Tonight’s POG is…

[walkenvol]

Hard to call as every player except 1 was a net positive and that type play can definitely beat Houston (I assume).

Since we have to pick one it’s Z with 18-10.

 

[508mikey]

ZZ easy Gainey a close 2

 

[LittleCat]

Gainey hit a lot of shots when it felt like UK could have gotten some momentum.

 

[BallsVolls1]

ZZ, Gainey and Okpara were beast tonight!! They my MVP’s

 

[Orangethumb]

ZZ was a dog tonight! Feels great, Elite 8!

 

[Lukusw]

Shoutout to Barnes for a pretty much perfect gameplan: run them off the 3line, rebound rebound rebound, and drive the ball on offense.

 

[Tenacjim]

Everyone BUT Igor!

 

[Lukusw]

Also, 18-10 against rival in sweet sixteen game. Legacy game for ZZ.

 

[VolArmy74]

ZZ. He was massive in every aspect of the game. 18/10 vs UK in the Sweet 16 after he flipped off Big Blue Nation is an all time great Vol moment.

 

[Jonboy]

Not the player of the game but man was Okpara a beast on the glass tonight! That’s the fire and tenacity we need from that position.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

Mashack with the very Mashack 4 points, 3 Rebs, 3 ast, 5 stl, 0 to game. Just a little bit of everything. Not the PotG but a damn good stat line.

Dubar also gave us some really great minutes tonight. Solid game for him.

 

[ochocinco]

Shoutout to Barnes for a pretty much perfect gameplan: run them off the 3line, rebound rebound rebound, and drive the ball on offense.

That’s my take. Barnes was brilliant. POG Zeigler. Again.

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Game plan of taking the ball to the basket was the POG tonight!
A different times different guys stepped in to make the plan work. The dynamics may have changed, but the plan was always stuck to and this is precisely why we won the game.

 

[VOLifornia]

Easy… watch the film and see all the amazing stuff Gainey did!

Guy has been nothin short of amazing the last half of the season.

Period

 

[JMSqb11]

ZZ is averaging 17-18 points and 7-8 assists per game in March....

 

[imw8n4u]

Felt like Okpara showed some real toughness tonight. We need him to be strong with the ball. What a great team win.

 

[Oldblood]

ZZ averaging 15 and 9 so far in the tourney. Not too shabby.

 

[Lukusw]

Easy… watch the film and se eall the amazing stuff Gainey did!

Guy had been nothin short of amazing the last half of the season.

Period

He puts more stress on the defense than his statlines show.

 

[Chattahooligan]

Got Gainey on this one, he has been the best 6th man in the country in March so far, just playing fearless lately

 

[livefaith]

Mashack is like a black hole swallowing up the other teams scorers. He rarely gets the individual game recognition (- Bama), but he creates so much difficulty for the opponent. UK made 6 threes. Wait for this ... 4 of them were absolutely incredible because our defenders were draped on them. Literally 2 three balls made for an entire game for UK were taken when "open". TWO!!! Mashack is the head of that snake and the coaching , scheme, and discipline by the rest were elite! 6 points on open 3s for the entire game. UK held to 65!

Warms my heart that all those Big Blue supporters got to make the long drive to watch a Vols clinic without a single 5* player on the roster!

 

[calhouns#1]

Really thought Cade's mins were excellent defense played by him.

 

[calhouns#1]

Really thought JG stepped up when Chaz shot not falling. But felt like he has stepped up a lot this year. Be a star on a lot of mid tier teams. And to play with DAD that close all game gotta b tough. Know he wants to shine for Dad and the pressure. Kid has handled that unreal in his years in big orange. Oh how proud u should b coach gainey.

 

[StoneokeyVol]

The whole team. Everyone wanted to win

 

[feathersax]

ZZ. He was massive in every aspect of the game. 18/10 vs UK in the Sweet 16 after he flipped off Big Blue Nation is an all time great Vol moment.

Zakai the orange streak!

 

[lego126]

For me it's gotta be ZZ, with Okpara a close 2nd. Gamelan and coaching for Barnes was among his top 3 since he's been here.