Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes didn’t mince words when he revealed why he sat the team’s leading scorer, Chaz Lanier, in Saturday’s win over the Texas Longhorns.

"The best of the best I have seen go through some periods where they struggled to shoot," Vols coach Rick Barnes said. "It is not the easiest thing in the world. I don’t worry about Chaz." ...

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 ...

What Rick Barnes said before practice Thursday afternoon at Pratt Pavilion, looking back at Tennessee’s 73-43 loss at Florida ...

Tennessee basketball had its worst offensive game in Rick Barnes' 10 seasons, but Barnes' main concern was elsewhere in the ...

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 ...

Tipoff from Rick Barnes' old stomping grounds is scheduled ... Zakai is such a competitive player. He was mad when I took him out of the game. He played 36 minutes. That's just who he is.

But Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes took it to a new level this weekend. Chaz Lanier is one of the top scorers for the Volunteers. He is averaging 19 points per game ...

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.