Mashack: Tennessee Basketball Just ‘Scratching The Surface As A Team’
Tennessee basketball wasn’t without a big win on the season entering Saturday’s clash against No. 20 Illinois, but it had been a month and three losses since the Vols knocked off a strong Wisconsin team in Madison. Rick Barnes’ ninth Tennessee team showed the high-level they can play at in its first AP Top 25 […]
Veteran Tennessee Guards Play Winning Basketball Against Illinois
Tennessee’s backcourt veterans struggled in the Vols’ three November losses. But the trio of Zakai Zeigler, Jahmai Mashack and Santiago Vescovi played winning basketball as No. 17 Tennessee knocked off No. 20 Illinois 86-79 on Saturday afternoon. Mashack played only three minutes in the first half but proved crucial in 12 second half minutes. He […]
Three Quick Takeaways: Tennessee Outlasts Illinois For Top 20 Win
Tennessee basketball started fast, struggled in the middle of the game and then used a big second half run to take control and knock off No. 20 Illinois 86-79 at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center on Saturday afternoon. The Vols got big performances from a number of players but most notably Dalton Knecht, Santiago […]
WATCH: Tennessee HC Rick Barnes, Jahmai Mashack Purdue Postgame Press Conference
No. 7 Tennessee fell to No. 2 Purdue on Tuesday night in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational by a score of 71-67 in Honolulu. The Vols and the Boilermakers went back and forth in a slugfest on the court that resulted in 78 total free throw attempts after a quick whistle from the officiating […]
Tennessee’s Veterans Deliver Down The Stretch Against Syracuse
Tennessee basketball looked out of sorts offensively in the first half of its 73-56 win over Syracuse in its Maui Invitational opener on Monday afternoon. These 2023 Vols looked like the 2022 Vols in the first half and would have trailed at halftime if it weren’t for Dalton Knecht’s spectacular play. The Northern Colorado scored […]
Tennessee’s Role Players Deliver In Opening Round Win
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tennessee senior forward Josiah-Jordan James said the Vols will go as far as their veteran leaders take them last week at the SEC Tournament. So when James and fellow star Santiago Vescovi combined for just 11 points in Tennessee’s NCAA Tournament opener against Louisiana, the Vols appeared to be in bad shape. Louisiana […]
Everything Rick Barnes Said After Tennessee Outlasted Louisiana
Tennessee basketball is on to the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament after knocking off Louisiana 58-55 late Thursday night in Orlando. The Vols built an 18-point second half lead before Louisiana made a furious comeback and pulled within three points in the game’s final minutes. Barnes discussed Louisiana’s late game run, the play […]
Three Quick Takeaways: Tennessee Survives Louisiana Push, Advances In NCAA Tournament
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tennessee looked like it would coast to an easy opening round win over Louisiana but the Ragin’ Cajuns had other ideas, making a furious late game push. The Vols made enough stops and just enough free throws late to earn a 58-55 victory. Here’s three quick takeaways as Tennessee advances to face Duke […]
‘Not Giving Up’: How Jahmai Mashack Relearned To Walk
The NCAA Tournament is a big event in the Mashack household. Tennessee sophomore guard Jahmai Mashack was conveniently sick on the tournament’s opening day each March and his entire family — even his grandmother — filled out a bracket every year. “We were doing brackets since Jahmai came out the womb,” Jahmai’s mother Meika Mashack […]
WATCH: Rick Barnes and Tennessee Players React to SEC Tournament Ending Loss
After just a day and a half in Nashville, Tennessee’s hopes of becoming back-to-back SEC Tournament champions are over. Five-seed Tennessee was defeated by four-seed Missouri by a score of 79-71 in the quarterfinals of the tournament located in Bridgestone Arena. Similarly to their previous matchup in Knoxville, Missouri’s offense lit up the scoreboard on […]
