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Rick Barnes Adds to Postseason Bonus Total With Win Over Texas

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Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes continues to rack up bonus money this year with $600,000 heading his way over the first weekend of the tournament. According to USA Today sports writer and editor Steve Berkowitz, Barnes’ season bonus total is now up to $1 million. Berkowitz’s report states that the ninth-year Tennessee coach received $400,000 […]

WATCH: Tennessee Players React to March Madness Win Over Texas

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(2) Tennessee is heading to the Sweet 16 after knocking (7) Texas out of the NCAA Tournament with a 62-58 win on Saturday night in Charlotte, North Carolina. While Tennessee struggled to shoot the ball throughout the game, especially from the perimeter, the Vols survived and advanced past the Longhorns behind a strong defensive performance. […]

Role Players Step Up As Tennessee Basketball Grits Past Texas

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It all looks easy for Tennessee basketball when stars Dalton Knecht, Zakai Zeigler and Jonas Aidoo play well on the offensive end. A question for the Vols this NCAA Tournament was what would happen if two of those guys struggle on the offensive end. In Saturday night’s 62-58 Round of 32 victory against […]

Tennessee Basketball Does Rick Barnes Things In Win Over Texas

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tennessee basketball’s NCAA Tournament matchup against Texas was aptly named the Rick Barnes’ bowl due to the veteran head coach’s ties to both schools. It was a Rick Barnes type of game. The 69-year old head coach’s identity is still in the Texas program with his former assistant Rodney Terry being the Longhorns’ […]

Social Media Reacts to Tennessee’s March Madness Win Over Texas

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(2) Tennessee knocked (7) Texas out of the NCAA Tournament with a 62-58 win that was anything but pretty on Saturday night in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tennessee didn’t need it to be pretty, though. On a day when Tennessee’s offense shot 33.8 percent from the floor and 12 percent from three-point land, the Vols’ defense […]

RTI Reaction: Talking Tennessee Basketball’s NCAA Tournament Win Over Texas

Tennessee basketball is heading back to the Sweet 16 after outlasting Texas 62-58 in the Round of 32 on Saturday night in Charlotte. The Vols had one of their worst shooting performances of the season, making just three-of-25 three-point attempts on a night where both Zakai Zeigler and Dalton Knecht were uncharacteristically quiet on the […]

WATCH: Tennessee HC Rick Barnes, Texas HC Rodney Terry React to Vols’ Sweet 16 Berth

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Tennessee advanced to their second straight Sweet 16 with a win over 7-seed Texas on Saturday night in Charlotte, North Carolina. While the game wasn’t pretty for any stretch of the 40-minute contest, Tennessee lived out the old March Madness cliche: Survive and advance. Tennessee survived and advanced past Texas with a 62-58 victory in […]

Tennessee Basketball To Face Creighton In The Sweet 16

It’s March Madness but there’s a whole lot of chalk in the Midwest Region so far. Two-seed Tennessee advanced to the Sweet 16 on Saturday and they now know its opponent. The Vols will face three-seed Creighton after the Blue Jays defeated 11-seed Oregon 86-73 in double overtime in the wee hours of Sunday morning. […]