Rick Barnes recaps Vols’ loss to Alabama

On the reason for Tennessee’s low assist-to-turnover ratio:
“Offensively you can’t get assists if you don’t make shots, especially when you go 21-for-66 and some of them are off the pass. We had some good looks at it from the three, but again with Santi driving in and getting a couple of shots blocked – what he was doing a year ago – those kind of plays we just can’t do. With our offense in the end of the shot clock at three seconds, or giving up a back cut as well as and-one plays. So many plays like that you can think about, and when you’re not playing well offensively, you can’t help them defensively in special situations like that when you’re shooting the ball. They got comfortable, there’s no doubt they got some rhythm going and I don’t think we ever got it going and give them credit for that. We never got to play Yves and John a lot together because of Yves’ foul situation, or the fact that John couldn’t guard anybody.”