When Santiago Vescovi was ruled out for the game with the flu, Mashack did what he has done all season. That is to help lead this team.
Mashack has been a leader for UT all season long and in the NCAA Tournament he had to step up and did. He made his presence known all over the stat sheet with 4 points, 8 rebounds 2 assists 2 blocks and 2 steals as Tennessee won 82-75.
“I’m always ready, always prepared and always wanting that willpower to win”‘ he said after the Sweet 16 win over Creighton.
It wasn’t his first start of the season, but certainly the biggest one.
Mashack started the first six games of the season as Zakai Zeigler got back to full speed following his torn ACL injury he suffered the prior season.
Even when Mashack went back to the bench when Zeigler returned to being a …