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10 at 3 going live in two minutes.

Lots to talk today, as per usual.

Oklahoma coach Porter Moser: We had been playing offensively very, very well. The last five games, we've been one of the top offensive efficiency teams in the country. Not tonight. It wasn't [us]. It was Tennessee's defense.

Oklahoma coach Porter Moser on Tennessee: This wasn't one of those nights where you say, "We just didn't make shots." Tennessee made us miss those shots. They were so much more physical, and their length bothered us.

I honestly during the game thought Oklahoma did a decent job, especially early, on the glass against Tennessee.

And ... it finished 36-19 Vols.

The rate at which Tennessee doubles up opponents on the glass is outrageous. And J.P. Estrella didn't even play tonight.

Rick Barnes said that gorgeous give-and-go halfcourt play from freshmen Nate Ament and DeWayne Brown II is something he'd love to design for a set play, but that they'd mess it up if it was called that way.

He's so savage.

Rick Barnes said there's "no question" the pain in J.P. Estrella's foot is more concerning because it's the same foot that required season-ending surgery last year, but he stressed that the X-Ray this time didn't show anything really bad. But they'll be cautious until they can't.

Rick Barnes said X-rays on J.P. Estrella's sore left foot didn't show anything awful, but he thinks that foot -- the one that ended Estrella's season last year -- bothered Estrella before he admitted it to the staff, and he was mad at Estrella for not saying something sooner.

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes on being a stronger all-around player in recent games, especially in tonight's 89-66 win over Oklahoma: We've tried to tell him all year he could do this. Sometimes in practice I don't let him shoot and make him just run the team.

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes on Nate Ament taking things up a notch in January: That's when he did it. That's when Kevin Durant did it, too. In January. Same time. Same thing. I've said it all year, and I mean it -- I wouldn't trade Nate for anybody.

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes on the team communicating really well tonight: That's what we expected. In December. Not February. But we got it tonight.

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes continues to say one of the biggest reasons for Vols' alarming turnovers is how hard and fast they play defensively, and that they struggle to gear it down and play slower offensively.

He said defense is interstate driving, and offense is city driving.

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes on turning it over just seven times in tonight's 89-66 win over Oklahoma: We've been wanting to do that all year. Hopefully we can build on this.

Tennessee's Nate Ament: It's not a coincidence that we've had some problems when we get big leads. We've let up. We can't do that. We were better tonight. We answered.

Tennessee freshman forward Nate Ament: Coach Barnes tell us all the time we work hard but we're not a smart team. We're trying to become a smart team.

Ja'Kobi Gillespie's 8 steals tonight set a new Tennessee single-game record

Oklahoma coach Porter Moser on Tennessee's Felix Okpara: He's just an incredible defender at that length. Massive length. But he carries physicality, too. And he waits [to time block shots]. Just an incredible defender.

Tennessee senior forward Felix Okpara on how at 6-foot-11 he’s always able to switch on ball screens and guard any player on the floor: “Coach Barnes.”

FINAL IN KNOXVILLE: Tennessee 89, Oklahoma 66

Vols stay hot, winning their seventh in the past eight games

Another big night from Nate Ament, who dropped 29 points

UP NEXT: Saturday showdown at Vanderbilt in Nashville

With 3:35 left, Ja'Kobi Gillespie has 16 points, 6 assists, 2 rebounds and 8 steals against Oklahoma

Tennessee 79, Oklahoma 62, 3:35/2ndH

Vols on an 11-0 kill shot run that should, well, kill this game

Timeout, Sooners

Tennessee 77, Oklahoma 62, 4:24/2ndH

Vols on a 9-0 run

This Nate Ament kid might be pretty good.

Oklahoma senior Mohamaed Wague just picked up his fifth foul in 10 minutes, and he's done for the night with 6:34 left.

What are you doing there, Bishop Boswell?

That was not worth getting a fourth foul with 7:52 left.

He's GOT to stop doing this.

He got pretty sick there for a bit, and then Burg got a chance and played pretty well.

Abram's story isn't done, IMO. He'll get a chance at some point.

Tennessee 59, Oklahoma 47, 11:39/2ndH

Vols have the ball after this media timeout on the floor

Barnes talked to the officials about making sure they called contact on the other end of the floor, then the Vols ran a clear out for Nate Ament to drive to the rim. And he gets an and-1.

For those who say Barnes never works officials.

Oklahoma is in the bonus five minutes into the second half

Tennessee 56, Oklahoma 38, 15:08/2ndH

Sooners could not have played better defense there, and Nate Ament just jumps over them and hits a deep three to beat the shot clock