John Fulkerson’s status for the NCAA Tournament is still unknown as of Wednesday. Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes met with the media ahead of his team’s matchup with Oregon State on Friday, but didn’t offer much of an update on Fulkerson.
“John is day-by-day and that’s where we are with that,” Barnes said directly.
Fulkerson took two elbows to the face last Friday from Florida forward Omar Payne, who has since apologized. Fulkerson spent time in a Nashville hospital, before travelling back to Knoxville to see a specialist. He could be seen on the sidelines on Saturday with a nasty looking black eye.