The Vols lost at Florida, but won at Texas in those low-scoring games for the high-scoring Lanier. "I have told Chaz all along he doesn't have to score the ball for us to win," Barnes said.

No one has seen better basketball in Austin than Tennessee coach Rick Barnes ... Johnson leads Texas with 18.9 points on 47.5% shooting from the floor, and he’s made a team-high 37 3-pointers ...

After the game, Barnes talked about Texas freshman Tre Johnson. The star guard is a projected top-five lottery pick in the 2025 NBA draft. He put his talent on full display with a game-high 26 ...

The ESPN broadcast of Saturday’s game at Texas noted that Barnes has shown Lanier film of former Tennessee guard Santiago Vescovi to show him how hard Vescovi would come off screens to get open.

You can't," Barnes said when asked by Texas Longhorns on SI ... TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Johnson finished with a game-high 26 points on 11 of 17 shooting anf 4 of 8 from deep.

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 ...