Tennessee Lady Vols vs. Ball State Cardinals Open Game Thread
by David Hooper on Mar 22, 2009 5:00 PM EDT
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March 22, 2009 |
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22-10 (9-5)
18(AP) 23(USA Today) |
25-8 (14-2)
NR(AP) NR(USA Today) |
| Tennessee |
Ht.
|
Yr.
|
PPG
|
RPG
|
APG
|
|
| G | 5 Angie Bjorklund |
6-0
|
So.
|
12.2
|
2.9
|
2.6
|
| F/G | 25 Glory Johnson |
6-3
|
Fr.
|
10.3
|
7.2
|
0.7
|
| F/G |
40 Shekinna Stricklen |
6-2
|
Fr.
|
13.1
|
5.9
|
3.0
|
| F/C | 2/44 Alex Fuller |
6-3
|
Sr.
|
7.7
|
6.0
|
1.5
|
| C |
52 Kelley Cain |
6-6
|
Fr.
|
8.2
|
5.2
|
0.6
|
| Ball State |
Ht.
|
Yr.
|
PPG
|
RPG
|
APG
|
|
| G |
3 Porchia Green |
5-9
|
Sr.
|
12.3
|
6.9
|
4.1
|
| G | 12 Kylie Jarrett |
5-4
|
Sr.
|
8.7
|
3.3
|
5.0
|
| F |
41 Emily Maggert |
6-1
|
So.
|
13.7
|
6.0
|
0.7
|
| G | 33 Audrey McDonald |
5-8
|
Jr.
|
11.4
|
2.8
|
2.3
|
| F |
35 Danielle Gratton |
6-1
|
Jr.
|
12.2
|
7.1
|
1.9
|
The details of this matchup may be found here. The quick summary is this: if UT can minimize Ball State's perimeter game and avoid the mental mistakes that have hurt them this year, they can win this one going away. But a strong 3-point team always has a fighting chance. UT fans should know.
GO LADY VOLS!!!
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My all-time favorite sentence on this blog:
by Will Shelton on Mar 22, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I always confuse them
with the Catamounts…who are somebody else.
by Will Shelton on Mar 22, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
The announcers are going to sell this as a potentially epic upset as long as it's close
(or if BSU is ahead like they are now)…and that’s the price we pay for being Tennessee. Not sure what to think about this one.
got ice on her knee
and apparently our trainers have unconventional methods
by Will Shelton on Mar 22, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
29-28 Ball State at the half, if you're catching up
largest lead either team has been 5 points, it’s sloppy with shooting and turnovers (9 for the Ladies)
I'm worried our young kids
(and without Cain) aren’t going to be able to respond to this well.
Classic shot of the Lady Vol fans in the crowd, all looking like they’re in a movie they want to walk out of.
by Will Shelton on Mar 22, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
They're shooting 35%.
BSU isn’t much better (43), but they have shot 35 (6/17) from 3 and we’ve shot 11% (1/9).
We're getting outhustled, and they're getting kindness from the rim
that we’re not enjoying. It’s easy to understand Ball State playing with this much intensity…win or lose, this is going to be an educational experience for these girls.
That's what the radio guy said too.
Visual?
by David Hooper on Mar 22, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
we got the steal
and then she put her head down and took one dribble…the BSU girl just awkwardly took a half step into her path in the middle of the court and then falls down, she’s not making a play on the ball or denying any sort of path to the basket
by Will Shelton on Mar 22, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
They need
to make that stuff a point of emphasis for next year, men and women…EVERYBODY is taking charges instead of playing defense
Scratch that.
Make it a technical foul for flopping.
by David Hooper on Mar 22, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey
we’re about four minutes away from football season
by Will Shelton on Mar 22, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
And that would be really hard to enforce
But I’m very much in favor of the idea
by Will Shelton on Mar 22, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
True.
I didn’t mean that hitting them all would make a difference. But it’d be a lot better.
by David Hooper on Mar 22, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
These Ball State kids are playing out of their minds
sprinting downcourt after they hit a shot…surprised they’re shooting this well with all this adrenaline
You know that day of classes that they lost because they had to play in the first round of the SEC tourney?
They’re going to get it back.
Hopefully this lowers expectations for next year
Which are then easily exceeded. It’ll be a new coaching experience for Pat
I wish this dips___ would shut up about this being one of the biggest upsets in history.
They were a 5 seed.
A nice compliment from him at the end
Being as I’ve never heard of this guy before, I’m sure he was a little over the top on the moment…he did set the record for use of the word “vaunted” in describing one team in a single game
by Will Shelton on Mar 22, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
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