Tennessee to hire Rick Barnes

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12588541/tennessee...

Tennessee is close to a deal with former Texas head coach Rick Barnes after firing Donnie Tyndall after one year because of NCAA violations which many knew about at the time of his hiring. Cuonzo (spelling?) Martin left the year before after a Sweet Sixteen run for Cal because he didn't get along with the Athletic office and the fans. Bruce Pearl preceded him and we all know what happened there.

Now they hire Barnes, a guy who had a team with Kevin Durant, DJ Augustine, and LeMarcus Aldridge and lost in the second round. Let me repeat that: A TEAM WITH KEVIN DURANT, DJ AUGUSTINE, AND LEMARCUS ALDRIDGE LOST IN THE SECOND ROUND TO USC EVEN THOUGH KD SCORED 30 POINTS. This years team was loaded and got an 11 seed and lost in the first round. He's inspired the hashtag #Barnesing which is on the level of #Crean and #Haith. He will out-recruit us every year and then we'll outperform UT with less every year, I'm actually giddy.

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