Chaz Lanier had 10 points on 3-for-11 shooting in Tennessee basketball's 74-70 win at Texas on Saturday, which included a stern Rick Barnes lesson.
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes gave leading scorer Chaz Lanier a quick hook just 11 seconds into the second half on Saturday at Texas, benching him for peeling off a screen and hurling an errant pass into the bench area.
Rick Barnes, the former Texas basketball coach, was impressed by the star freshman for the Longhorns after Tennessee held on for a road win Saturday.
Rick Barnes called Zakai Zeigler a "comfort blanket" after Tennessee basketball beat Georgia on Wednesday.
Rick Barnes coached at Texas for 17 seasons, winning more than 400 games before he was fired in 2015 and hired at Tennessee.
With the University of Tennessee Vols men’s basketball team having another outstanding season under coach Rick Barnes, it is easy to assume fans' passion for the program has reached a new level.
Rick Barnes didn't exactly experience any Kevin Durant-like flashbacks when watching true freshman Tre Johnson carve up his elite defense. The winnin
Rick Barnes had a few simple words for Jonas Aidoo on Saturday when the Tennessee basketball coach met the former Vols player in the postgame handshake line. "I shook his hand and I hugged him and I said, 'Jonas, I love you.' And I do love him," Barnes said.
Tennessee basketball plays at Vanderbilt on Saturday in the first meeting with coach Mark Byington's Commodores.
Tennessee basketball and Vanderbilt play Saturday in Nashville for the first meeting since Mark Byington was hired as the Commodores coach.
ESPN announced Friday that "College GameDay" will be on hand when Tennessee basketball plays at Auburn on Jan. 25.