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 coached at Texas for 17 seasons, winning more than 400 games before he was fired in 2015 and hired at Tennessee.

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.

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.

Chaz Lanier is averaging 8.3 points per game in his past three SEC games after scoring five in Tennessee's win against Georgia.

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

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.

Darlinstone Dubar had 12 points and six rebounds in Tennessee basketball's 74-70 win at Texas. He hit a season-high three 3-pointers.

Rick Barnes has already done this. The Tennessee basketball coach is returning to Texas again, going back to his home for 17 years and to the school he coached to more than 400 wins. There is one ...