Rick Barnes was met with resistance when he wanted to take Zakai Zeigler out of the game Tuesday night at Florida. Never mind that No. 1 Tennessee was limping to the finish line in a 30-point loss.

Rick Barnes was worried about Zakai Zeigler at halftime against Kentucky.. The Tennessee basketball coach wasn't worried about Zeigler and his right knee anymore after the game. "It was sound or ...

Rick Barnes knows the look. It’s the look Zakai Zeigler gets when he’s the player the Tennessee basketball coach expects him to be — even moreso, when Zeigler is the player he expects to be ...

Rick Barnes and Zakai Zeigler had a great exchange after their Tennessee Volunteers lost in the Elite Eight on Sunday. The Vols were the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region and lost 69-50 to the ...

Rick Barnes and Zakai Zeigler have formed an amazing bond. After losing in the Elite Eight for the second year in a row, Barnes made sure his guard knew how he felt about him.

Tennessee head basketball coach Rick Barnes met with the media on Thursday afternoon ahead of Saturday's trip to Auburn. Barnes shared his reaction to the news that Zakai Zeigler tore his ACL, how ...

Zakai Zeigler has returned from the ACL tear that prematurely ended his sophomore season, but Tennessee's junior point guard and leader hasn't returned to his best. Rick Barnes said that will ...

Tonight, Zakai Zeigler sat beside Rick Barnes during Tennessee's exhibition. Barnes asked him to so they could talk about each other's perspective of the game. Zakai was like another coach.

I love him to death," Vols coach Rick Barnes said of Zeiger. ... Follow senior point guard Zakai Zeigler around the Tennessee locker room for an NCAA Tournament weekend and you see the foundation.