No more this about Barnes:

[hUTch2002]

1. He hasn’t beaten a lower seed

2. Regular season Rick. 4 straight Sweet 16s is insane. Now for 3 straight Elite 8s!

 

[Cartervol]

Barnes should be able to stay as long as he wants to at this point. He's earned that.

 

[cncchris33]

1. He hasn’t beaten a lower seed

2. Regular season Rick. 4 straight Sweet 16s is insane. Now for 3 straight Elite 8s!

But hes only made 1 F4!!!!!!!!!

 

[VolsFan-TX]

Doesn’t he have a lifetime contract?

 

[butchna]

I was all about him taking over the program to restore credibility and establish a process. Figured it’d be a five year rental. Exceeded my expectations years ago. Some posters need to give up their tired narrative.

 

[hUTch2002]

But hes only made 1 F4!!!!!!!!!

Ha! We're not done yet. I know it's crazy, but we have a real shot this year.

 

[Volstylexx]

Ngl. He really deserves a statue at this point.

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[Just a VolinTears]

This year was his best coaching job

 

[GhostVol]

1. He hasn’t beaten a lower seed

2. Regular season Rick. 4 straight Sweet 16s is insane. Now for 3 straight Elite 8s!

And 2nd Final Four!

 

[Volstylexx]

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

I don't want to hear anything about Bruce or any other coach.... Barnes is our GOAT

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Barnes should be able to stay as long as he wants to at this point. He's earned that.

That was decided before the season started with the lifetime contract

 

[AllMidSouth65]

Vols this year under Barnes are the only team ever play two 30 win opponents in first two rounds of the tourney.

 

[JMSqb11]

1. He hasn’t beaten a lower seed

2. Regular season Rick. 4 straight Sweet 16s is insane. Now for 3 straight Elite 8s!

At Tennessee.

Crazy to think over his career that this was only his 2nd win as lower seed.

 

[DuckInAPen]

Crazy to think over his career that this was only his 2nd win as lower seed.

To what extent is this a function of 1) him getting the most out of his teams during the regular season, with the result that they're not seeded higher than their talent, and 2) his teams consistently earning low seeds and having only excellent teams seeded lower?

 

[JMSqb11]

To what extent is this a function of 1) him getting the most out of his teams during the regular season, with the result that they're not seeded higher than their talent, and 2) his teams consistently earning low seeds and having only excellent teams seeded lower?

That but he is also 71 who's been around forever. So even at smaller schools to start his career, he never really took lower tier schools into march and upset teams.

 

[TC 83]

This year was his best coaching job

100%

 

[JustFunnN'Orange]

FL just got beat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO VOLS

 

[Vol737]

JMO, but once you get to the dance, anything goes. Never know who’s going to have their best night or their most mediocre night in their last 10 or 12 games and get beat. Get to the Sweet 16, you’re among the nation’s best. That’s where anything really goes. Enjoy it. Gonna be pulling hard for the VOLS to get to the Elite 8 again. But some of y’all sound like you wanna go back to the Wade, Buzz, Kevin O’Neil days, etc. Better enjoy this because you never know what tomorrow brings. Could bring 20 years of NIT tournaments. Enjoy that.

 

[Just a VolinTears]

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

At Tennessee.

Crazy to think over his career that this was only his 2nd win as lower seed.

Our seeds the last 4 years have been 4,2,2 and 6

 

[hUTch2002]

At Tennessee.

Crazy to think over his career that this was only his 2nd win as lower seed.

Part of that, at Tennessee anyway, is he’s gotten great seeds.

 

[omghulkhands]

We just beat two 30 win teams. Wild.

 

[VolGee4]

That but he is also 71 who's been around forever. So even at smaller schools to start his career, he never really took lower tier schools into march and upset teams.

He has had close ones. He had Clemson as a 4 seed. Lost to 1 seed Minnesota in double OT.

9 seed Providence lost to 8 seed OSU by one in OT.

6 seed Texas beat 3 seed Miss. State and lost to 2 seed Oregon by 2.

7 seed Texas lost to 2 seed Duke by 5.

Looking at his brackets over the years, he has lost a bunch of close games. Half of it is coaching, but you certainly have to have luck, too. He’s gotten better with age.