The Official #5 Tennessee vs. #6 Alabama Game Thread, 4:00 PM ET, ESPN

[Lukusw]

I don't know what game Nate Oats was watching: "Tough call on Grant’s (Nelson) verticality play there at the end, but it’s the game of basketball. A lot of tough calls in the game."

Nelson's y-axis was vertical but his x-axis was moving into Lanier.

 

[gainesvol82]

No they call him a liability on the court. That's very different

Exactly. Mashack might not shoot from outside often enough to keep opposing defenses from sagging off him but he does pop a 3 occasionally at a solid percentage and also gets downhill and finishes at the rim, does a nice little turn around hook or gets blasted by the defender's body which rarely gets called. Would I like a little more production? Yeah.

But how do you quantify Mashack's disruption of the opposing offense, how he shuts down (or at least limits) the other team's best scorer and all the steals, tips, blocks, rebounds, recovering to stop or contest transition buckets? Bottom line is that the many things that he does far more than compensates for the few things he doesn't do on offense. And that's not even mentioning his effect on his teammates and our program.

 

[tennesseeduke]

Mine was yelling right beside me. Dog was pissed though

I was yelling and the dog was howling, wife was pisses!

 

[wmcovol]

Nelson's y-axis was vertical but his x-axis was moving into Lanier.

It’s bama. They gotta cry about something

 

[Deathandtaxes]

So…. That happened. Still can’t believe it, the most improbable offensive player is starting to slowly heat up… if he could give us 8-10 a game we are dangerous.

 

[Deathandtaxes]

Also, no one does the dirty work more then Mashack… glad he is getting some buzz for this!

 

[volsforever27]

I’ve been watching all the different angles of the shot all day.

Still not tired of it.

 

[mackievol]

I've listened to the Bob broadcast numerous times... Glad someone else is coming in. No offense but I felt like I was listening to a funeral.

 

[hUTch2002]

Seriously. And Oats didn't say a single thing to credit Tennessee or even acknowledge them. Just went on about being the better team for 39. and a half minutes. Meanwhile Rick's over there talking about respecting Alabama. Tsk tsk.

Probably just his way of politicking for the 1 seed with a little whine included. They got the ref benefit overall without question. Yea, some went our way but they got far more.

 

[vol94]

Man, if some people can't understand that in a live thread emotions are high, I don't know what to tell them. Hyperbole will happen.
If someone say something like " ZZ play is garbage".....they are really just saying that ZZ is not playing up to his abilities in this particular game. They may not necessarily think he is a garbage player.

Agree. That’s why fan is short for “fanatic.”

 

[vol94]

A true Tennessee treasure, regardless of the sport. He bleeds orange. Love it

I’m happy his career has blossomed in both radio and tv. He’s getting opportunities to call games recently which is nice to see.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

But how do you quantify Mashack's disruption of the opposing offense, how he shuts down (or at least limits) the other team's best scorer and all the steals, tips, blocks, rebounds, recovering to stop or contest transition buckets? Bottom line is that the many things that he does far more than compensates for the few things he doesn't do on offense. And that's not even mentioning his effect on his teammates and our program.

The average fan can easily contextualize a dunk or a 3, but not the type of things that you're talking about above.