Ament's injury

[Freak]

I'm reading between the lines here, but it kind of sounds to me like Barnes is saying it's the nagging ankle injury he tweaked that kept him out last night. Could be both. Either way, hopefully it's not serious. Not having him out there down the stretch last night was a big deal.

“I think when he hurt his knee a little bit, but he did tweak his foot he had turned at Missouri, that ankle,” Rick Barnes said after the game. “He tried, and if he can’t go, he can’t go because there’s no one tougher than him.”

 

[hUTch2002]

I'm reading between the lines here, but it kind of sounds to me like Barnes is saying it's the nagging ankle injury he tweaked that kept him out last night. Either way, hopefully it's not serious. Not having him out there down the stretch last night was a big deal.

We’re in the tournament so maybe we should sit him this week.

 

[Freak]

We’re in the tournament so maybe we should sit him this week.

Probably should, honestly.

 

[508mikey]

I would sit him out also - there are some dirty players on Vanderbilt that would intentionally try and injury him ( not sure about SC )

 

[mscc1998]

You can't fault the effort of the team. Heck, look at the rebound difference.47-30. Just not having Ament out there was the main difference in why we faltered down the stretch.

 

[Bigorangefan 98]

I'm reading between the lines here, but it kind of sounds to me like Barnes is saying it's the nagging ankle injury he tweaked that kept him out last night. Could be both. Either way, hopefully it's not serious. Not having him out there down the stretch last night was a big deal.

Yeah. , it cost us the game

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Yeah. , it cost us the game

I would agree we probably win with him, but we should have still won without him. We were up double digits with under 9 today.

 

[508mikey]

You can't fault the effort of the team. Heck, look at the rebound difference.47-30. Just not having Ament out there was the main difference in why we faltered down the stretch.

alot of rebounds means alot of missed shots but whatever

 

[Dougie_D]

I'm reading between the lines here, but it kind of sounds to me like Barnes is saying it's the nagging ankle injury he tweaked that kept him out last night. Could be both. Either way, hopefully it's not serious. Not having him out there down the stretch last night was a big deal.

I personally don't think it would've changed the outcome. With or without Nate, with or without JP, etc.... we can't close out games when we ever got a lead.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

I would sit him out also - there are some dirty players on Vanderbilt that would intentionally try and injury him ( not sure about SC )

Me too, but we don't get paid the big bucks to make those decisions. I don't throng we go very far in the NCAAs with out him.

 

[particlesmatter]

This team is mentally weak. Period.

 

[Volador]

I would sit the whole team this week.

 

[UTFanatic]

I personally don't think it would've changed the outcome. With or without Nate, with or without JP, etc.... we can't close out games when we ever got a lead.

this is true we can't close out games. we also miss to many at the rim that would help the lead be bigger. We get more rebounds because we miss so many at the rim.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

This team is mentally weak. Period.

Using your period as an excuse to to call the team weak doesn’t make it ok.

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

Sit Nate against sc regardless, but we need him against vandy. Win that a double bye is back on the table. Kentucky has Florida down the stretch and Missouri has arky

 

[adam.vol]

The way Nate folded up like a pretzel did not look like a nagging injury to me. Maybe that’s Barnes’s way of saying “rub some dirt on it” because nothing tore or broke?

 

[Skooter]

No it’s his way of saying Ament had a foot/ankle issue from a week ago and the way his foot was caught reaggravated it.
He landed on a foot last game and had to sit out.

 

[VolCalls]

We’re in the tournament so maybe we should sit him this week.

Sitting him will create questions for the committee as to whether he will even play in the tournament. Then we’re looking at a 9-10 seed instead of a 5-6.

 

[HeuperDrive]

Sitting him will create questions for the committee as to whether he will even play in the tournament. Then we’re looking at a 9-10 seed instead of a 5-6.

This feels like a pretty huge stretch. I really doubt we’d drop that much over resting an injured player

 

[Savannahbayvol]

I would sit him out also - there are some dirty players on Vanderbilt that would intentionally try and injury him ( not sure about SC )

I watched LaMont Paris when he was here at UTC. He has as much character and integrity as any coach in the college game. Doubt very seriously he has any designated thugs on his team

 

[WaywardVol]

This feels like a pretty huge stretch. I really doubt we’d drop that much over resting an injured player

We still have Vandy and the SEC tourney. WTH are you taking about?

 

[VolGee4]

We still have Vandy and the SEC tourney. WTH are you taking about?

The SECT doesn’t matter, but we aren’t dropping to a 9 seed. That’s ridiculous.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

The SECT doesn’t matter, but we aren’t dropping to a 9 seed. That’s ridiculous.

Every game matters.

 

[VolGee4]

Every game matters.

Not in the committee’s eyes. Most of the bracket is set by the weekend of the conference tournaments. Of course, I want to win, but history has proven it.

 

[WaywardVol]

The SECT doesn’t matter, but we aren’t dropping to a 9 seed. That’s ridiculous.

Agreed. It absolutely matters if

The SECT doesn’t matter, but we aren’t dropping to a 9 seed. That’s ridiculous.

sorry man, that was meant for the guy you were responding to. I was if saying Aments health is in question. If he plays and puts up 20 question answered.