Vescovi out tonight

[tennesseeduke]

Report is he has the flu and will not play! Mashack time!

 

[SDV]

Rest up Santi. We’ll need you on Sunday

 

[Lankykong]

Dang, he’s really important to our team and defense so I’m pretty concerned

 

[jaguinn5]

Dang, he’s really important to our team and defense so I’m pretty concerned

Nah, of our starters he’s probably the easiest to replace. Still an important player, but not irreplaceable. We have guys that can step hope. Hope they do.

 

[cgrish]

Dang, he’s really important to our team and defense so I’m pretty concerned

I think it will hurt us defenively, but help us offensively.

 

[DC_Vol]

All the Santi haters got their wish.

 

[omghulkhands]

I hate it for him

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

All the Santi haters got their wish.

I hate the fact there are Vescovi haters

 

[Vols All Day]

I think it will hurt us defenively, but help us offensively.

It hurts the depth, Maschack and Gainey can make up everything else Vescovi’s was providing.

 

[OrangeInKy]

All the Santi haters got their wish.

Yeah, it’s pathetic

 

[tennesseeduke]

He’s a leader and great defensively. We will need him next round!

 

[Lankykong]

It hurts the depth, Maschack and Gainey can make up everything else Vescovi’s was providing.

Defenders would not have left Vescovi as open as they left Mashack

 

[Other_Guy]

I hate the fact there are Vescovi haters

If Gainey or Mashack had more consistent offense, they'd have a point.

 

[Go47]

We are missing Vescovi tonight.

 

[turbovol]

Nah, of our starters he’s probably the easiest to replace. Still an important player, but not irreplaceable. We have guys that can step hope. Hope they do.

the guy's been a three or four-year starter. Very good defensive player. Throws our rotation out of whack. So, no, not easy to replace.

 

[Volfan1000]

Rest up Santi. We’ll need you on Sunday

We definitely need Vescovi on Sunday.

 

[Zues1]

We definitely need Vescovi on Sunday.

Hopefully if he's needed he can come off the bench and knock down a couple of baskets.

 

[SlyStone]

BI hate the fact there are Vescovi haters

I think most folk just want him to stop deferring and take the damn shot when open. No HATE, he is a VOL. But offensively he is a liability when he doesn't contribute to the score board.

 

[jaguinn5]

the guy's been a three or four-year starter. Very good defensive player. Throws our rotation out of whack. So, no, not easy to replace.

We seemed to replace him ok.

 

[Vol8188]

We seemed to replace him ok.

The lack of depth was for sure a problem. With that said, you’re still right with your overall point. Of our starters, he is the easiest to do without because all our depth is at his position.

 

[spojo13]

We seemed to replace him ok.

It affected our rotation. When Mashack and Gainey were both in foul trouble, we sure didn’t replace him just fine. If one of them had picked up another foul early in the second half, it could have turned out different. There were two times that they changed a foul on mashack to someone else, so it got really close to that.

 

[VOLtaism]

He obviously doesn't need to play Sunday but it would be great if he was available to play some minutes. We seemed a little weak from the bench perspective. Thats not a knock on anyone, all the guys that came off the bench contributed even the freshmen. It just seemed like we were headed for trouble when they kept calling fouls on Mashack.

 

[DC_Vol]

it’s impressive we’re so deep at the position that Mashack comes off the bench. He was lock down last night.

 

[rbvol]

it’s impressive we’re so deep at the position that Mashack comes off the bench. He was lock down last night.

Mashack was everywhere last night! So much that the refs thought he was in on a lot of fouls that wasn't him.

 

[WillisWG]

Rucker: This is now the most successful core in Tennessee basketball history. Accept that.

No one can ever again suggest Rick Barnes, Josiah-Jordan James and Santiago Vescovi are losers, unless they're prepared to call every coach and player in Tennessee basketball history a loser. That trio has now achieved more than any core in the program's history.

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