"He's capable of being explosive, making those explosive plays for you," Tennessee coach RickBarnes said about Abram... "Coach Barnes has said it, we've got so many different guys that we can (play)." ... "We need him," Barnes said.
NASHVILLE − RickBarnes sat in a small room under Bridgestone Arena... Barnes had a much different tone after the Vols stumbled 75-62 to Illinois in this year’s early season loss in Nashville on Dec ... Boswell nodded in agreement before Barnes continued.
RickBarnes isn't seeing anything he didn't expect from Nate Ament nine games into his freshman season with Tennessee basketball ... "He is putting so much pressure on himself and he doesn’t need to do that," Barnes said.
02, 2025, 10.00 a.m.Tennessee coach RickBarnes has over 800 career coaching victories ... ― Syracuse’s game against Tennessee on Tuesday night will mark the return of Rick Barnes to the JMAWirelessDome ... Barnes was just 34 years old.
RickBarnes offered an update on Thursday night after Estrella missed his first game of the season. “I don’t know,” Barnes said when asked of Estrella’s status ... “It went from his foot, which I think is better now,” Barnes said of Boswell.
RickBarnes does not have a firm timeline on J.P.Estrella's return to Tennessee basketball, but he expects the sophomore forward will miss "a couple of weeks." ... Estrella missed his first game as the No ... 20 ... 17 ... He won it, then lost it, falling backward.
"Ralph burst on to the scene late and is still developing, but we are so excited about his immense potential, as he is a young man with so much in front of him,” Vols coach RickBarnes said in a school release ...Scott is the No ... Green is the No.
J.P ... “All I can tell you is a left leg injury but we don’t know what that means," Vols coach RickBarnes said on his postgame radio show. "He seems fine, but we will wait and see.” ... He had an ice pack on his left knee ... 12 ... 3 ... This story will be updated.
12 to play for the Vols and coach RickBarnes. "Manny has an impressive mentality and a clear love for the game, to go along with a natural physicality to what he does on the floor," Barnes said in a post on social media ...Green is the No.
RickBarnes read left to right on the Tennessee basketball stat sheet in front of him. The Vols shot 49%, hit 41% of their 3-pointers and didn’t shoot well at the free-throw line — then Barnes got to the number that irked him against Mercer.
Nate Ament showed RickBarnes why he'll be just fine this season after his performance in Tennessee basketball's exhibition loss to Duke... Barnes saw it on full display in the way Ament responded after the No.
The Volunteers have coach RickBarnes back with contract extension after 10 seasons and a 232-109 record that allows him to stay as long as he wants ... Barnes leads all active Division I coaches with 836 career victories.