UT Lady Vols vs. Texas Lady Longhorns, 2 PM EST

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 12:00 PM EST in Lady Vols Basketball

December 2, 2011
Knoxville, TN
2:00 PM EST
TV: SportSouth / ESPN3*
Internet Audio: Lady Vols Network
Live Stats: GameTracker

5-1
#21 (AP)
#22 (USA Today)
RPI: N/A

3-2
#8 (AP)
#8 (USA Today)
RPI: N/A

* Subject to Blackout

Tennessee and Texas are not unfamiliar foes, having played 32 times in the past, including Tennessee's 92-77 win in Austin last year. The teams feature two expat sophomores in Texas native Meighan Simmons and Tennessee native Chassidy Fussell, who both have the potential to be the lead scorers for their teams in any given night, even though both have had their share of woes this season so far. Led by head coach Gail Goestenkors, Texas remains a team on the proverbial bubble between good and great, always a threat but never quite breaking into the perennial top 10 status they dream of. Games like this are their hope for a break in their fortunes.

Position	Name	Experience	Height	PPG	RPG	APG
PG	Ariel Massengale	Fr	5-6	6.6	3.2	6.0
F	Glory Johnson	Sr	6-2	13.2	9.4	1.4
C	Vicki Baugh	Sr	6-4	8.3	6.0	2.3
G-F	Shekinna Stricklen	Sr	6-2	16.2	8.8	1.0
F	Taber Spani	Jr	6-1	14.2	3.6	2.0
G	Chassidy Fussell	So	5-10	17.7	3.8	2.3
PG	Yvonne Anderson	Sr	5-7	13.2	3.8	4.8
G	Ashleigh Fontenette	Sr	5-8	10.0	2.7	3.2
P	Cokie Reed	So	6-4	8.2	5.7	1.0
P	Ashley Gayle	Sr	6-4	3.5	8.8	1.2

After losing their opener 72-59 to Stanford, Texas is on a 5 game win streak, including a 79-53 beating of Virginia (yes, that Virginia) in Hawaii and a comeback 61-60 win over California the next day. It is a team that shares more in common than the initials UT with the Lady Vols; they have had slightly worse issues with ball control (an A/TO of 0.8 to Tennessee's 0.9) and are questionable from the foul line at 69% on the year.

Sophomore Chassidy Fussell is supposed to be the primary long range threat but has struggle this year, hitting only 7 of 33 attempts so far. Overall, they are not a team that likes to shoot a ton of threes, preferring instead to drive and to work off of passes to the post. With two 6'-4" starters, they usually enjoy a height advantage in at least one matchup in the interior, though that advantage will be moot today.

Chassidy is also the only reliable free throw shooter for Texas; her average is currently 92% while most shoot under 70%. Posts Reed and Gayle are particularly iffy at the line, which should encourage a more aggressive, deny-the-shot defense in the interior.

Ashley Gayle is the blockmeister of the team with 23 rejections on the year. Some of that has come at the expense of lesser competition, but an average of 4 blocks per game is noteworthy in any circumstance. She is also good for 8 rebounds per game, which leads the team but would only be good for third on Tennessee. The board advantage is clearly Tennessee's - so long as Tennessee plays like they have the last couple of games and decides they want to enforce their will on the glass.

The tendency for both teams to turn the ball over should make this a wild game. But Tennessee does better on the glass, is slightly better at free throws, and has more weapons to turn to. Tennessee should win this one, though they cannot approach it like they did Virginia.

Prediction: 85 - 67 Tennessee

BassWatch™: Under 4 timeout of the first half.

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Coaches poll should be out any minute...

Will make it fairly clear who ends up #2

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 12:15 PM EST reply actions

And it's out...

plugging in the numbers now.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 12:57 PM EST up reply actions

Roll Bama Roll thinks Bama gets it

which is a little disappointing to me. OSU/LSU would’ve been a heck of a game. I at least hope we can get OSU/Stanford as a consolation, which should also be fantastic

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 1:02 PM EST up reply actions

OkState...

picked up enough in the Coaches poll, but not getting #2 in the Wolfe computer poll is going to really hurt them.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 1:03 PM EST up reply actions

a little surprised

thought the computers loved the Big 12

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 1:05 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah...

although I am hearing the numbers leaked by CNN aren’t the real BCS numbers.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 1:08 PM EST up reply actions

Do they still toss out a high and a low from the computers?

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 1:35 PM EST up reply actions

I think I read that yesterday

I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.

by VolnVA on Dec 4, 2011 1:44 PM EST up reply actions

If so, then losing one computer wouldn't make a difference.

That would be Bama’s high and OSU’s low, so long as the rest swing OSU.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 1:46 PM EST up reply actions

but they already lost Sagarin

somehow, since Sagarin <3’s the Big 12

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 1:47 PM EST up reply actions

Oh. Didn't see that.

But I haven’t been following the parade today; just scanning the stuff here.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 1:48 PM EST up reply actions

test

Team Average Coaches % Harris % A&H RM CM KM SAG PW % Losses
1 LSU 1 1475 1 2875 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
2 Alabama 0.952361 1399 0.948475 2756 0.958609 3 2 3 2 2 2 0.95
3 Oklahoma State 0.898811 1367 0.92678 2414 0.839652 2 3 2 3 3 3 0.93
4 Stanford 0.855201 1286 0.871864 2512 0.873739 4 4 5 8 10 5 0.82
5 Houston 0.739944 1096 0.743051 2147 0.746783 5 12 8 9 8 6 0.73
6 Oregon 0.729375 1232 0.835254 2107 0.73287 15 5 12 12 9 9 0.62
7 Boise State 0.724133 1128 0.764746 2092 0.727652 9 7 6 14 12 8 0.68
8 Arkansas 0.700273 937 0.635254 1971 0.685565 10 8 13 4 4 4 0.78
5 Virginia Tech 0.678034 835 0.566102 2438 0.848 8 9 9 13 18 11 0.62
10 Kansas State 0.614708 878 0.595254 1348 0.46887 7 10 7 5 5 7 0.78
11 South Carolina 0.602942 971 0.658305 1554 0.540522 11 13 10 10 8 12 0.61
10 Oklahoma 0.570409 437 0.296271 1768 0.614957 6 6 4 6 6 10 0.8
13 Wisconsin 0.523546 1085 0.735593 1567 0.545043 19 14 18 24 20 18 0.29
13 Michigan State 0.490334 735 0.498305 1704 0.592696 17 11 16 18 25 15 0.38
14 Georgia 0.48193 538 0.364746 1613 0.561043 13 16 14 11 11 14 0.52
16 Michigan 0.460595 789 0.534915 1256 0.43687 12 17 11 17 23 17 0.41
17 Baylor 0.423048 599 0.406102 900 0.313043 14 18 15 7 7 13 0.55
18 TCU 0.352889 631 0.427797 980 0.34087 21 15 19 23 19 16 0.29
19 Clemson 0.288417 657 0.445424 632 0.219826 22 20 21 22 18 21 0.2
19 Nebraska 0.243804 402 0.272542 773 0.26887 18 19 17 25 24 24 0.19

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 1:03 PM EST reply actions

numbers...

Oklahoma State went from .87124 to .89881
Alabama went from .955073 to .952361

Made up .03282, needs nearly .06 to pass. Not likely to happen.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 1:08 PM EST up reply actions

weird...

formatting made a mess of the rankings. Knew I shouldn’t have used the Rank function.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 1:11 PM EST up reply actions

Try using sarcasm font. It's the only other font available, but at least it's monospace.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 1:49 PM EST up reply actions

Nevermind.

SBN still autoformats out consecutive spaces.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 1:51 PM EST up reply actions

If the AP poll were used...

instead of the Harris Poll, it would come down to
Alabama = .947936
OkState = .930038

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 1:22 PM EST reply actions

Which would require an OkState lead in 5 of 6 CPU polls...

to get to #2.

This is possibly going to come down to thousandths of a point after all.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 1:23 PM EST up reply actions

if OSU only takes the lead in 4 computers, they need to pass Bama in the Harris?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 1:25 PM EST up reply actions

Yep...

by around 6 spots total.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 1:26 PM EST up reply actions

also means that a single voter...

with an agenda could fubar the whole thing.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 1:28 PM EST up reply actions

Oklahoma State over LSU!

Alabama #10!

By the way, how did we not spend any time yesterday talking about how badly Baylor crushed Texas? Fun, fun times.

Also, also, what about these rumors coming out that Mack Brown is being forced out?

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 1:31 PM EST up reply actions

For those who are interested, the '3 is blacked out in any state with an SEC school.

For the Lady Vols, that is.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 1:52 PM EST reply actions

so I can watch it

but I really need to write this gorram paper instead

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 1:54 PM EST up reply actions

Got 11 pages to do before Tuesday night...

losing power yesterday did not help.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 1:56 PM EST up reply actions

I have all my grading.

But it’s a tiny class, so yay.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 1:57 PM EST up reply actions

I just need five more pages before tomorrow

but then I have a 20-25 pager by next Monday that I haven’t started yet. and a pair of exams in the interim

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 1:58 PM EST up reply actions

Ladyball: #10 Kentucky is steamrolling #11 Louisville.

40-23 at the half. UK is the clear threat to UT’s conference hopes.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 1:59 PM EST reply actions

Also, #4 Texas A&M lost to #16 Purdue.

Tennessee likely won’t pass them in the polls (assuming Tennessee wins today), but that will help down the road.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:06 PM EST reply actions

Dee Kantner is the ref.

Can’t remember if I like her or not.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:06 PM EST reply actions

Two quick and easy scores for Texas.

4-0.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:08 PM EST reply actions

It's almost like the whole team is in a shooting slump.

Eegh.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:10 PM EST reply actions

Except Baugh.

4-4.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:11 PM EST up reply actions

$tricklen

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:13 PM EST reply actions

Ma$engale

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:16 PM EST reply actions

Mas$ingale

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:17 PM EST reply actions

$$tricklen

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:18 PM EST reply actions

$$tricklen

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:18 PM EST reply actions

nice pa$$ Ariel

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:18 PM EST reply actions

these refs are into blocking calls

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:20 PM EST reply actions

Could've used that last week.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:21 PM EST up reply actions

twitter

bethrucker I think women’s basketball is the only sport where the coaches exchange pregame hugs.

How great would that be in football?

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 2:22 PM EST reply actions

Saban hates the smell of belly buttons.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:22 PM EST up reply actions

I'd love to see the look on Spurrier's face...

if he were to receive an abrupt postgame hug

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 2:23 PM EST up reply actions

Dump the slump Meighan

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:25 PM EST reply actions

$immons

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:28 PM EST reply actions

$immons!

Finally!

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:28 PM EST reply actions

really

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:29 PM EST up reply actions

Got it after slowing down and setting up the offense, too.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:29 PM EST up reply actions

I'm awake now.

What’d I miss?

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 2:30 PM EST reply actions

Not a whole lot, really.

Good rebounding by Tennessee, a really slow shooting start, but Massengale got hot and Simmons finally made a trey.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:30 PM EST up reply actions

scroll up - but close game with Tx hitting 3's

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:31 PM EST up reply actions

Also, Gametracker is kinda useless.

Orange vs. orange.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 2:31 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah. A tad annoying.

Texas needs to change their colors.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:32 PM EST up reply actions

Also, Dee Kantner.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:31 PM EST up reply actions

We miss a lot of close-in shots.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:33 PM EST up reply actions

/sigh. Don't foul a three point shooter, Burdick.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:33 PM EST reply actions

And ESPN3's feed goes down.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 2:35 PM EST reply actions

$$immons

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:38 PM EST reply actions

$$immons

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:38 PM EST reply actions

Still no Manning ???

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:40 PM EST reply actions

I almost wonder if they're trying to get the freshmen more experience before conference and tournament play.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:41 PM EST up reply actions

I guess - but the Sr captain needs to play

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:42 PM EST up reply actions

2 fouls on Ariel.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:43 PM EST reply actions

Another blocking call

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:43 PM EST reply actions

Here's the run.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:44 PM EST reply actions

Not a big one, but enough to change the complexion of the game a bit.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:45 PM EST up reply actions

Nice break Kinna

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:44 PM EST reply actions

50% FTs for UT, 80% for Texas.

Erg.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:47 PM EST reply actions

Also: working on the BP preliminary, will slate for 5.

Okie State is #2 in it.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 2:48 PM EST reply actions

can I make a request right now?

Please put Michigan State over Michigan.

I’m really irked by so many polls spiking Sparty because they lost a nailbiter to a legit top ten team. If Michigan had played Wisconsin, they would’ve gotten hammered. But Michigan State had a better conference record, same overall record, head to head win, and better signature win. So they should be higher in the poll

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 2:51 PM EST up reply actions

Actually, I'm bumping MSU for now.

There’s a giant void thanks to the VT and Houston tank jobs. Trying to figure out if K-State should still go above Baylor at the moment. But they have some space on Michigan.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 2:53 PM EST up reply actions

K-State is 10-2 with a win over Baylor

and their only losses to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. I think they should go over Baylor. And I think Bill Snyder should be a shoo-in for coach of the year.

But I’m glad to see you with me on Sparty/Michigan. The coaches were not so much

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 2:55 PM EST up reply actions

You could go either way.

If you keep Houston above, just tell the H2H police that there’s a UAB circular beatpath that nullifies it.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:58 PM EST up reply actions

hard for me to rank USM over Houston

when Houston had the coaching change shadow over them and a vastly more impressive body of work. USM lost to Marshall and UAB.

You have to rank Clemson if you rank Virginia Tech. That’s all I got on that one

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 2:58 PM EST up reply actions

Agreed on both.

Also looks like UGA gets a slight bump (I really don’t want to penalize teams for getting the tar beaten out of them by LSU; right now this is a top-5 BCS-era team).

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:00 PM EST up reply actions

I'd move Carolina back in front of them

because those two have been pretty much tied the last few weeks (I think we’ve oscillated between them for no apparent reason, actually). but I see no reason to spike them in any way

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 3:02 PM EST up reply actions

I'm far from sold on UGA...

think they are the beneficiary of one of the easiest SEC schedules since divisional play. Really believe the SEC outside of the top 3 is as bad as it’s ever been, but luckily for us everyone else except the Big Ten is crap this season too.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 3:05 PM EST up reply actions

Did you mean Big 12, or did I just see what you did there?

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:06 PM EST up reply actions

derp

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 3:19 PM EST up reply actions

It's actually a fair argument either way, I think.

The Michigan / Wisconsin / Michigan State troika is pretty evenly matched, although on the second tier of teams at best, third if you put LSU in their own tier.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:20 PM EST up reply actions

I think Michigan is in their own group a little bit below those other two

like Arkansas vs LSU/Bama

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 3:22 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, that's fair.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:23 PM EST up reply actions

Why did the coach shift to the 3 2 when the 2 3 was working well?

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:49 PM EST reply actions

Totally guessing: to keep Texas from predicting the defense?

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:50 PM EST up reply actions

I guess that TX guessed right then

and cut the lead

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:51 PM EST up reply actions

$$$immons

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:50 PM EST reply actions

$$$immons!

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:50 PM EST reply actions

41-32. That's not a bad spot for halftime. If Tennessee could hit interior shots, it'd be a much bigger lead.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:50 PM EST reply actions

TX doing a good job blocking interior shots

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 2:52 PM EST up reply actions

Halftime.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:55 PM EST reply actions

Also, 10 assists each.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:56 PM EST up reply actions

Serious question:

How did Creighton get to host Notre Dame? They’re getting rolled, but still.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 2:59 PM EST reply actions

Hey Chris! Ohio State / Oklahoma is starting!

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:00 PM EST reply actions

/wrists

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:01 PM EST up reply actions

That jaw jut is impressive.

It takes practice to get that right.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:03 PM EST up reply actions

$$$tricklen

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 3:07 PM EST reply actions

$$$tricklen!

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:07 PM EST reply actions

Hey, they called charging!

er, wait

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:09 PM EST reply actions

Now it's a charge??

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 3:09 PM EST reply actions

Dee Kantner's crew.

It’s usually not a good sign when officials’ names raise flags in my mind.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:10 PM EST up reply actions

What about that block makes you think the referees are questionable?

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:11 PM EST up reply actions

Heh.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:11 PM EST up reply actions

2 quick ??? fouls on Glory

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 3:10 PM EST reply actions

Good Grief that wasn't a foul??

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 3:11 PM EST reply actions

Well this is a good time for Manning?

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 3:12 PM EST reply actions

Maybe now at the break.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:14 PM EST up reply actions

Baugh needs 2 more rebounds for a double double.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:17 PM EST reply actions

Now 1 more.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:20 PM EST up reply actions

That was a pretty spin move. Would've been nice had it gone.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:19 PM EST reply actions

Manning or Meighan for Spani please coach

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 3:20 PM EST reply actions

I almost wonder if Manning's working through an injury.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:21 PM EST up reply actions

Massengale's layups are always an adventure.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:22 PM EST reply actions

We look like a rec team right now...

oof on that layup

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 3:22 PM EST reply actions

Ladies badly needed that timeout

Beginning to show signs of a possible collapse

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 3:23 PM EST reply actions

I think they were just winded.

Lots of running up and down the court and a late under-12 timeout. For some reason, I’m still not worried.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:25 PM EST up reply actions

With lots of good possibilities on the bench

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 3:25 PM EST up reply actions

All the foibles and the margin was still unchanged from halftime.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:26 PM EST up reply actions

Ads for the US Polo Association on ESPN3?

Really? Who thought that was a potential overlap?

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:24 PM EST reply actions

It's good to have Baugh back.

She’s on a double-double now.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:28 PM EST reply actions

POG

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:28 PM EST up reply actions

Absolutely.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:29 PM EST up reply actions

Burdick fail again

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 3:29 PM EST reply actions

After finals are over, this team needs to spend a lot of time on layups.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:30 PM EST reply actions

Heck, they just need to work on transition opportunities period.

They’re certainly fast enough to run, but shot selection (read: you know who) is questionable and rushed way more often than it needs to be.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:31 PM EST up reply actions

A bit lucky to be ahead 6 now.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:30 PM EST reply actions

Texas DERP

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 3:31 PM EST reply actions

Why would you go anywhere else to play women's bball?

We have to be the most supportive fan base by miles

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 3:35 PM EST reply actions

$$$$tricklen!

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:37 PM EST reply actions

$$$$$tricklen

and we’re in the “I have to write titles for these posts carefully” range again.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:38 PM EST reply actions

Cokie Reed is going to owe Baugh property taxes after this game.

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by Chris Pendley on Dec 4, 2011 3:41 PM EST reply actions

Texas is pressing.

These fouls are happening because they sense how little game is left.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:42 PM EST reply actions

Next foul and UT shoots bonus shots.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:42 PM EST reply actions

Glory is at 9 points, 9 rebounds.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:46 PM EST reply actions

Texas's last points came at the 8:50 mark.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:47 PM EST reply actions

Aura's hero is in. ;-)

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:48 PM EST reply actions

sets good screens - plays great D - gets after it

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 3:49 PM EST up reply actions

Now we get Manning

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by aurabass on Dec 4, 2011 3:48 PM EST reply actions

Bass is in next.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:48 PM EST reply actions

Two double doubles today. Nice.

If Stricklen gets two more rebounds, it’d be three. But I imagine that won’t happen.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:50 PM EST reply actions

Breadsticks for Baugh.

I can’t see an argument otherwise, even though a few had really nice games.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:51 PM EST reply actions

Mickey agrees.

There was no choice.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:59 PM EST up reply actions

16/9 A/TO.

One of the best numbers of the game. Also: 49 UT rebounds to 38 for Texas. Twenty were on the offensive glass.

And Texas was 15/16 for A/TO. They actually have more ball control issues than Tennessee.

by David Hooper on Dec 4, 2011 3:55 PM EST reply actions

Reading the UGA gamethreads from yesterday...

is so fun. Otherwise reasonable fans predicting a blowout in their favor at halftime. Then it descends into madness.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 3:58 PM EST reply actions

and apparently LSU never earned a single point

everything was given to them by refs or Georgia

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

I also predict...

that a non-showing in their bowl game puts Richt right back on the hot seat. Those guys are pissed about some coaching.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 4:02 PM EST up reply actions

I thought their first half coaching was fantastic

and serious lack of execution on the players’ parts kept them from having a big lead.

FWIW, I think that we’ve had a couple games like that with Dooley, and lack of execution is the reason that the Kentucky DERP put him on the hot seat instead of being a frustrating blip in an otherwise decent season.

Heel for school, Vol for life!

Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!

by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 4:05 PM EST up reply actions

yeah...

but when lack of execution becomes a pattern, its time to start questioning the coach. Not the first time Richt has had this problem.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 4:09 PM EST up reply actions

I'd be on the fire Richt bandwagon too

but not because of yesterday

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 4:10 PM EST up reply actions

After seeing Fulmer's collapse...

I’d be on it too. They are mirroring us almost step by step so far, but Aaron Murray may be enough to save them from a total collapse. I would be amused if they had a 2005esque season though.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 4:13 PM EST up reply actions

this reminds me much more of our 2006 season than anything

except they had a much easier schedule, so they got a SECCG berth while we sat at home nursing a 1-point loss to the eventual national champions.

Their 2005 was last year. I’m just waiting for their 2008. I’m pretty sure it’s coming in the next three years or so, but it’s hard to say when.

Heel for school, Vol for life!

Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!

by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 4:23 PM EST up reply actions

In other interesting news...

Putin’s part won less than 50% of the vote in the Russian elections. Should make for an interesting few weeks to see how exactly he stays in power.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 4:07 PM EST reply actions

So, new SEC coaches. . .

feelings on Hugh Freeze? It’s interesting to see a Sun Belt coach get poached after only one year, but this was a fantastic run this season. In a year where the up-and-comer crop (Smart, Fedora, Sumlin) fills me with skepticism, I say they could’ve done worse.

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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 4, 2011 4:55 PM EST reply actions

I've watched Arkansas State quite a few times this year...

and I’m a HUGE fan of offensive head coaches, they just seem to more consistently make successful college HCs. I’m very intrigued by him as a hire, and think he will do a much better job than anyone at Ole Miss has done in a long time.

He took a 4-8 Arkansas State team and got a 6 win improvement, and took a 3-8 team at Lambuth and had them win their division his first year and get to the NAIA quarterfinals in year #2… all of this despite Lambuth being on the verge of disbanding(which it did in 2009).

Best realistic hire that Ole Miss can get.

by Caban on Dec 4, 2011 6:28 PM EST up reply actions