No. 1 Tennessee suffered its first loss of the season on Tuesday night, getting walloped on the road by a very talented Florida team in a 73-43 blowout. Coach Rick Barnes knows if his team isn’t locked in more is on the way.
What Rick Barnes said before practice Thursday afternoon at Pratt Pavilion, looking back at Tennessee’s 73-43 loss at Florida on Tuesday and previewing Saturday’s game at Texas: What he saw from the Tennessee loss at Florida when he watched the tape “Basically what I said after the game.
Chaz Lanier is averaging 8.3 points per game in his past three SEC games after scoring five in Tennessee's win against Georgia.
Tennessee basketball hit the lowest of lows in the Rick Barnes era after their loss to SEC rival, Florida on Tuesday.
No. 1 Tennessee basketball will look to bounce back from its ugly loss at No. 8 Florida earlier this week when it plays at Texas on Saturday night. Tipoff from Rick Barnes' old stomping grounds is ...
Rick Barnes immediately pulled the senior guard from the game at ... back-to-back games after having at least 17 points in 10 straight games. The Vols lost at Florida, but won at Texas in those low-scoring games for the high-scoring Lanier.
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' first remark to the Tennessee basketball team was positive Tuesday. The coach told his players that its 30-point loss at Florida would ultimately be good for the No. 1 Vols.
Tennessee basketball spent five weeks ranked No. 1 before falling in the polls in back-to-back weeks following losses to Florida and Vanderbilt.
Tennessee trailed Vanderbilt 76-74 with 2.8 seconds left and Chaz Lanier at the free-throw line. Lanier sunk his first free throw, allowing Volunteers fans to take a breath. However, the Volunteers standout missed his second attempt and Tennessee ultimately lost 76-75.
Rick Barnes didn’t mince words about No. 6 Tennessee‘s costly defensive lapses in Saturday’s 76-75 upset loss vs. unranked Vanderbilt inside Nashville’s Memorial Gymnasium. Especially when the culprits of those lapses are two of the Volunteers’ most veteran players.
Chaz Lanier had 2 free throws at the end of Tennessee basketball's game vs Vanderbilt, making one but missing the 2nd that would have tied the game.