a scheduled December game because of a change in their conference schedule at a date too late to find a suitable replacement.
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The MTE was the biggie. Thank you for clarifying. That’s a centered DP12 response. You were kinda getting a little radical there… 😉
 
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vols90 said:
I wish the Lady Vols did more fan involved things like they do for other sports such as white outs, checkerboarding, etc. It would work for SEC games where the crowds are larger. LSU has something for just about every home game. I really don’t know why we don’t.

Also, we only have 14 home games this year. Big disappointment for season ticket holders when we normally have 17-18. Feels like a rip off this year.
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It was not intentional. UT normally has 16 home games and one exhibition. The previous staff signed contracts for multi-year series that included road trips. So what would normally have been home game slots were instead spent on useless road trips to MTSU and UT-Martin. not something this staff was particularly excited about, from what I hear. UT had to push back a scheduled home-and-home with an ACC opponent to accommodate the season opener in Greensboro. The guaranteed TV slot and paycheck from that game made it a no-brainer, but it cost us a home game. Then, UConn was always a scheduled road game in the series rotation. When UT was assigned Stanford for the ACC/SEC Challenge, they needed another west coast game to justify the expense of going out there, hence UCLA instead of another home game.

The positive from that series of bad events is that next year UCLA, UConn and an ACC team in the ACC/SEC Challenge will all come to Knoxville. That boosts the home schedule quite a bit.
 
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Dak1219 said:
Arkansas is going to fight it out with Missouri and Texas A&M for last place. I wouldn't expect Pat like numbers just yet. We are still giving up way to many points to quad 3 & 4 teams and Arkansas is currently a Quad 4.
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Auburn, Florida and Georgia are all worse than Missouri. They'll finish no worse than 11th.
 
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zaqhhh said:
As I said above it’s commendable. But if you think that makes us elite, you haven’t been watching the games
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Give KLU wide berth. They seem to mean well. Definitely a LV fan, if a little over exuberant on our freshman class, our standing in any particular pecking order and references to burgers 🍔. Other than that, they bring a fresh perspective. 😉🤙🏼😘
 
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DeerPark12 said:
It was not intentional. UT normally has 16 home games and one exhibition. The previous staff signed contracts for multi-year series that included road trips. So what would normally have been home game slots were instead spent on useless road trips to MTSU and UT-Martin. not something this staff was particularly excited about, from what I hear. UT had to push back a scheduled home-and-home with an ACC opponent to accommodate the season opener in Greensboro. The guaranteed TV slot and paycheck from that game made it a no-brainer, but it cost us a home game. Then, UConn was always a scheduled road game in the series rotation. When UT was assigned Stanford for the ACC/SEC Challenge, they needed another west coast game to justify the expense of going out there, hence UCLA instead of another home game.

The positive from that series of bad events is that next year UCLA, UConn and an ACC team in the ACC/SEC Challenge will all come to Knoxville. That boosts the home schedule quite a bit.
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DeerPark12 said:
Auburn, Florida and Georgia are all worse than Missouri. They'll finish no worse than 11th.
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That is what I was thinking too, and if they can find an upset, possibly 10th. They really need to up the ball security game because they have one of the more efficient offenses in the SEC and have recently gotten Dowell back. Just can't score if you keep turning the ball over. They competed well with Illinois and Kansas, who are both probable tournament teams, so possibly 10th.
 
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Lucy said:
Vibes of Rae!
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A more Athletic Version of Rae and Rae was one heck of an athlete as well as a bull in a china shop her freshman season, but look at her now! Rae is one of my all time favorites, and Jaida Civil could end up being one too. That kid has all the athletic tools.she needs to be great. Just needs to refine and perfect the basketball skills to go with them.
 
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Dak1219 said:
A more Athletic Version of Rae and Rae was one heck of an athlete as well as a bull in a china shop her freshman season, but look at her now! Rae is one of my all time favorites, and Jaida Civil could end up being one too. That kid has all the athletic tools.she needs to be great. Just needs to refine and perfect the basketball skills to go with them.
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Rae is still a bull in the china shop!
Infinite energy though. Huffort. Every fity-fity ball, never out of bounds.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Kim still sounds subdued to me but I do love that she’s never pleased. A true task master. There will be no pats on the back.
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I loved that when she was asked what the bye week task's were the answer was short and sweet........"Rebounding." That is probably the most glaring issue this team has right now. I just hope nobody gets hurt beween now and next Sunday. Rebounding drills can be brutal.
 
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chuckiepoo said:
But does get them in?
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It would be a huge headline if it did, because Kellie would be the first ever to lead 5 programs to the NCAA tournament. However, for that to happen, they would need a few upsets of top 25 teams in the SEC and I don't know if that will happen. improbable, but who knows on any given day. We will definitely know more tomorrow after the Alabama game. Charlie Creme does have 11 from the SEC going to the tournament, but that man is perpetually wrong.
 
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Dak1219 said:
I loved that when she was asked what the bye week task's were the answer was short and sweet........"Rebounding." That is probably the most glaring issue this team has right now. I just hope nobody gets hurt beween now and next Sunday. Rebounding drills can be brutal.
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Yes they can! We need some brutality on the boards though. Bring your helmet to practice ladies lol.
 
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Dak1219 said:
Isn't she like the 3rd highest paid coach in the SEC?
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I believe so, which is crazy, considering.

That’s why I thought they would for sure fire her and go a different direction. She’s being paid very nicely to consistently underperform.

They could have had a great opportunity last season to hire a younger coach like Mollie Miller who they could have paid significantly less to likely do significantly better.

Heck they would have even been better off to hire someone like Matthew Mitchell. Could have gotten him cheap coming back off a hiatus.
 
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Dak1219 said:
It would be a huge headline if it did, because Kellie would be the first ever to lead 5 programs to the NCAA tournament. However, for that to happen, they would need a few upsets of top 25 teams in the SEC and I don't know if that will happen. improbable, but who knows on any given day. We will definitely know more tomorrow after the Alabama game. Charlie Creme does have 11 from the SEC going to the tournament, but that man is perpetually wrong.
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I haz zero love for “Click Bait Charlie”.
 
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