Tennessee (18-7, 11-7 SEC) continues its 2020-21 men’s basketball season Saturday at 1 p.m. EST.
The Vols will play Alabama with ESPN televising the contest. The matchup takes place in the SEC Tournament semifinals being played at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tennessee defeated Florida, 78-66, in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Following the Vols’ win against Florida, Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes met with media to discuss his team’s performance. Below is a transcript of Barnes’ media availability provided by the SEC and FastScripts by ASAP Sports.
Q. Do you have an update on John Fulkerson as far as an injury goes? Do you expect him tomorrow? What was your vision and reaction to that play?
RICK BARNES: Actually, I did not see it. I’d already looked the other way, turned the other way. I didn’t see it. Heard it wasn’t good at all, obviously.
They did take him to the hospital just for observation. I think it was more for his eye than anything else. Tomorrow, I don’t know right now if we could say we can count on him. Again, we’ll wait and see. My gut feeling, he took two pretty good licks right there and I’d be surprised if he is available.
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