INDIANAPOLIS — Tennessee coach Rick Barnes left open the likelihood his subsequent loss might be his closing sport on the sideline because the Vols put together to face Kentucky within the Candy 16 on Friday night time.
Barnes stated at Lucas Oil Stadium on Thursday afternoon he’s following religion to determine whether or not to proceed teaching as rumors swirl he knowledgeable the college of his plans to retire.
“I believe God will make it completely clear when he desires me to step down and my time might be up. However it’s not now,” Barnes stated. “Whether it is, I do not really feel that. However I really like teaching basketball. I really like being round it. I do know proper now how exhausting we’re working proper now. We have already had a younger man on campus after we bought again Saturday, Sunday, we had a younger man on campus that dedicated to us. We’re already planning to have a crew subsequent yr. I absolutely plan to be part of it.”
Barnes has Tennessee within the Candy 16 for the third consecutive yr. He has 835 teaching wins.
Barnes stated he made a remark to senior level guard Zakai Zeigler after an preliminary report of his imminent retirement that it could be “exhausting teaching with out a man like that.”
“I meant that, however I might have stated that about my first level guard at George Mason 30 some years in the past Amp Davis. I beloved teaching him,” Barnes stated. “And I believe after that, individuals thought as a result of I am a younger man now, that it is perhaps my final yr. However the truth is, I’ve put all of it in God’s arms. I am going to know as a result of he’ll make it clear to me.”
–Jeff Reynolds, Discipline Stage Media
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