Vanderbilt def. Auburn, 61-54
Hey everyone. Let's get it started.
- FINAL
Vanderbilt 61, Auburn 54. - FOURTH TO @ 2:34, 2nd half
Vanderbilt leads, 55-50. Auburn has broken through offensively, but they keep losing Vandy shooters on designed three-point plays. It's bizarre. The shooters have half the court to themselves. That's the difference right now. - THIRD TO @ 7:08, 2nd half
Vanderbilt leads, 49-41. It seems like Auburn is making advances to their offensive approach, but Christina Wirth keeps hitting shots. It's a wash right now. - SECOND TO @ 11:35, 2nd half
Vanderbilt leads, 41-33. Auburn still is struggling to score. Fortner now is willing to use 6-foot-7 center KeKe Carrier to counteract Vanderbilt's miniature lineup. I haven't seen Carrier play well in years. Will this be the game she pulls her team from the abyss? Vanderbilt cannot stop her. - FIRST TO @ 16:36, 2nd half
Vanderbilt leads, 34-29. Auburn is deflecting far more passes on defense now. If they can start grabbing rebounds and pushing the pace, they can win this game. That's a big if. I see a different air exuding from Boddie ... she seems prepared to beat somebody down. - HALFTIME NUMBERS
Shooting
AUB -- 10-24 42%
VAN -- 12-27 44%
3 Shooting
AUB -- 0-2 00%
VAN -- 5-14 36%
FT Shooting
AUB -- 1-2 50%
VAN -- 2-2 100%
Rebounding
AUB -- 12 (2o, 10d)
VAN -- 16 (4o, 12d)
DeWanna Bonner: 2-4, 4 points, 3 reb
Whitney Boddie: 0-5, 0 points, 6 ast, 1 turnover - HALFTIME
Vanderbilt leads, 31-21. - FOURTH TO @ 3:01, 1st half
Vanderbilt leads, 24-20. The Commodores have turned this around on Auburn, pushing the tempo and getting some easy baskets in transition. Auburn, to me, seems impatient on offense. Vanderbilt is good with that zone. You have to be thoughtful about attacking it. I'm not seeing that in general right now. - THIRD TO @ 7:11, 1st half
Auburn leads, 14-13. Vanderbilt's zone is somewhat unique. They like to trap along the perimeter. It's what Jeff Lebo used in that win against Arkansas a few weeks ago. Auburn is having a hard time with that. They badly need fast-break situations to get Vanderbilt's defense unraveled and dissociated. - SECOND TO @ 11:36, 1st half
Auburn leads, 10-8. The Tigers certainly have slowed down. They're now in that jump-shot mode we saw in the first half against Tennessee yesterday. Not much away-from-the-ball motion. Not sure what's going on there. Vanderbilt is sitting in that zone and won't come out of it. This should be Smalley's chance to shine. - FIRST TO @ 15:19, 1st half
Auburn leads, 6-0. Vanderbilt currently is 0-for-8 from the floor. Some of those shots have been open. It's just bad luck. Boddie is playing way too fast. You can tell she's amped up to be on ESPN2. Nell already has yelled at her a few times: "SLOW DOWN." - YOUR AUBURN STARTERS
PG -- Whitney Boddie, 44
SG -- Alli Smalley, 5
SF -- Sherell Hobbs, 12
PF -- DeWanna Bonner, 24
C -- Trevesha Jackson, 1
posted by Jay G. Tate at
6:33 PM
158 Comments:
uno
Let's go Tigers, cap off a great weekend and a great season.
War Eagle.
Production quality sooooo much better tonight! Thank you ESPN!!
BONNER BABY!!!!
WAR EAGLE!!!
good think those shots aren't dropping cuz we're sure not covering
I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER DAY OF...
Vandy is getting too many shots. Defensive rebounding is terrible.
Nova - go over there and get me some of that salmon and run it to my house at the half. Thanks!
Vanderbilt is 0-for-8.
That won't last long. These shots aren't bad.
Whoa..Jay called that!
Just let me get my jet out of the garage.
You're a pal, Nova.
Greg and I are having an entertaining conversation about what they can call it OTHER than "man" on "man" defense.
The salmon gives you a reason to visit again.
Auburn seems out of sorts on offense and I'm not really sure why.
ESPN announcers just said that Coach said they have no energy and they are just "running time off the clock". If she jumps bad, Jay, take pics!
Nova, YOU are enough reason to visit again. I had a great time.
GIVE 'EM HELL NELL!
We need to drive hard to the basket
OK, Jay G. where are ya?? I can't find you again. What are you wearing? :-)
I believe AU doesn't match up well which explains the offensive woes. If we can't runand gun, then we struggle.
don't be trying to push our tempo vandie
At least were playing tougher and more focused than last time. Gotta dig deep for this one ladies. Gotta play D for 30 seconds every time they have it.
I think we're going to be fine in the 2nd half after Coach drops a few pearls of wisdom on their arses.
Why aren't they putting Bonner at the foul line like they did against Ole Miss? It worked really well against that zone d.
I thought I read somewhere that Coach Fortner said she was wearing orange until we lost? She has on black tonight. Anyone read that or did I dream it?
I wish they would talk about how skinny Bonner is...
Liked to see a little more effort from Jackson on D - well from all of them on D. Are they tired? Not focused?
Pearls... Is that the current slang term for what Nell does?
I haven't heard that Cincy, but I don't hear much.
Where is everyone? Give up Jay G. for Lent?
Here we go...
50-ish points combined with 4:00 to go is just what Vandy wanted.
You got it Andrew, just like the Miss State game AU pulled out a week or so ago. Gonna be tough. Gotta get to the line some way, some how.
Vanderbilt's zone is tricky. They kinda trap up top and it takes patience to beat it. Auburn doesn't seem very patient right now.
As far as Nell's outfit, this is the same one she wore when they clinched the SEC title outright.
No HD? Heck, they show surfing in HD.
Here we go...
Gettin' ugly...let's go gals!!
Their coach reminds me of Paula Dean and I am not a fan. Phooey!
SIDE NOTE: Vandy's coach needs to give some SERIOUS consideration to changing hair stylists. That's a horrible color job.
I think I may try some reverse mojo myself Mon.
Paula Deen is much more attractive than that woman. IMHO
Hey that's right! I forgot about the reverse mojo. Go for it, EZ.
I was wrong, looks like last game now.
Smalley is icy........
We need to have this thing in single digits at half badly! I'm afraid Vandy is not going to throw up all over themselves Tennessee style in the 2nd half.
Gonna change locations and see if that works. Talk after the game.
Vanderbilt up 31-21 at half.
Give em some focus Nell!
I guess that's a box-and-one Vanderbilt is playing? Bonner has someone on her at all times.
Cindy, that was Pat Summit that said that about wearing orange...
What the hell is it about Vanderbilt???? Dangit!!!!
Smalley needs to jack it up
"refuse to surrender" Nell Fortner writes on the board at halftime.
Something about what Melanie Balcomb does just befuddled Joe Ciampi and currently befuddles Nell Fortner.
jhag: was that on TV?
Play harder? That was focus?
yessir they showed her halftime speech...20 minutes to score more then they do and so on...telling them to get out on the threes
Boddie= money in the bank
they are getting all of the loose balls. we have no sense of urgency on d
number 2 seed :(
Thanks, Luv, knew I heard it somewhere
here we go
much better. keep it up ladies
Love that Boddie to Bonner
Looking much better in the 2nd
Boddie wants to take command of this game. The pass she just made there to Bonner on the fast break was filthy.
I don't know BBall well, but it seems that we only have 1 or 2 players moving around during the half court offense. Wouldn't we need more movement to break the zone?
That transition game is starting to go. They need to keep up this pace.
ugh. that is at least twice we have played great d for 29 seconds only to have them hit a 3.
Verizon needs a new commercial. How many times is that now? GOSH
Vandy's D has been impressive!
stupid kiki
in transition we are great. otherwise there is no motion in our offense. no screens. no cuts to the basket. nothing.
great. here come they offensive fouls again.
the
Vandy is WELL coached, extremely well coached.
Well North Iowa made the big dance...
Nell now going to KeKe Carrier. This represents a big change ... they're all but conceding the fast break now.
I wish Vandy wasn't our achilles heel
Tournament basketball usually ends up half court, and that's not our deal.
Wirth or Werth or Worth is really good
NEWSFLASH...DON'T LET WERTH GET AN OPEN LOOK.
Vandy is playing lights out. Auburn's basket seems to have a lid on it.
This is a fun game to watch!
we can't trade baskets anymore. need some stops so we can cut the lead down
I had a lot more fun in the game last night against TN!
Can't catch a break ... Can't make the right decision. It's gotta turn soon, or we are toast.
Smalley has not been in it tonight.
Horrible possession.
There are not words to express how much I love Bonner!!!
Thanks for the call, zebra ... Oh, my what a shot.
Nice play by Bonner
That was a terrible call against Vandy...nice job Bonner!!
This is AU's chance to pull ahead. Go Ladies!!
Marsh is killin us!
Perimiter D is piss poor for the lady tigers.
Bought time SMalley!
There we go Allie!
*&^%#$ AGAIN WIDE OPEN
Vandy does an outstanding job of getting back on D. AU just cannot run on them.
Not looking good guys...
Let them have too many open looks from behind the arch. This may be what they need to make an NCAA tourney run.
Auburn totally is confused on those perimeter shots. Vanderbilt drives in, Auburn's defense clamps down and the shooter is all by herself outside.
Miss under the basket + loss of posession arrow = bad news
Come on girls!!!
How into it are the Auburn fans?
4 shots with no basket
Game.
curtains.
not looking good
That may have done it.
We've had our chances.
What are we doing? FOUL!
Like I said earlier, hope Auburn doesn't have to see Vandy in the NCAA tourney.
Gotta hit one of those four ...
Greg think Nell Fortner and Tommy Tuberville are brother/sister.
gotta steal or foul
Plz. don't put us in the UCONN bracket! Surely we will be the top #2 seed.
They can't let 20 seconds run off the clock again!
AU has had some good looks, the shots just have not went down. Credit to Vandy, they had a heck of a plan and executed it to perfection.
This ain't looking good at all.
Looks they just got outworked. Great job anyway ladies...we are proud of you.
oh well. great effort ladies.
15 in a row...They've got Auburn's number, for sure.
That was suckalicious.
I love her, and she's done a great job, but, tonight, Nell was the second best coach on the floor.
I still think they should get Carrier some pads and put her on the field!!!
2 weeks to get ready for the dance!
We've still got a good run in us!
Amen Mon...suckalicious...still love that word.
Auburn can't deal with Vanderbilt and that's that.
True. I've now got the hots for Mel...well, not really. maybe. almost. nah. good job, though.
You called it, Jet. Great job by the Vandy coaching staff. Congratulations to the Lady Tigers, hate it this one ended this way.
You can use it, Brian - royalty free even.
I still haven't been able to find a good explanation of what RPI's are exactly.
mon..RPI is strength of schedule % + opposition strength of schedule % + the opposition's opposition strengh of schedule percentage...
Everybody flame me for knowing that.
aawww...I hate it for the women. they never did really seem to be in the game.....now i am starting to hate Vandy
NERDS!
Ratings Pecentage Index...basically, an unbiased ratings system.
The basic RPI formula is 1/4*(Winning Percentage) + 1/2*(Opponents' Average Winning Percentage) + 1/4*(Opponents' Opponents' Winning Percentage).
More here.
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So, if Marg will just beat the crap out of Nikki tonight on Big Love, I will be happy.
something about those intramural teams are starting to get to me....what does that Coach have on us/
Vandy planned its work and worked its plan, to quote the old management saying.
Auburn didn't manage its fouls, the clock or the ball very well.
Looks like the mental block they have is a 'Dore.
we suck again
kind of a rough way to end a great Auburn weekend
Andrew = my hero!
Thank you for the link, PF!
Steve, in a show of support for the women, I waited to view the late airing of Big Love. It was hard to resist the urge to flip at 8:00, but I thought the ladies deserved the support.
There's never a good loss, but I hope we don't get a No. 1 seed. Better chance for a chip on our shoulders. I doubt we'll get stuck with UConn.
We've got to focus on getting the menz team into the dance now! That'd make it the best March madness in ages!
I hope you're right Jet! I don't think a "best of" SEC team could beat the Huskies!
Can't read Steve's posts. Waiting for the 11:00 airing of Big Love.
Jay, are you going to Tampa Thursday?
Big Love synopsis ...and I don't watch the show now. But here's a guess ...
Bill(or whatever his name is) sanctimonious
Barb tries to be harmonious
Nikki felonious
Margene hottie-onious.
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;-) Depressed
Sorry, Monica. I always forget to add that at the end of my sentence.
I won't be in Tampa.
I have to make careful choices about what to cover and I conceded the SEC men's tournament.
PeterF,
Soon enough you'll have the hots for Geno Auriemmo.
Good night, HOTTINAUTS.
Jet, I do like winners.
I watched the 11:00 Big Love too. Come to find out, a simple butt kicking would have been much nicer for Nikki. Dang gum it. Now they just about got me feeling sorry for the girl.
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