- The Vols snatched 14 offensive rebounds. The visitors from Knoxville also out rebounded the home team 34-28. In a game where both teams score under 60, that stat line matters.
- Williams' shot in the final seconds beat the buzzer. Everyone at home knew that was the case and if there was no foul, the men in stripes made the right call.
- As for the foul, there is no "over-the-back" violation in basketball. I'm not a referee (or a basketball player), but looking at the NCAA rulebook will inform you of this. The rules of verticality govern players jumping for a rebound. While rebounding, one player who invades the vertical column of space above another player who has established his position legally, and who makes contact with that other player, has committed a foul.
- I haven't seen the replay on that to know whether a foul looked like it should have been called, but I sure do know that the refs owed the Dawgs big-time after counting the Tennessee basket that occurred after the shot-clock had expired only several plays before.
UPDATE:
Over at Rocky Top Talk, Dawg fans are getting some fairly amiable consolation in the form of a that's-just-the-way-the-cookie-crumbles pat on the back...
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