20-0

[bulldognation]

Some bad calls down the stretch, but it never got close enough to turn the tide. Beat the #6 team on the road in a packed house. Vic has to be happy with the overall production on both sides of the ball in the face of all those factors.

How far can this team go?

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Some bad calls down the stretch, but it never got close enough to turn the tide. Beat the #6 team on the road in a packed house. Vic has to be happy with the overall production on both sides of the ball in the face of all those factors.

How far can this team go?

About one step further than last year

 

[Shamoan]

Gotta take out USCe/win it all for this season to pay off. Vic has this team focused

 

[57stratdawg]

Grab the regular season SEC title. Season is a success after that, IMO.

 

[wtw2400]

Louisville lost today.

I think it's Mississippi State and Connecticut. And it's coming down to those two teams. I think if we lost to Connecticut in the NCAA Tournament and wins the SEC Regular Season and Tournament, we can't be disappointed in that. But don't be mistaken. This team has a better chance to be UConn than they did last season. And they can win the National Championship. As long as they can beat UConn. Which is tough. But doable.

 

[MSUDC11]

We are two games up on SC. We can lose to them and still win the SEC, although we obviously want revenge. The game at Mizzou next Thursday could be just as big.

 

[the dog is on the loose]

Funny thing is that the woman commentator said toward the end of the game that Tennessee is not an elite team yet. They just cannot give our girls any love. How bout we just beat the #6 team on their court instead. If Tennessee is not elite at #6 then what are they? I guarantee that if they beat us then she would have said that their elite. Smh

 

[She Mate Me]

Funny thing is that the woman commentator said toward the end of the game that Tennessee is not an elite team yet. They just cannot give our girls any love. How bout we just beat the #6 team on their court instead. If Tennessee is not elite at #6 then what are they? I guarantee that if they beat us then she would have said that their elite. Smh

UT was#6 entering this week. They won't be anymore after losing by double digits to two elite teams this week. She was simply saying this week exposed them as not being among the elite 6 or 8 teams in the country. We are a clear top 4 team and her comments were not directed at us. UT just lost 3 out of 4 games after being undefeated. That's not elite.

 

[MeridianDog]

I think the sports commentators have been absolutely fair. They usually talk like they really like the team.

 

[MSUDC11]

We will never get UConn type love. But I think we have been getting a ton of respect.

 

[o_fredgarvin]

Funny thing is that the woman commentator said toward the end of the game that Tennessee is not an elite team yet. They just cannot give our girls any love. How bout we just beat the #6 team on their court instead. If Tennessee is not elite at #6 then what are they? I guarantee that if they beat us then she would have said that their elite. Smh

An Elite Team doesn’t blow a 20+pt lead to ND. It was great win today, but the commentators were spot-on about UT.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

The only thing that will stop this team is getting a bad group of whistleblowers combined with a bad shooting night from our entire starting five.

Our bench is deep, they made it a double-digit lead in the second quarter, but they got a bit rattled late in the game. They need more time on the court before tourney play.

The drive and determination this team has should be studied by our other sports teams.

 

[She Mate Me]

The only thing that will stop this team is getting a bad group of whistleblowers combined with a bad shooting night from our entire starting five.

Our bench is deep, they made it a double-digit lead in the second quarter, but they got a bit rattled late in the game. They need more time on the court before tourney play.

The drive and determination this team has should be studied by our other sports teams.

I'm happy with the effort off the bench in defending and holding the lead, but outside of Jazzmun Holmes spelling Morgan, the starters played the vast majority of the minutes and had nearly all of the production. 2 points from the bench...

http://www.sidearmstats.com/utennessee/wbball/

The bench will get lots of floor minutes Tuesday, but this team will get it from the top 6 this year when we play the very best teams.

 

[Go Budaw]

Louisville lost today.

I think it's Mississippi State and Connecticut. And it's coming down to those two teams. I think if we lost to Connecticut in the NCAA Tournament and wins the SEC Regular Season and Tournament, we can't be disappointed in that. But don't be mistaken. This team has a better chance to be UConn than they did last season. And they can win the National Championship. As long as they can beat UConn. Which is tough. But doable.

I just hope we get the total opposite bracket from UConn this year. Don’t want to play them until the title game. Playing them in the semifinal last year was about as physically and emotionally draining as a sporting event could be. We somehow got the biggest win in MSU history in any sport (and arguably the biggest win of any team in the entire state’s history in any sport), and we had to turn around two days later to play the one team in the country that was a truly bad matchup for us who had already beaten us twice. Hopefully we don’t have that same burden this year.

 

[She Mate Me]

I just hope we get the total opposite bracket from UConn this year. Don’t want to play them until the title game. Playing them in the semifinal last year was about as physically and emotionally draining as a sporting event could be. We somehow got the biggest win in MSU history in any sport (and arguably the biggest win of any team in the entire state’s history in any sport), and we had to turn around two days later to play the one team in the country that was a truly bad matchup for us who had already beaten us twice. Hopefully we don’t have that same burden this year.

Not to mention we played a brutal OT game against Baylor (one of the 4 best teams in the country by most any measure) and a tough game against Top 10 Washington (with history's all time leading scorer) that wasn't decided until T took over in the 4Q. We played the best team it was possible to play in every round and faced all three of the other Top 4 teams. Amazing accomplishment.

They are setting themselves up for a much better road this year. I want to stay away from UConn and Baylor as long as possible in the Tourney.

 

[archdog]

It happened three times last year against South Carolina. Their big can do whatever she wants and gets all the calls in all three games.

 

[thekimmer]

We could lose to SC and win the SEC but.......

We are two games up on SC. We can lose to them and still win the SEC, although we obviously want revenge. The game at Mizzou next Thursday could be just as big.

That one has got to be personal to the team. They beat us three times last year including a royal screw job in columbia. All three losses cost us a championship. SEC reg season, SEC tournament, National Championship.

Plus, we need to get that monkey off of our backs. Vic is 0-fer south cakalacy. We have got to prove to ourselves that we can beat that bunch.

All I can say about A'ja and her minions coming to the hump is, "Sweep the leg."

 

[Ranchdawg]

Mentioning this because we won

Some bad calls down the stretch, but it never got close enough to turn the tide. Beat the #6 team on the road in a packed house. Vic has to be happy with the overall production on both sides of the ball in the face of all those factors.

How far can this team go?

This has been commented on typically when we lose so I wanted to mention it after a win. Did anyone notice the announcer bias? I know the lady played for UT but even the guy was biased. When UT would make a layup, "GOT IT!" or hit a 3, "SHE BURIED IT!" When VV would drive and score, "Vivians scores on a layup." or Schaefer hit a 3, "a wide open Schaefer scores." Now I understand that UT went all out with Summit day and everyone was hyped for an upset but please respect our players!

 

[bulldognation]

I think a couple factors are in play. The obvious ones for Lawson being a former Lady Vol herself and the guy probably fed off her reactions.

But the one I savor is that we were the favorite in that game. It’s expected that VV will go get her points. It’s expected that McCowan will dominate under the rim. It’s expected that Schaefer will hit 3s.

The announcers weren’t trying to disrespect MSU. They were just reacting to the potential for an upset to occur. I don’t expect them to slobber over us constantly.

 

[tired]

Why? The best team in the country should be slobbered over. They've done over the others in the past. It's our ladies turn.

 

[Ranchdawg]

Why? The best team in the country should be slobbered over. They've done over the others in the past. It's our ladies turn.

I agree, anyone that has watched an Alabama football or Kentucky basketball game is knee deep in slobber.

 

[She Mate Me]

I think a couple factors are in play. The obvious ones for Lawson being a former Lady Vol herself and the guy probably fed off her reactions.

But the one I savor is that we were the favorite in that game. It’s expected that VV will go get her points. It’s expected that McCowan will dominate under the rim. It’s expected that Schaefer will hit 3s.

The announcers weren’t trying to disrespect MSU. They were just reacting to the potential for an upset to occur. I don’t expect them to slobber over us constantly.

You nailed exactly what I was thinking reading this thread. MSU fans just aren't used to watching a game where we are playing on the road vs. an elite program and we are the better and favored team with the home team and the TV annoncers looking for the upset of us.