Buzz Williams’ Timeout as Aggies Coach Was An SEC Error – Rick Barnes
In response to Aggies coach Buzz Williams’ on-the-floor timeout call, the SEC acknowledged making a mistake, according to Tennessee Volunteers coach Rick Barnes.
Buzz Williams, the men’s basketball coach at Texas A&M Aggies, took an odd break during his team’s victory over Tennessee on Saturday, which was ranked sixth at the time. Williams requested a timeout with six minutes remaining in the game, after A&M had jumped ahead by fifteen points.
He ran onto the court to attract the officials’ attention after they failed to notice him from the coach’s box, and he made it almost halfway across the court before they noticed him.
Williams was immediately chastised by the ESPN broadcast for not receiving a technical foul against the Aggies coach. Rather, A&M was given merely a bench warning.
Head coach of the Volunteers Rick Barnes concurred with the broadcast and stated on Tuesday that the SEC did as well.
Volquest reported that Barnes stated, “I can assure you it’s been addressed, long before I even talked about it.” “Mike Eades, our conference’s officiating coordinator, has my utmost respect. He took care of it, I promise; most likely before we left the court.
Barnes claimed that the SEC contacted him before he had a chance to get in touch.
Barnes remarked, “They made the first move. As I previously mentioned, I am grateful that, even before I boarded the aircraft, I received a text indicating that the situation was not handled appropriately.
Although the Aggies won 85-69, the officials made a mistake on the call. It’s hard to say, up to 15, whether the game would have ended differently if the call had been made correctly.
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No. 8 Tennessee defeats Vanderbilt handily.
On Saturday night, all five of the starters scored in double figures as No. 8 In an 88-53 Southeastern Conference rout at Knoxville, Tennessee, Tennessee never trailed Vanderbilt. For the Volunteers (19-6, 9-3 SEC), Dalton Knecht and Zakai Zeigler each scored 14 points, while Josiah-Jordan James added 13 and Santiago Vescovi scored 12. With eight rebounds, three blocked shots, and 11 points, Jonas Aidoo was quite productive. Tennessee, which had defeated Arkansas 92-63 the previous Wednesday, continued its winning ways in this game, never falling behind and damaging the Commodores with long-range shooting. The Volunteers shot 47.8 percent from the field and made 14 of their 31 3-point attempts.
Vanderbilt (7-18, 2-10), which defeated Texas A&M on Tuesday night, was unable to duplicate that victory against a much more formidable opponent despite Ven-Allen Lubin’s 10 points. Tyrin Lawrence and Ezra Manjon, the top two scorers for the Commodores, were held to eight and six points, respectively, and they only made six of their sixteen field goals. Just 18 of Vanderbilt’s 54 attempts from the field were successful, with 7 of those coming from 3-point range. The game was decided in the first half, when the Commodores committed 13 of their 19 turnovers. The Volunteers lost 75-62 in Nashville, Tennessee, last month, but not before making significant progress toward separating themselves from a team that had led them at halftime.
Less than four minutes in, Tennessee took a 13-3 lead thanks to ten straight points from James and Vescovi, including three-pointers. After reserve forward Tobe Awaka converted a three-point play at the 10:57 mark, the Volunteers went on an 11-0 run to extend their lead to 26-7. With 6:39 remaining, Aidoo made back-to-back layups and helped Zeigler make a 3-pointer to increase the lead to 33-8. Tennessee led 51–20 at the half after Vescovi made a 3-pointer off a Zeigler assist to close the half. The second half saw the margin soar to 41 points.
