If Chaz Lanier isn’t going to shoot the basketball, Rick Barnes isn’t going to play him. That’s how simple and how direct the message was from the head coach to his star transfer Saturday night against Texas at the Moody Center in Austin.

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 immediately pulled the senior guard from the game at Texas not because of the errant pass. He was pulled for not shooting. "That play was designed for that shot," the Vols coach said. "I told him, I said, 'If you're not going to do what you're ...

Rick Barnes didn't exactly experience any Kevin Durant-like flashbacks when watching true freshman Tre Johnson carve up his elite defense. The winnin

It was a homecoming, of sorts, for former Texas coach Rick Barnes, who led the Longhorns for 17 years. Texas (11-5, 0-3 SEC) got 26 points from freshman Tre Johnson against Tennessee (15-1, 2-1), which bounced back after suffering its first loss of the ...

Rick Barnes immediately pulled the senior guard from the game at Texas not because of the errant pass. He was pulled for not shooting. "That play was designed for that shot," the Vols coach said.

No one has seen better basketball in Austin than Tennessee coach Rick Barnes, who coached the Texas basketball team from 1998-2015 and returned on Saturday as the opposing coach. Barnes ...

Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and Saquon Barkley are finalists for The Associated Press 2024 NFL Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards.

Nine players departed after Stackhouse’s firing. That prompted Byington to bring in 11 transfers, including Michigan State guard AJ Hoggard, North Texas’ leading scorer Jason Edwards, Virginia Tech sharpshooter Tyler Nickel and James Madison sophomore center Jaylen Carey.

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Tennessee Vols head coach Rick Barnes made a comment this week that has UT basketball fans wondering how much longer he'll coach. While speaking at the Big Orange Tipoff club, Barnes said that doesn't know if he'd "still be doing it" if not for Vols guard Zakai Zeigler.

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs beat the Indiana Pacers 140-110 in Paris, France. San Antonio outscored Indiana 45-23 in the third en route to the win. Victor Wembanyama finished with 30 points and 11 rebounds. Harrison Barnes had 20, and Chris Paul had three and seven assists.