Rick Barnes said X-rays on J.P. Estrella's sore left foot didn't show anything awful, but he thinks that foot -- the one that ended Estrella's season last year -- bothered Estrella before he admitted it to the staff, and he was mad at Estrella for not saying something sooner.
Oklahoma coach Porter Moser on Tennessee: This wasn't one of those nights where you say, "We just didn't make shots." Tennessee made us miss those shots. They were so much more physical, and their length bothered us.
Rick Barnes said that gorgeous give-and-go halfcourt play from freshmen Nate Ament and DeWayne Brown II is something he'd love to design for a set play, but that they'd mess it up if it was called that way.
He's so savage.
Megan Keller!!! American legend!!!
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Oklahoma coach Porter Moser: We had been playing offensively very, very well. The last five games, we've been one of the top offensive efficiency teams in the country. Not tonight. It wasn't [us]. It was Tennessee's defense.
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes on Nate Ament taking things up a notch in January: That's when he did it. That's when Kevin Durant did it, too. In January. Same time. Same thing. I've said it all year, and I mean it -- I wouldn't trade Nate for anybody.
10 at 3 going live in two minutes.
Lots to talk today, as per usual.
Rick Barnes said there's "no question" the pain in J.P. Estrella's foot is more concerning because it's the same foot that required season-ending surgery last year, but he stressed that the X-Ray this time didn't show anything really bad. But they'll be cautious until they can't.
I honestly during the game thought Oklahoma did a decent job, especially early, on the glass against Tennessee.
And ... it finished 36-19 Vols.
The rate at which Tennessee doubles up opponents on the glass is outrageous. And J.P. Estrella didn't even play tonight.
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes on being a stronger all-around player in recent games, especially in tonight's 89-66 win over Oklahoma: We've tried to tell him all year he could do this. Sometimes in practice I don't let him shoot and make him just run the team.
