767 - (12) Oregon vs. (1) Virginia
NCAA Tournament regional semifinals
March 28 at KFC Yum Center in Louisville, KY
TBS
766 - (3) Purdue vs. (2) Tennessee
NCAA Tournament regional semifinals
March 28 at KFC Yum Center in Louisville, KY
CBS
Showing posts with label tennessee volunteers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tennessee volunteers. Show all posts
Game 765 - (10) Iowa vs. (2) Tennessee
NCAA Tournament second round
March 24 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH
CBS
Chris Webber:
"it's an adjustment in heart"
"he didn't try to play hero ball"
March 24 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH
CBS
Chris Webber:
"it's an adjustment in heart"
"he didn't try to play hero ball"
Games 761-762: Saturday
762 - (7) Wofford vs. (2) Kentucky
NCAA Tournament second round
March 23 at Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL
CBS
"a workhorse forward"
"he understands the pulse of his team"
"the savvy junior"
"big blue nation"
"a heady lead guard"
761 - (11) Tennessee women vs. (6) UCLA
NCAA Tournament first round
March 23 at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD
ESPN2
Other games watched:
(10) Auburn women vs. (7) BYU (first round)
(10) Florida vs. (2) Michigan (second round)
NCAA Tournament second round
March 23 at Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL
CBS
"a workhorse forward"
"he understands the pulse of his team"
"the savvy junior"
"big blue nation"
"a heady lead guard"
761 - (11) Tennessee women vs. (6) UCLA
NCAA Tournament first round
March 23 at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD
ESPN2
Other games watched:
(10) Auburn women vs. (7) BYU (first round)
(10) Florida vs. (2) Michigan (second round)
Games 442-443: Sunday doubleheader
443 - Texas women at Tennessee
December 10 at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN
SEC Network
* Associated Press No. 11 Tennessee is now 10-0 after an 82-75 win over the second-ranked Longhorns. Tennessee struggled from three (2-of-13), so instead attacked the rim with post players Jaime Nared (game-high 23 points) and Mercedes Russell (15 points 7-of-13 shooting) leading the way. During an excellent fourth quarter in which the Vols made nine of their 13 shots (the visitors were 11-of-16), all 34 points came either in the paint on lay-ins (18) or at the free-throw line after penetration (16).
* For the second time in as many Texas games at 200 Game Season Brooke McCarty struggled. The talented senior guard was 2-of-15 from the field and scored just eight points Sunday. Not coincidentally, Texas lost both games.
It was the Longhorns' first loss after starting the year 7-0.
* Some basketball phrases/nonsense:
"verticality"
"sluggo route"
"taken a turn toward the chippy side"
442 - Western Kentucky at Ohio
December 10 at Convocation Center in Athens, OH
espn3.com
"run out" (4)
"that was a man-sized collection of that board"
"the Convocation Center faithful"
"sense of urgency"
"ready to square and launch"
December 10 at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN
SEC Network
* Associated Press No. 11 Tennessee is now 10-0 after an 82-75 win over the second-ranked Longhorns. Tennessee struggled from three (2-of-13), so instead attacked the rim with post players Jaime Nared (game-high 23 points) and Mercedes Russell (15 points 7-of-13 shooting) leading the way. During an excellent fourth quarter in which the Vols made nine of their 13 shots (the visitors were 11-of-16), all 34 points came either in the paint on lay-ins (18) or at the free-throw line after penetration (16).
* For the second time in as many Texas games at 200 Game Season Brooke McCarty struggled. The talented senior guard was 2-of-15 from the field and scored just eight points Sunday. Not coincidentally, Texas lost both games.
It was the Longhorns' first loss after starting the year 7-0.
* Some basketball phrases/nonsense:
"verticality"
"sluggo route"
"taken a turn toward the chippy side"
442 - Western Kentucky at Ohio
December 10 at Convocation Center in Athens, OH
espn3.com
"run out" (4)
"that was a man-sized collection of that board"
"the Convocation Center faithful"
"sense of urgency"
"ready to square and launch"
Games 383-384: Sweet 16's next
NCAA Tournament second round
384 - (12) Quinnipiac women at (4) Miami
March 20 at Watsco Center in Coral Gables, FL
ESPN
383 - (5) Tennessee women at (4) Louisville
March 20 at KFC Yum Center in Louisville, KY
ESPN
We watched some history in both games as Louisville started the night with a 75-64 win to advance to its fourth Sweet 16 in the last five seasons.
It's incredible to even be writing these words, but this was Tennessee's first-ever loss in 29 second-round games. Hard to win when you shoot 33% from the field, 27% from three-point range and your best player, Diamond DeShields, is a non-factor. DeShields finished with 15 points, but sat for a good portion of the second quarter with two fouls, missed nine of her 12 field goal attempts and just never got going.
Tennessee stayed close thanks to a great night from Jaime Nared (28 points, 11 rebounds).
Louisville's stand out sophomore, Asia Durr, wasn't at her best for much of the game - 23 points, though on just 8-of-22 shooting (1-of-8 from three) - but that didn't matter nearly as much as it might have because Mariya Moore picked up the slack.
The junior was a perfect 5-for-5 from three-point range and had 19 points. It was a 47-46 Tennessee lead after three quarters before Moore took over at the start of the fourth. Moore scored the first eight points of the final period and her three at the 7:22 mark put her team up 54-47. The Volunteers got as close as 55-51, then Durr followed with consecutive jumpers to make it an eight-point game with just over five minutes to go.
In the nightcap, Quinnipiac got an absurd evening off the bench from Morgan Manz (22 points, 6-of-8! from three-point range) & continued its remarkable run, winning 85-78. I think the most impressed I was with Quinnipiac tonight was when they just kept the lead, though slim at times, throughout the stretch where top players Adily Martucci and Jen Fay sat each with four fouls.
The Bobcats' bench out-scored Miami's 41-8.
And, the Bobcats accomplished the following things Monday:
- Reached the school's first Sweet 16. This follows the first-ever NCAA win - a 68-65 triumph over Big East champion Marquette - in Saturday's opening round.
- Defeated a ranked team for the first time. Miami was No. 16 in the Associated Press final regular season poll.
- Defeated their first Atlantic Coast Conference team.
The Bobcats face top seed South Carolina in Stockton, CA this weekend with a spot in the Elite 8 on the line.
This is just great for womens basketball - a second team from Connecticut is also two wins from the Final Four.
384 - (12) Quinnipiac women at (4) Miami
March 20 at Watsco Center in Coral Gables, FL
ESPN
383 - (5) Tennessee women at (4) Louisville
March 20 at KFC Yum Center in Louisville, KY
ESPN
We watched some history in both games as Louisville started the night with a 75-64 win to advance to its fourth Sweet 16 in the last five seasons.
It's incredible to even be writing these words, but this was Tennessee's first-ever loss in 29 second-round games. Hard to win when you shoot 33% from the field, 27% from three-point range and your best player, Diamond DeShields, is a non-factor. DeShields finished with 15 points, but sat for a good portion of the second quarter with two fouls, missed nine of her 12 field goal attempts and just never got going.
Tennessee stayed close thanks to a great night from Jaime Nared (28 points, 11 rebounds).
Louisville's stand out sophomore, Asia Durr, wasn't at her best for much of the game - 23 points, though on just 8-of-22 shooting (1-of-8 from three) - but that didn't matter nearly as much as it might have because Mariya Moore picked up the slack.
The junior was a perfect 5-for-5 from three-point range and had 19 points. It was a 47-46 Tennessee lead after three quarters before Moore took over at the start of the fourth. Moore scored the first eight points of the final period and her three at the 7:22 mark put her team up 54-47. The Volunteers got as close as 55-51, then Durr followed with consecutive jumpers to make it an eight-point game with just over five minutes to go.
In the nightcap, Quinnipiac got an absurd evening off the bench from Morgan Manz (22 points, 6-of-8! from three-point range) & continued its remarkable run, winning 85-78. I think the most impressed I was with Quinnipiac tonight was when they just kept the lead, though slim at times, throughout the stretch where top players Adily Martucci and Jen Fay sat each with four fouls.
The Bobcats' bench out-scored Miami's 41-8.
And, the Bobcats accomplished the following things Monday:
- Reached the school's first Sweet 16. This follows the first-ever NCAA win - a 68-65 triumph over Big East champion Marquette - in Saturday's opening round.
- Defeated a ranked team for the first time. Miami was No. 16 in the Associated Press final regular season poll.
- Defeated their first Atlantic Coast Conference team.
The Bobcats face top seed South Carolina in Stockton, CA this weekend with a spot in the Elite 8 on the line.
This is just great for womens basketball - a second team from Connecticut is also two wins from the Final Four.
Game 225 - Tennessee vs. Wisconsin
November 21 at Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, HI
ESPN2
This was game No. 225 at this site, but amazingly, the first time we've had a chance to listen to Bill Walton.
All I can say is: wow!
Bill Walton has upwards of 400,000 thoughts going through his mind at all times, and the only thing that stops him from saying all 400,000 is that there's another announcer. Otherwise, he's the first sports announcer in history to go a perfect 400,000-for-400,000.
Walton started the game - a 74-62 Wisconsin win - by talking about the things he loves, which are as follows:
1. His bike
2. Maui
3. Rick Barnes
4. "all those guys" when referring to a bunch of authors, including
5. Robert Louis Stevenson
6. Banana bread
Throw in several mentions of Tennessee native Davy Crockett while the Volunteers erased an early, 12-0 deficit and actually led by two points early in the second half, including -
"The spirit of Davy Crockett!"
"Davy Crockett, here we come!"
- and asking play-by-play man Roxy Bernstein if he'd ever been to
- Nashville
- Canada
- the state of Tennessee
- the state of Wisconsin
- Maui
and asking him who is his favorite "Hawaii author" (?) (Bernstein chose Stevenson, perhaps out of confusion/fear)
and we've got a thoroughly enjoyable broadcast.
Well done, Bill.
ESPN2
This was game No. 225 at this site, but amazingly, the first time we've had a chance to listen to Bill Walton.
All I can say is: wow!
Bill Walton has upwards of 400,000 thoughts going through his mind at all times, and the only thing that stops him from saying all 400,000 is that there's another announcer. Otherwise, he's the first sports announcer in history to go a perfect 400,000-for-400,000.
Walton started the game - a 74-62 Wisconsin win - by talking about the things he loves, which are as follows:
1. His bike
2. Maui
3. Rick Barnes
4. "all those guys" when referring to a bunch of authors, including
5. Robert Louis Stevenson
6. Banana bread
Throw in several mentions of Tennessee native Davy Crockett while the Volunteers erased an early, 12-0 deficit and actually led by two points early in the second half, including -
"The spirit of Davy Crockett!"
"Davy Crockett, here we come!"
- and asking play-by-play man Roxy Bernstein if he'd ever been to
- Nashville
- Canada
- the state of Tennessee
- the state of Wisconsin
- Maui
and asking him who is his favorite "Hawaii author" (?) (Bernstein chose Stevenson, perhaps out of confusion/fear)
and we've got a thoroughly enjoyable broadcast.
Well done, Bill.
Game 207 - (7) Tennessee women vs. (4) Syracuse
NCAA Tournament regional final
March 27 at Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, SD
ESPN
Syracuse point guard Alexis Peterson is always fun to watch and she was fantastic Sunday (29 points, six assists), leading her team to an 89-67 victory and the school's first trip to the final four.
This is the first of what will become many seasons of closely following the womens tournament, so I don't have a ton of knowledge of past years. I'm still going to guess this has been the craziest in history:
1. There were a pair of 4 vs. 7 regional finals (Washington, Syracuse's semifinal opponent upset fourth-seeded Stanford to also reach the final four for the first time).
2. Top seeds Notre Dame and South Carolina were heavy favorites to the get to Indianapolis, but were eliminated in the Sweet 16 by Stanford & Syracuse, respectively.
3. A pair of No. 2 seeds (Arizona State & Maryland) were knocked out in the round of 32.
And this all happened on one side of the bracket.
* It was a big day for the Scoochie Smith All Stars as well. We'd like to officially welcome Syracuse's Isabella Slim to the team and make her a tri-captain.
March 27 at Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, SD
ESPN
Syracuse point guard Alexis Peterson is always fun to watch and she was fantastic Sunday (29 points, six assists), leading her team to an 89-67 victory and the school's first trip to the final four.
This is the first of what will become many seasons of closely following the womens tournament, so I don't have a ton of knowledge of past years. I'm still going to guess this has been the craziest in history:
1. There were a pair of 4 vs. 7 regional finals (Washington, Syracuse's semifinal opponent upset fourth-seeded Stanford to also reach the final four for the first time).
2. Top seeds Notre Dame and South Carolina were heavy favorites to the get to Indianapolis, but were eliminated in the Sweet 16 by Stanford & Syracuse, respectively.
3. A pair of No. 2 seeds (Arizona State & Maryland) were knocked out in the round of 32.
And this all happened on one side of the bracket.
* It was a big day for the Scoochie Smith All Stars as well. We'd like to officially welcome Syracuse's Isabella Slim to the team and make her a tri-captain.
Game 197 - (7) Tennessee women at (2) Arizona State
NCAA tournament second round
March 20 at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, AZ
ESPN
Other games watched:
(11) Northern Iowa vs. (3) Texas A&M (mens)
(8) St. Joseph's vs. (1) Oregon (mens)
March 20 at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, AZ
ESPN
Other games watched:
(11) Northern Iowa vs. (3) Texas A&M (mens)
(8) St. Joseph's vs. (1) Oregon (mens)
Game 20 - Penn State women at Tennessee
November 18 at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN
SEC Network
SEC Network
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)