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Rick Barnes wanted a timeout before Jahmai Mashack's buzzer-beater against Alabama

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10 months ago

March 1, 2025

Rick Barnes wanted a timeout before Jahmai Mashack's buzzer-beater against Alabama

Rick Barnes motioned for Jahmai Mashack to hurry. As soon as Tennessee’s senior guard got across midcourt, Barnes turned to the official running down the floor and yelled timeout — and got ignored.

No. 5 Tennessee and No. 6 Alabama were tied at 76. Mashack had just taken the inbound pass with 3.8 seconds left, a play that was designed to get the ball back to point guard Zakai Zeigler, who threw the ball in.

But when Alabama’s defense denied Zeigler, he went down the floor looking for the same timeout his coach was trying to call. When it wasn’t being granted, Zeigler turned toward the official and signaled for it with his hands.

Zeigler jumped up and down to no avail. Barnes threw his hands up in the air.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the court, Mashack stopped on a dime with 0.7 seconds left, pulled up for a long-range three and made a shot that no Tennessee Basketball fan will soon forget in the 79-76 thriller at Food City Center.

The head coach never saw the shot go in. Neither did his senior point guard.

“I was calling time out,” Barnes said during his press conference after the win. “I didn’t see the play.”

When did he know the shot went in?

“When the crowd went nuts,” Barnes said, drawing a laugh.

Jahmai Mashack vs. Alabama: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks, 2 assists

It was Mashack who had tied the game at the foul line with 30.6 seconds left, capping an unthinkable four-point Tennessee possession just when it looked like Alabama had put the game away in the final minute.

Chaz Lanier started it with a baseline drive with the Vols down 76-72, making a shot and getting fouled. He missed the foul shot that followed, but Mashack drew a foul chasing the rebound and made both foul shots in the double bonus.

Tennessee’s defense got a stop on the other end, but a tie-up with 3.8 seconds left gave the ball back to Alabama with the possession arrow pointing to the Crimson Tide. The Vols forced a five-second violation, though, to get the ball back and set up Mashack’s miracle.

“I had a chance to call a timeout,” Alabama coach Nate Oats said. “Coaches can call timeouts on the underneath out-of-bounds play and at four (seconds), I should have called it. I thought we were getting it in and that’s on me.”

Tennessee’s final play started with miscommunication before Zeigler even threw the ball into Mashack. As the players were going back onto the floor after the timeout, Barnes tried to yell to Mashack to get the ball up the court and call time.

But that’s not the message that was received.

“It was funny,” Mashack said, “I usually look over at coach to see like what he wants. So we get into our little, ladder drill and ladder play, and he’s mouthing something to me and I didn’t know what it was.

“And so in my head, I said, ‘Oh, he wants me to shoot the ball, so I’m going to shoot the ball. But he was really trying to say, if I catch it and I pass it up or I dribble it up, call time out.”

Good thing Mashack never looked over to see what Barnes was doing on the sideline as the he brought the ball up the floor.

“Right when I got the ball and I seen ‘Z’ was denied,” Mashack said, “I’m like, yeah, I’m shooting this. I was just feeling good. I felt like I was going to hit the shot and that’s what happened.”

“I made one good coaching move today,” Barnes added, “I didn’t tell the referee I was going to call timeout. I normally tell them and they would probably have given it to me. But I’m screaming and, really, I did not see the shot.”

Rick Barnes: Jahmai Mashack has ‘been through it … knows what it’s about’

Mashack finished with 11 points in 34 minutes for Tennessee (24-5, 11-5 SEC). He added six rebounds, three steals, two blocks and two steals to go with one legendary shot. Lanier had 18 and Zeigler had 11.

“I’m happy for Jahmai,” Barnes said. “He’s been just incredible with everything. I mean, he exemplifies everything that you want in a player, a person, a great family.”

He was everything Barnes wanted on the floor late in the game, too. And it paid off.

“To be frank, (the) coaches were asking if I want to go big,” Barnes said. “I said I want Shack on the court, I want him out there. Because he’s been through a lot. This time of year, he knows what it’s about.”

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Alabama Shakes Set Spring 2026 Tour Dates

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3 hours ago

December 12, 2025

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Alabama Shakes Set Spring 2026 Tour Dates

Alabama Shakes have lined up a string of North American tour dates for 2026. Brittany Howard and the band’s spring run includes multiple stops in Florida and a concluding two-night stint at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, Colorado. Check out the new dates, plus their previously announced festival shows, European itinerary, and Zach Bryan support dates, below.

Support for the headline shows comes from Joy Oladokun, Mon Rovîa, Lamont Landers, and JJ Grey & Mofro. For every ticket sold, $1 will go towards nonprofits around the United States via the Alabama Shakes Fund, a press release notes. There is, as yet, no word on a follow-up to the band’s 2015 album, Sound & Color, but they did sign to Island this year and release their first single since that record.

Alabama Shakes:

04-16 Richmond, VA – Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront ~
04-17 Asheville, NC – ExploreAsheville.com Arena ~
04-18 Charleston, SC – High Water Fest
04-22 Memphis, TN – Grind City Amphitheater +
04-24 Atlanta, GA – Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park +
04-25 Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater +
04-26 St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre %
04-28 Tallahassee, FL – Adderley Amphitheater %
04-29 Boca Raton, FL – Sunset Cove Amphitheater %
04-30 Clearwater, FL – The BayCare Sound %
05-02 New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
05-24 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
05-25 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
06-13 Manchester, Tennessee – Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
07-01 Leeds, England – Millennium Square
07-02 Wasing, England – On the Mount at Wasing
07-03 London, England – Alexandra Palace *
07-05 Ghent, Belgium – Gent Jazz Festival
07-07 Lucca, Italy – Summer Festival
07-09 Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Alive Festival
07-10 Bilbao, Spain – BBK Live
07-11 Madrid, Spain – Noches del Botanico
07-25 Eugene, OR – Autzen Stadium ^
09-19 Dover, DE – The Woodlands ^

~ with Joy Oladokun
+ with Mon Rovîa
% with Lamont Landers
# with JJ Grey & Mofro
* with Tyler Ballgame
^ supporting Zach Bryan

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Jacob Crews scores 20 for Missouri in 85-77 win over Alabama State

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15 hours ago

December 12, 2025

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Jacob Crews scores 20 for Missouri in 85-77 win over Alabama State

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jacob Crews scored 20, and Anthony Robinson II added 19 in Missouri’s 85-77 win over Alabama State on Thursday night.

Crews shot 7 of 9 from the field, including 6 of 8 from the 3-point arc. Mark Mitchell added 15 points for Missouri (9-2), and Sebastian Mack added 10.

The Tigers had a 15-0 run in the first half, heading into the locker room up 52-39. Alabama State was held scoreless over a 4:19 drought in the middle of the second half to open a 9-0 run for the Tigers. The Hornets (3-8) responded with their own 10-0 run to bring the game within eight, 74-62. The Tigers regained control, though, to keep their eight-point lead the rest of the game, handing Alabama State their fourth loss in a row.

The Tigers shot 65% (33 of 51). Both teams shot 50% from the free-throw line.

Alabama State outscored Missouri in the final period, 38-33. Asjon Anderscon scored 23 for the Hornets, leading all players in scoring.

Up next

Missouri hosts Bethune-Cookman on Dec. 14.

Alabama State travels to Cincinnati to face the Bearcats on Dec. 17.

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Katie Windham Highlights Alabama Areas of Improvement on The Joe Gaither Show

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December 11, 2025

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Katie Windham Highlights Alabama Areas of Improvement on The Joe Gaither Show

Let’s crank up a Thursday edition of “The Joe Gaither Show on BamaCentral” with Mason Woods and Katie Windham as we start getting ready for next week’s College Football Playoff game between Alabama and Oklahoma. Windham detailed how the Crimson Tide can improve over the next few weeks, we discuss the team’s health and look back at our last road trip to Norman. The show then discusses the Heisman Trophy finalists before addressing a Kalen DeBoer coaching rumor.

The program opens by power ranking the holidays before discussing Windham’s three areas the Crimson Tide can improve over the next week. Our trio picks the easiest area the team can improve and how Alabama must perform in Norman. Windham details our last trip to Oklahoma as we go down memory lane to the Sooners’ 24-3 victory last season.

The show continues on by getting Windham’s thoughts on Alabama’a College Football Playoff selection and if the Crimson Tide actually deserved its place in the field. She brings up a unique aspect of Alabama’s blowout loss in the SEC Championship and how it played into the program’s inclusion in the College Football Playoffs.

We move from next week’s game into a small discussion on Notre Dame’s reaction of being left out of the field and how it relates to Alabama’s future home-and-home dates with the Fighting Irish. Will the two esteemed programs still face off in a few years?

The show heads into the only college football action of the weekend by highlighting the strong Heisman Trophy finalist field. Who brings home the bronze statue?

Lastly, we spend the final bit of the show talking about Michigan firing Sherrone Moore and the reports of the Wolverines considering persuing Kalen DeBeor for their next head coach. Will DeBoer leave Tuscaloosa for Ann Arbor?

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