What assistant coach Rod Clark said Thursday afternoon about No. 1 Tennessee’s game at Illinois on Saturday (5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, FOX):
Jahmai Mashack’s versatility increasing his value when Tennessee is playing shorthanded
“If you have 15 guys, he’s valuable. But Jahmai is one of , obviously, he can go all day. He’s one of those basketball players that can be exhausted but still can think, can still make plays, can still read the offense, can tip-off what they’re running and what actions we’re in. So his effort obviously was huge the other night. If he didn’t do what he did defensively down the stretch, that game would have been a lot closer than it was. Just, I mean, him guarding their five man at the end of the game and actually getting stops is what makes him so valuable and what makes it to where we feel like he’s the best defender in the country because of it.”…