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.

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

Few people know Kevin Durant better as a player than Tennessee Volunteers head coach Rick Barnes. That’s because he was Durant’s head coach when he was a college athlete for the Texas Longhorns, giving Barnes insight into the star from a young age.

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

COACHING:Why Rick Barnes benched Chaz Lanier vs. Texas: Not doing what he's 'paid to do' Shooting is a given, and Dubar made multiple 3-pointers for the first time at Tennessee on Saturday.

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 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 ...

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.

After beating Texas, Tennessee head basketball coach Rick Barnes addressed Longhorns freshman Tre Johnson. Barnes shut down comparisons between Johnson and former Texas superstar Kevin Durant, who Barnes coached in the 2006-07 season when he was coaching the Longhorns.