Tennessee Lady Vols @ Alabama, 9 PM EST

My view of Holly’s comments after the ND loss and why we leave Time Outs on the table to our detriment

HOLLY claims it was defense – but it was not
Happy to help you out Holly – let’s look at those first half stats that had you all worried about defense

Tennessee hits 7 or 35 shots in the half and 4 of 10 free throws
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-35 20.0% F Throw % 1st Half: 4-10 40.0%3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0%
25 Johnson, Glory…… f 3-12 0-0 3-10 3 6 9
LSU held to 35% in the first half and out-rebounded enough to offset several turnovers
and allow UT 4 more shots.
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-31 35.5% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3%

So Holly looks at these stats and says

Warlick had compiled 1½ pages worth of notes regarding Tennessee’s 72-44 loss to Notre Dame. And the Lady Vols’ associate head coach only had gotten through her
team’s first-half play on defense.http://www.govolsxtra.com/news…-notre-dame-an/

SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FIRST HALF SHALL WE?
Glory Johnson misses 7 of 10 free throws 2 were front ends
and hits 3 of 12 in close shots
but she was playing hard? TOO HARD? 27 points Glory left on the floor. 27 points
of layups and missed free throws.
19:50 Shekinna Stricklen missed Two Point Jumper. 0-0
19:31 Ariel Massengale Steal. 0-0
19:05 Meighan Simmons made Two Point Jumper. 2-0
18:48 Glory Johnson Turnover. 2-2
18:37 Glory Johnson Steal. 2-2
18:19 Glory Johnson missed Two Point Layup. 2-2
18:10 Glory Johnson Defensive Rebound. 2-2
18:05 Meighan Simmons made Two Point Jumper. 4-2
17:42 Glory Johnson Defensive Rebound. 4-2
17:25 Meighan Simmons missed Two Point Jumper. 4-2
17:18 Glory Johnson Defensive Rebound. 4-2
17:00 Alicia Manning missed Two Point Jumper. 4-2
16:48 Glory Johnson Defensive Rebound. 4-2
16:12 Glory Johnson Turnover. 4-2
15:55 Alicia Manning missed Two Point Jumper. 4-4
15:24 Glory Johnson missed Two Point Layup. 4-6
15:24 Alicia Manning Offensive Rebound. 4-6
15:24 Alicia Manning missed Two Point Jumper. 4-6
14:56 Shekinna Stricklen Turnover. 4-6 .
14:40 Meighan Simmons Turnover. 4-8
14:28 Shekinna Stricklen Defensive Rebound. 4-8
14:14 Shekinna Stricklen made Two Point Jumper. 6-8
13:49 Ariel Massengale Steal. 6-8
13:45 Meighan Simmons missed Two Point Layup. 6-8
13:37 Glory Johnson Defensive Rebound. 6-8
13:29 Ariel Massengale Turnover. 6-8
13:14 Shekinna Stricklen Defensive Rebound. 6-8
13:01 Glory Johnson missed Two Point Layup. 6-8
12:52 Shekinna Stricklen Defensive Rebound. 6-8
12:26 Meighan Simmons missed Free Throw. 6-8
12:26 Meighan Simmons made Free Throw. 7-8
12:15 Foul on Shekinna Stricklen 7-10
12:05 Shekinna Stricklen missed Three Point Jumper. 7-11
11:44 Meighan Simmons missed Two Point Layup. 7-11
11:44 Vicki Baugh Offensive Rebound. 7-11
11:38 Vicki Baugh missed Two Point Layup. 7-11
11:38 Shekinna Stricklen Offensive Rebound. 7-11
11:38 Shekinna Stricklen missed Two Point Layup. 7-11
11:38 Vicki Baugh Offensive Rebound. 7-11
11:35 Glory Johnson Offensive Rebound. 7-11
11:24 Glory Johnson missed Free Throw. 7-11
11:18 Glory Johnson made Free Throw. 8-11
11:01 Meighan Simmons made Two Point Layup. 10-13
11:01 Meighan Simmons made Free Throw. 11-13
10:49 Ariel Massengale Defensive Rebound. 11-13
10:42 Meighan Simmons missed Two Point Jumper. 11-13
10:42 Meighan Simmons Offensive Rebound. 11-13
10:27 Shekinna Stricklen missed Two Point Layup. 11-13
10:04 Meighan Simmons Turnover. 11-13
9:22 Glory Johnson missed Free Throw. 11-16
9:22 Vicki Baugh Offensive Rebound. 11-16
9:22 Glory Johnson missed Free Throw. 11-16
9:00 Cierra Burdick Steal. 11-16
8:42 Vicki Baugh missed Two Point Jumper. 11-16
8:42 Cierra Burdick Offensive Rebound. 11-16
8:18 Vicki Baugh made Two Point Layup. 13-16
7:52 Meighan Simmons missed Two Point Jumper. 13-16
7:11 Glory Johnson missed Two Point Layup. 13-18
6:50 Glory Johnson Steal. 13-18
6:46 Glory Johnson made Free Throw. 14-18
6:46 Glory Johnson missed Free Throw. 14-18
6:38 Vicki Baugh Defensive Rebound. 14-18
6:27 Taber Spani missed Two Point Jumper. 14-18
5:41 Taber Spani missed Two Point Jumper. 14-20
5:33 Glory Johnson Block. 14-20
5:14 Foul on Glory Johnson 14-20
4:56 Ariel Massengale missed Two Point Jumper. 14-21
4:36 Taber Spani Defensive Rebound. 14-21
4:28 Vicki Baugh made Two Point Layup.. 16-21
4:09 Cierra Burdick Defensive Rebound. 16-21
3:56 Shekinna Stricklen Turnover. 16-21
3:21 Cierra Burdick missed Two Point Jumper. 16-23
3:11 Vicki Baugh Defensive Rebound. 16-23
2:55 Vicki Baugh missed Two Point Layup. 16-23
2:35 Shekinna Stricklen Steal. 16-23
2:27 Ariel Massengale missed Free Throw. 16-23
2:16 Taber Spani Defensive Rebound.
2:07 Glory Johnson made Two Point Layup. 18-23
1:48 18-26 Skylar Diggins made Three Point Jumper.
1:38 Glory Johnson missed Two Point Layup. 18-26
1:12 Glory Johnson missed Two Point Layup. 18-26
1:09 Cierra Burdick missed Two Point Layup. 18-26
0:42 Tennessee Full Timeout.
0:28 Cierra Burdick missed Two Point Jumper. 18-26
0:03 18-27 Skylar Diggins made Free Throw.
0:03 18-28 Skylar Diggins made Free Throw.

Anyone taking a close look at this situation will not come back and say our biggest problem
was poor defense in a half where ND was held to 28 points on 35% shooting. Our biggest
problem wasn’t in running an offense to get the ball inside to Glory and Vicki or Alicia – our
problem was Glory and Alicia missing open inside shots, and Glory missing free throws.
If Glory just hits those missed layups and free throws we are leading at the half
14 Missed Layups in the first half 28 points left on the floor 6 missed FTs and 3 front ends add 9 more for 37
We could have been leading 55 to 28 if we just hit free throws and layups

Just thought you might like to know

Good. Put ’em away and go for the jugular. In the first half.

Starting lineup is: Bass, Baugh, Burdick, Massengale, Johnson.

Weird. Best ballhandling guards on the floor. Not turning over must be the priority.

Wowzers.

in our favor.

Versus a rival.

We’ll see if Johnson makes the FT after the timeout. (chuckle)

Ken Pomeroy actually has us beating Auburn by nearly double digits, with an 80% chance of winning. Followed by a 20 point loss at Kentucky(5% chance of a win).

And the whole reason I went there… Murray State is nearly at 50% to finish undefeated now.
And only ranked #40. The OVC is really weak this year, with Austin Peay probably being the 2nd best team in it.

Kinna and Meighan?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/irsay-fires-back-manning-calls-peyton-politician-005156830.html

Guessing he’s definitely done with Indy now

Let’s get 40 by halftime, m’kay?

Good grief, refs. The game isn’t about you.

UT, UA, UT, UA.

football player under Bear Bryant

Now I’m almost hoping for 2 on Massengale. (And on the radio cast, you could hear some random coach complaining about having 21 combined fouls in the game already.)

Odds are the refs will call a foul on Alabama out of boredom.

This is getting comical.

They’ve already passed their total against Notre Dame!

gg

Part of that is the foul trouble that UT is having. The best defenders aren’t in there.

Oy.

Not quite blood for the blood god yet but the hyperactive refs kinda destroyed any semblance of an actual game.

Most personal fouls, both teams, game:
77 – Minneapolis (42) vs. Syracuse (35), April 23, 1950

91 fouls is the NCAA Men’s Basketball Record and NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Record.

Northern State had 51 fouls (an NCAA record for a single team in a game) vs Southern Indiana (with 40 fouls) in a triple overtime game on November 15, 1997

The Division I Record: 84 fouls between Arizona (50) and Northern Arizona (34) on January 26, 1953

The Division III Record: 80 fouls between Grinnel College, IA (46) and St. Norbert College, WI (34) on January 8, 2000

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_most_fouls_committed_by_both_teams_in_an_NCAA_basketball_game#ixzz1kcix686Q

Section 1. The Team
Art. 1. At the start of the game, each team shall consist of five players, one of
whom shall be the captain.
Art. 2. Each team may continue to play with fewer than five players when all
other squad members are not eligible or able to play.
Art. 3. When there is only one player participating for a team, that team shall
forfeit unless the referee believes that both teams have an opportunity to win.

If Georgia loses, UT has a two-game lead on all non-Kentucky teams is is effectively guaranteed no worse than 2nd in the conference. That’s a big deal come SEC tourney time. No Kentucky on a neutral court until the final game, which almost guarantees a long tourney run. That pretty well guarantees a 2 or 3 seed in the NCAA.

Happee.

especially considering how the game has been called

This is plaid.

(Well, prior to that shot.)

also, discombobulated apparently gets through spell check

Shame it took until Alabama ran out of gas for it to happen, though.

After the ND debacle, they needed a game to put that one behind them. Next up is Georgia in Athens, which is a much bigger deal than tonight. Rough play tonight doesn’t necessarily mean anything. It could just be a wounded-pride team still thinking about the last one. (It could also be a sign of a dysfunctional team, which is a realistic concern.) But either way, it’s the Georgia game that will tell us about the current state of the team.

Need to hold UA to only 8 more points.

on the floor

what “killer instinct”?

Tennessee has Diamber Johnson, Chantel Hilliard, Gaynor Darriel, Fomille Candace, and Tyrese Tanner on the roster.

???

We took 16 more shots, and we didn’t have Glory in for most of the game. But still.

—fouled by 12 players