Rick Barnes addresses Tennessee's final shot, foul call on Grant Williams
The Tennessee Volunteers went into Baton Rouge on Saturday afternoon, but couldn’t take care of business against an LSU squad playing without star PG Tremont Waters.
The game went into overtime, where a late foul on Grant Williams gave the Tigers the winning free throws, courtesy of red-hot Javonte Smart.
After the game, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes addressed the end of the game. First of all, he wasn’t happy with the way the last possession went for the Vols, with Lamonte Turner pulling up for a contested three with four seconds left. Then, he said, he couldn’t see whether the foul called on Williams was legitimate or not:
Rick Barnes said (obviously) Tennessee didn't execute on the final offensive possession, when the long three went up with 4.3 seconds left.
"You want the last shot of the game."
— @GrantRamey (@GrantRamey) February 23, 2019
Barnes: "I think Lamonte had made up his mind that he was going to stop and pull up for a three … then Grant gets called for a foul going for the rebound … I didn't really see it."
— @GrantRamey (@GrantRamey) February 23, 2019
Whatever the case, the Vols have now lost road games in back-to-back weekends. They have a home game coming up against Kentucky next Saturday, so they’ll need to regroup quickly.
The Vols, Tigers and Wildcats are all 12-2 in conference play, so the next couple of weeks will be very interesting to watch.
Didn’t see the foul call? Is he blind? That was clearly a foul. Tigers deserved that win.
In fairness, he didn’t say it wasn’t a foul. It sounded more like he just didn’t have a good angle. TV is a lot different than being there.
So you came over here to hide from the responses to you comment about the black Mississippi players!
I believe me proving you’re a liar isn’t going to be the major reason for you losing all credibility.
Idiot. Kentucky won, but I see you didn’t comment on that article. Louisville lost though. That’s funny. Keep trolling.
You’re a LEGEND onSDS!
Causing all comments to be removed from a two articles is something I have never witnessed before.
A proven liar wasn’t enough. You went after the member of a race because they chose to express their thoughts.
Got anything else you want to expand on?
And Kentucky is suppose to win basketball games.
You’re still an idiot and I guess I am your entertainment. You calling someone else a liar is just comical. You have no integrity at all. You are just like the other trolls on this site. You fool no one but yourself. At least the other trolls are just kids.
Why are you commenting on the Louisville out come? I know your a liar, and as I’ve previously comment, I’m going to stay in your crap until you admit it. And now, Mr. Conscience of America, calling out the black players at Ole Miss for their actions, I think it has been shown who’s the adult on here and who is a kid or just ignorant.
I’ll be around.
You really come off pathetic chasing LSUMC around just because you got butthurt. Does someone need to pick you up and shake you to get the sand out of your vagina?
Pretty sure he handled a tough loss gracefully in his comments, unlike some have handled the victory.
Barnes isn’t the type to shy away from responsibility or make excuses for a loss. Respectfully, I’m not seeing his comments they way you are interpreting them.
Tigers did deserved the win but that foul (it was a foul) isn’t called very often with under a second that far away from the basket going for the ball. However, it was and LSU won and even if they didn’t call that foul I think LSU still would have won.
There was A LOT of contact with williams and the 2nd vol there. Officials were poor all game for both sides though, and while it was an important game, we all know a 2nd matchup would go differently. No tremont waters, naz reid played terrible for us, bone sick, williams quiet, Schofield banged up at end for yall. It was a weird game