Today On Rocky Top: Vols Closing In On Rick Barnes
By Zach Ragan
From The Daily Times
"Multiple media outlets reported Monday afternoon that Tennessee has offered a contract to former Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes and that the two sides are close to an agreement.Barnes was fired Sunday after a 17-year career at Texas. The Vols fired first-year coach Donnie Tyndall during an early-morning meeting Friday amid an NCAA investigation at his former school, Southern Miss.Read more at The Daily Times"
From WBIR
"The longest stretch in the history of the Lady Vols without a Final Four appearance will continue for at least one more season.Tennessee’s run through the NCAA Tournament came to an end Monday night as top-seeded Maryland eliminated the Lady Vols for the second consecutive season, 58-48, in the Spokane Region championship.Read more at WBIR"
From The Knoxville News Sentinel
"Jalen Reeves-Maybin might have looked forward to giving Alvin Kamara a welcome-back-to-the-SEC moment Saturday in Tennessee’s first practice in pads of the spring.Problem was, the junior linebacker never got close enough to the junior college transfer tailback to lay much of a hit on him.“I didn’t, unfortunately,” Reeves-Maybin said Saturday. “Unfortunately. Some guys got him, but you know what? You gotta catch him. He’s a fast guy. He gets on the edge and everyone’s gotta make sure they’re taking good angles.”Read more at The Knoxville News Sentinel"