Non-Lady Vol Basketball News 2023-24

[Volfan2012]

Louisville only beat Belmont by 14 points. I would look for a tough game glad were at home.

 

[ttharp]

We're gonna need Kaiya and BK to be ready to bring some stellar defense off the bench. I think Belmont is a good matchup for Karoline in particular. Gonna need Dye to keep up her play. Hoping we can use our size to our advantage. We'll have to play a heckuva lot better to get the win vs Belmont, but I like this matchup. We shall see.

 

[Volfan2012]

Everybody saying how thankful they are than Belmont won today. Be careful what you wish for going to be a tough one I think. I thought just watching the game we were a better matchup for Oregon they are slow and big like we are. Belmont a lot quicker will be hard to guard. Key should dominate inside, but will she?

 

[stllvf]

Kentucky hit something like 46% of their 3s in the SEC tourney. Today not so. 4- 15; Belmont 12 - 36 threes; TN men in loss 2-18 stats are all past tense and Ky, Oregon and UT men are finished.

this is definitely March

 

[dapeak]

Everybody saying how thankful they are than Belmont won today. Be careful what you wish for going to be a tough one I think. I thought just watching the game we were a better matchup for Oregon they are slow and big like we are. Belmont a lot quicker will be hard to guard. Key should dominate inside, but will she?

Belmont is no quicker than Buffalo or most of the teams we face in the SEC. We’re much better defensively and on the boards than Oregon. Don’t overlook them but definitely is a winnable game.

 

[Volfan2012]

Belmont is no quicker than Buffalo or most of the teams we face in the SEC. We’re much better defensively and on the boards than Oregon. Don’t overlook them but definitely is a winnable game.

We should win but will we Monday will tell us. A lot of teams should be winning a lot of them are losing.

 

[Volfan2012]

Stephen F Austin leading at halftime over North Carolina by 3. Notre Dame leading by 8 over UMass at the half.

 

[Volfan2012]

The Vols lost today 2 for 18 from the three point line. The three is so important. Line up a big post and three or four three point shooters and you have a tremendous offensive team.

 

[ttharp]

Everybody saying how thankful they are than Belmont won today. Be careful what you wish for going to be a tough one I think. I thought just watching the game we were a better matchup for Oregon they are slow and big like we are. Belmont a lot quicker will be hard to guard. Key should dominate inside, but will she?

I agree it'll be a tough game for sure. However, I'd rather not contend with Oregon's size in the event that Tamari's on the bench in foul trouble. The same could happen vs Belmont, but I feel better about Karoline and Sara mixing it up against their bigs. We may have to go small for stretches anyway. I could totally be off here - we'll see.

 

[Volfan2012]

If we can make a few threes then it will be an easy win. They are going to swarm Tamari and we'll get some open looks. Oregon made like 4 of 25 and is why they lost the game today. Belmont really clogs the paint they give you a lot of looks from the perimeter. I expect to win something like the same score we won by today.

 

[Dak1219]

We should win but will we Monday will tell us. A lot of teams should be winning a lot of them are losing.

This isn't 20 or even 10 years ago. Teams across the board have gotten so much better. There is now better coaching and better athletes across the country. 6 double-digit seeded teams have already won in this first round. That is becoming the new norm it seems.

 

[Dak1219]

Belmont is no quicker than Buffalo or most of the teams we face in the SEC. We’re much better defensively and on the boards than Oregon. Don’t overlook them but definitely is a winnable game.

Belmont doesn't have one of the nation leading scorers on its team like Buffalo did today, either. Belmont is also gonna need a lot of recovery before Monday. That was a physical game for them and a few of their players were cramping up. Definitely a winnable game.....

 

[NeedOrange]

Looking at the graphic that showed Carla Berube's record at every place she's coached ought to make some people rethink their belief that Shea Ralph is, or will be, Geno's designated successor!

Jim

Just about every UConn fan knows the job Carla (aka Coach Berube) has done. She never gave an indication of wanting to go to D1 even though she had a ton of chances. It was a surprise to me when she accepted Princeton. I think Princeton is a unique place for a unique person and I doubt she will move on from there. She will set Ivy league records that will not be broken.

 

[ttharp]

If we can make a few threes then it will be an easy win. They are going to swarm Tamari and we'll get some open looks. Oregon made like 4 of 25 and is why they lost the game today. Belmont really clogs the paint they give you a lot of looks from the perimeter. I expect to win something like the same score we won by today.

Yep. The fact that their game plan won't have to change that much makes them a tough matchup for us.

 

[Vols2015]

I don’t feel so bad about our score with Buffalo after seeing so many teams either lose, or struggle even worse than we did. Belmont can shoot the 3, we will need to take note of that. They do not have the size we have down low, so I anticipate Tamari having another big game.

 

[NeedOrange]

I, and lots of others, think Ralph will stay at Vandy and Carla Berube would be Genos replacement. At least, I would like to see that. I'm sure nobody remembers that in that 1995 NC game, Berube was the player that sank the two free throws to ice the game. Sorry

I believe the replacement in the year 2032 will be someone we don't know yet. If he leaves in 5 years, I believe it will be Jemelle Elliott.

 

[NeedOrange]

Right. The parity this year is better than it has ever been. First rounds like this show us everything we need to know about the growth of the game.

Parity is a nice word for mediocrity.

 

[NeedOrange]

Belmont wins not sure we can beat them.

Belmont just played their national championship game. They will go home to a hero's welcome. They are toast and the Lady Vols avoid a game with a more battle hardened team.

 

[TheMississippiVol]

Belmont doesn't have one of the nation leading scorers on its team like Buffalo did today, either. Belmont is also gonna need a lot of recovery before Monday. That was a physical game for them and a few of their players were cramping up. Definitely a winnable game.....

Of course it’s winnable
Tennessee is favored by 10pts..

 

[lvocd]

I was hoping Oregon would win because we usually play better against teams with comparable size to ours.

 

[Only1COJ]

SEC 4-4 through the first round of the tourney..

 

[brassie]

Not if they call the travels she is actually doing... she shuffles her feet every time

She only travels if the refs call it.

 

[Lucy]

Yep. The fact that their game plan won't have to change that much makes them a tough matchup for us.

Certainly some similarities like size but I feel like we are more athletic at every position than Oregon.
Still, a challenging game. I’m just glad we won’t have to play that little guard from Buffalo again! Good lord! Did she ever miss?!?

 

[Volfan2012]

 

[Dak1219]

Parity is a nice word for mediocrity.

Just because you don't see the best teams loaded with McDonald's All Americans beating their opponents by 50 every game doesn't mean mediocrity. It means the gap is closing. Heck, South Carolina, Stanford, North Carolina State, and Louisville have been in some close battles and won albeit, not by much, but they have lost some as well. If South Carolina falls to Iowa, which I think they may, does that make their play this season medicore? Not really, but they better not sleep on Miami tomorrow either, because they are playing really well right now too.