Rocky Top Talking Points: spring ladies all-star walking boot edition

by Joel on Jan 26, 2007 6:56 AM EST in Tennessee Volunteer Basketball Comment 1 comment

The football team's spring practice schedule has been set. Practices are 2/22, 2/24, 2/27, 3/1, 3/3, 3/6, 3/8, 3/20, 3/22, 3/23, 3/24, 3/27, and 3/29. Fans Day will be on 3/31 from 12:30 to 1:30, with the Orange and White Game following at 2:00. Let's hope they plan better for Fans Day this year than they did last year.
The Lady Vols bounced back from a disappointing loss to Duke earlier this week with a 67-57 win over Vanderbilt. Senior Sidney Spencer had a career-high 26 points, and Candace Parker hit a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Robert Meachem will participate in the State Farm College Football All-Star Challenge -- a skills-and-drills competition -- which will air February 3 on ESPN from 4:00 to 6:00 EST.
Chris Lofton is out of his protective ankle boot and his ankle is "get[ting] some nice discoloration" (apparently a good thing), but coach Hulk "doubts" ($) that he'll be able to play at Kentucky on Sunday. There are only eleven games left, and the Vols are currently 10-7 overall and 2-3 in the SEC. Mr. Conventional Wisdom (he lives with the legal industry's Reasonable Person somewhere in Hawaii) says that the Vols will need at least an 8-8 record in the SEC to make the NCAA Tournament. Games remaining on the schedule:
- at Kentucky
- Georgia
- at Florida
- LSU
- Vanderbilt
- Kentucky
- at South Carolina
- Alabama
- at Arkansas
- Florida
- at Georgia
Anybody see six more wins in there anywhere? Me neither.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think if UT manages to drop every single game from here until the end of the regular season, they can still make the Big Dance by stringing 4 victories in Atlanta and winning the SEC Tourney.

(Rules specify that the "Conference Champion" receives and automatic berth. Unclear if that's reg. season or tournament.)

by Aerobab on Jan 26, 2007 9:44 AM EST reply actions 0 recs