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  • • The ‘Trust’ Factor That Helped Darian DeVries Outrecruit Matt Painter, Rick Barnes for a Top 2027 Recruit
    Chase Branham commits to Indiana, citing trust in coach Darian DeVries as a key factor in choosing the Hoosiers over top programs....2025
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  • • Tennessee Basketball Gives Coach Rick Barnes Lifetime Contract
    University of Tennessee men’s basketball head coach Rick Barnes reportedly signed a lifetime contract Thursday to remain with the Volunteers for as long as he wants to coach. “Rick has taken our program to unprecedented heights, and we are absolutely thrilled to have him continue coaching on Rocky Top for the rest of his career,” […] The post Tennessee Basketball Gives Coac...2025
  • Nate Ament Commits To Tennessee
    • Nate Ament Commits To Tennessee
    Forward Nate Ament has committed to the University of Tennessee. Ament is a top-five recruit in the class of 2025 and was the top uncommitted recruit. "Coach [Rick] Barnes sees me as a one-and-done type player," Ament said. "He has done it before with Kevin Durant. He sees me as that kind of guy for his program. I built a great relationship with the coaching staff. I trust them a lot, and they hav...2025
  • Tennessee men’s basketball can put the narratives to bed forever in March Madness
    • Tennessee men’s basketball can put the narratives to bed forever in March Madness
    Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images After Friday night’s throttling of Kentucky, the Volunteers are one win away from the accomplishment that has eluded the program forever. No major American sport loves its narratives, and views them more as absolutes, than men’s college basketball. Mike Krzyzewski just can’t win the big one. A freshman-led team will ne...2025
  • Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness
    • Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness
    Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images If you can only watch one men’s Sweet 16 game this year, which should it be? The 2025 NCAA Tournament was missing upsets and a lot of drama during opening weekend. But the lack of Cinderella stories and double-digit seeds advancing means a Sweet 16 filled with gigantic matchups between power conference opponents. With only the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC r...2025
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  • Sweet 16 coaches, ranked by who’s facing the most pressure in 2025 men’s March Madness
    • Sweet 16 coaches, ranked by who’s facing the most pressure in 2025 men’s March Madness
    Bob Donnan-Imagn Images Jon Scheyer will be feeling the heat this weekend, but not quite as much as one of his counterparts. The NCAA tournament’s second weekend brings a heightened level of pressure for every coach and every player fortunate enough to participate in it. For some, though, the stakes are just a little bit higher than everyone else. Let’s rank the level of pressure on the ...2025

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  • • Tennessee men’s basketball can put the narratives to bed forever in March Madness
    2025
  • • Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness
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  • March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
    • March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
    Rob Kinnan-Imagn Images Let’s rank the best players in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament College basketball is in a state of transition, and so too is the idea of the modern college basketball star. The defining players in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament do not fit in any particular box. They come from every corner of the world, in all shapes and sizes, each with their own idiosyncratic stren...2025
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  • College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked
    • College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked
    Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Here are the most disappointing teams in men’s college basketball so far. Expectations are a slippery slope in this new era of college basketball. With every player in the country essentially on a one-year deal, coaches face the monumental task of keeping their top players on campus, surrounding them with the right fits in the transfer portal, and addin...2025
  • 9 college basketball teams that can win men’s national championship in 2025, ranked by likelihood
    • 9 college basketball teams that can win men’s national championship in 2025, ranked by likelihood
    Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images These are the teams capable of winning it all in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament. What does it take to win a national championship in men’s college basketball? Winning six games through the bracket requires balance, star-power, and a lot of luck. With the 2025 NCAA tournament around the corner, this year’s March Madness will be no different. Since 2002...2025
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  • College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
    • College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
    David Butler II-Imagn Images The top-25 teams in men’s college basketball for 2024-2025 season, previewed by our experts Another chapter in college basketball begins on Monday as the 2024-25 season kicks off. Last April, UConn, led by head coach Dan Hurley, cut down the nets in at the national championship in Arizona, beating Purdue 75-60. With the transfer portal, new incoming freshmen...2024
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  • Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
    • Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
    Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Let’s rank the teams in the Elite Eight of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament by who has the best chance to win it all. The Elite Eight in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament is set. Three No. 1 seeds are still left standing, but only one No. 2 seed remains after two days of carnage in the Sweet 16. Remember: this was only the fifth time since 1985 all the top-2...2024
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  • Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness
    • Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness
    Photo by Joe Murphy/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Let’s rank the Sweet 16 field in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament by their national championship chances. The first weekend of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament had it all. There were upsets (bye, Kentucky), there were new stars born (hello, D.J. Burns and Jack Gohlke), and there were exciting finishes. After four days, the tournament is now left wit...2024
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  • NBA mock draft 2024: These March Madness prospects can rise up boards in NCAA tournament
    • NBA mock draft 2024: These March Madness prospects can rise up boards in NCAA tournament
    Here’s our latest 2024 NBA mock as March Madness kicks off. There’s no greater platform for a college basketball player to start building their reputation and their bank account than March Madness. With the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament now here, another field of players gets the opportunity to put themselves on the radar for future professional opportunities. Certain players have more at stake than ...2024
  • 5 college basketball fanbases with most at stake in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
    • 5 college basketball fanbases with most at stake in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
    Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images March Madness puts everyone edge, but there are five fan bases that are especially tense heading into this year’s NCAA tournament. The line between glory and indignity is brutally thin in March. One bounce of a ball can be the difference between a contract extension and a trip to the unemployment line. The difference between never h...2024

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  • • NBA mock draft 2024: These March Madness prospects can rise up boards in NCAA tournament
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Chaz Lanier, G, Tennessee Rick Barnes discovered a winning formula at Tennessee last year by keeping his elite defensive core in place and going out to the transfer portal to find a scorer."

  • 2024
    "Is this the year Rick Barnes finally breaks through again in March?"

  • 2023
    "Team that was the biggest disappointment Tennessee It’s nights and days like these that you hope Rick Barnes isn’t Twitter name searcher."

  • 2022
    "How Heat's P.J. Tucker paved the way for Celtics' Grant Williams, as told by their college coach Rick Barnes"

  • 2021
    "Andy Katz sits down with Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes to discuss the preparation and emotions of March Madness."

  • 2020
    "Rick Barnes joined this week's episode of March Madness 365 to build his career dream player."

  • 2019
    "Rick Barnes' Vols are 12-1 with 11 double-digit victories"

  • 2018
    "Tennessee's Rick Barnes gave an assistant coach extra money, then had to self-report to NCAA"

  • 2017
    "Tennessee's upset of Purdue is further proof Rick Barnes is turning Volunteers around"

  • 2016
    "  Rick Barnes made it clear to me the next season that he was happy to see his roster turn over."

  • 2015
    "My college coach, Rick Barnes, said that every big-time player has to have a go-to move and a counter move."

  • 2014
    "After two years spent racking up reps under Rick Barnes at the University of Texas, eyes and drooling smiles of scouts about him all the while, he entered the 2006 NBA draft as one of the most promising projects in years."

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Rick Barnes trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Tennessee Basketball Gives Coach Rick Barnes Lifetime Contract
    2025
  • • Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness
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  • • Sweet 16 coaches, ranked by who’s facing the most pressure in 2025 men’s March Madness
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  • • March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
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  • • College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked
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  • • 9 college basketball teams that can win men’s national championship in 2025, ranked by likelihood
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  • • College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
    2024
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  • • Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
    2024
  • • Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness
    2024
  • The Best and Worst from Day 3 of March Madness
    • The Best and Worst from Day 3 of March Madness
    Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images A pair of overtime games in Pittsburgh highlighted the first day of second round action in the 2024 NCAA tournament. Let’s get right into it. March Madness’ 3 best games of Day 3 1. (11) NC State 79, (14) Oakland 73 (OT) (South) The first overtime game of the two played in Pittsburgh Saturday night was the best second round game the tournament has shown ...2024

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  • • Tennessee men’s basketball can put the narratives to bed forever in March Madness
    2025
  • • Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness
    2025
  • • Sweet 16 coaches, ranked by who’s facing the most pressure in 2025 men’s March Madness
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  • • March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
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  • • College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked
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  • • 9 college basketball teams that can win men’s national championship in 2025, ranked by likelihood
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  • • College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
    2024
    See also Dan Hurley
  • • Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
    2024
  • • Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness
    2024
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  • • The Best and Worst from Day 3 of March Madness
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  • • College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked
    2025
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  • • College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season
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  • • Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
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  • • Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness
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  • • The Best and Worst from Day 3 of March Madness
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  • • NBA mock draft 2024: These March Madness prospects can rise up boards in NCAA tournament
    2024
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  • March Madness’ top-50 players in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament, ranked
    • March Madness’ top-50 players in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament, ranked
    Let’s rank the 50 best players in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. March Madness feels like the culmination of a lifelong journey for so many of the athletes who have dedicated their lives to the game of basketball. Fans don’t don’t see the long hours in the gym spent honing their skills and their bodies, but when the NCAA tournament comes around, suddenly the whole country is invested in the outco...2024
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  • UConn got screwed in March Madness draw, and 9 other reactions from men’s NCAA bracket release
    • UConn got screwed in March Madness draw, and 9 other reactions from men’s NCAA bracket release
    Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Let the bracket breaking down begin. We have a bracket, and now we have three days to talk about it. Let’s start immediately. Here are 10 immediate thoughts on this year’s field of 68: 1. It ... kind seems like UConn got a raw deal? Widely pegged as the best team in the country for the better part of this season, Connecticut is looking to become college basketb...2024
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  • 8 college basketball teams that can win 2024 men’s national championship
    • 8 college basketball teams that can win 2024 men’s national championship
    Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If they aren’t on this list, you’re not picking them to win the whole thing in your bracket next month. Let me make this clear from the outset: This is not a power ranking. This is not a list of the eight best teams in college basketball as I see it, nor is it necessary of a list of the teams that I expect to be the eight best a m...2024
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  • Believe it or not, Tennessee is Final Four good
    • Believe it or not, Tennessee is Final Four good
    Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Tennessee men’s basketball can change every narrative with a Final Four run No major American sport loves its narratives, and views them more as absolutes, than men’s college basketball. Mike Krzyzewski just can’t win the big one. Virginia’s style will never translate to NCAA tournament success. A freshman-led team will never cut down the nets. No maj...2024
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  • SEC basketball coaches said they were built for March Madness, then got embarrassed
    • SEC basketball coaches said they were built for March Madness, then got embarrassed
    Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The SEC could not have had a worse start to March Madness. SEC basketball is having a no good, very bad, rotten start to the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. As upsets have started to inflict the bracket in March Madness, a common theme is appearing: SEC teams are more often than not on the wrong side of a Cinderella story. Eight SEC teams made the field of ...2024
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  • • San Antonio Spurs' Free-Agent Moves Set Stage for LaMarcus Aldridge's Arrival
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  • • 2016 NBA Draft Prospects: Breaking Down the Pro Future of Sheldon McClellan
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  • • March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
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  • • Myles Turner Declares for 2015 NBA Draft: Latest Details and Reaction
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  • • Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness
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  • • The best and worst of everything from Thursday’s Sweet 16
    Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports The first day of regional semifinal action treated us to the two best games of the tournament so far. Two absolute classics, a potential tournament favorite emerging, and the top play of March to date. Let’s get to all of it. Best game (3) Kansas State 98, (7) Michigan State 93 (OT) (East) The game of the tournament so far, and I didn’t think the runner-up...2023
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  • • Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
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  • • Tennessee Confidential: Vols are headed back to the Sweet 16
    Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes called his starting point guard Zakai Zeigler an “ironman” after he played the full 40 minutes to hang on for a win over Texas. Our Tennessee confidential crew got an all-access look at the Vols as they advanced to the Sweet 16....2024
  • NCAA tournament conference records show ACC flourishing, others floundering at Sweet 16
    • NCAA tournament conference records show ACC flourishing, others floundering at Sweet 16
    Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Here’s how the biggest conference in college basketball are performing during the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. The ACC and Big East were the big winners during the opening weekend of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. Nearly half the remaining Sweet 16 comes from those two conferences as schools from the ACC and Big East were a combined 7-0 in the Round of 32....2024
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  • • Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness
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  • • Tennessee men’s basketball can put the narratives to bed forever in March Madness
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  • • Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
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  • • NCAA tournament conference records show ACC flourishing, others floundering at Sweet 16
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