Just when everything seems to be going so well, the Vols get some terrible news: Loree Moore is out for the year with a torn ACL.

A few Vols fans are complaining that it was a cheap foul by Beard.

Alana didn't really make a play on the ball, so at the time, I was wondering why it wasn't an intentional foul... turns out that, as of this year, there's no such thing as an "intentional foul" any more in the women's college game. [Whoops! This is wrong -- see above.] (Nor is there any "clear path" foul in college.)

It wasn't a flagrant foul. In other words, there was no intent to injure. Really all Alana was trying to do was wrap Loree up and prevent an easy layup. That's a legitimate (and smart) play in basketball. A bit harder than it needed to be? Maybe. A bit of frustration after a steal? Maybe. But this is Alana Beard we're talking about -- she is and always has been a classy player and a clean, smart defender.

Moore just landed in an awkward way and bounced on her leg. A terrible accident, but nobody's fault.