{"id":577249,"date":"2026-02-02T12:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/577249\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:32:19","slug":"rick-barnes-goes-on-wild-betting-rant-after-college-basketball-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/577249\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Barnes goes on wild betting rant after college basketball win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/cbb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College basketball<\/a> has had a growing problem with sports betting in recent years, and Tennessee Volunteers head coach Rick Barnes awkwardly addressed the situation over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Volunteers beat Auburn in a critical SEC matchup Saturday, but following the game Barnes confused media in his postgame press conference with a comment.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Despite winning the game, Barnes brought up Tennessee\u2019s bad passes throughout the win. This prompted him to make a wild joke that some college basketball fans think might be serious.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/tennessees-social-media-trolls-charles-bediako-college-basketball-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee\u2019s social media mocks Charles Bediako after college basketball return<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Sometimes I wonder if my guys are betting on games&quot; \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes on his team&#39;s bad passes Saturday vs. Auburn.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaigeDauerFDP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@PaigeDauerFDP<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0my9MQFp5G\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0my9MQFp5G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YahooSports\/status\/2017953543450194221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I wonder if my guys are betting on games,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yahoosports\/status\/2017953543450194221?s=46&amp;t=Jw-vWWfy1XUh85ag-kYdng\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barnes joked after stepping up to the microphone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>While Rick Barnes\u2019 comment was certainly out of pocket, the NCAA is going through a situation that recently developed where many schools were affected by betting. Back in November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/college-basketball-gambling-scandal-looms-amid-ncaa-federal-investigation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">over 30 players were investigated<\/a> by the NCAA.<\/p>\n<p>This came after the NBA had its own issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/heat-guard-terry-rozier-and-trail-blazers-coach-chauncey-billups-arrested-in-fbi-sports-betting-probe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups<\/a> and others as part of various sports betting and illegal poker games.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>MORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/murray-state-star-reminds-college-basketball-fans-nba-legend-larry-bird\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Murray State star reminds college basketball fans of NBA legend Larry Bird<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/default-9-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118496\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Volunteers head coach Rick Barnes talks to this players against the Georgia Bulldogs. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee isn\u2019t currently ranked as March Madness approaches, but Barnes is certainly keeping the team in the spotlight with some of his recent remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy free coverage of the top news &amp; trending stories on The Big Lead <\/a>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>NFL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/ranking-the-greatest-super-bowl-performances-ever-by-a-quarterback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ranking the greatest Super Bowl quarterback performances<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/bucks-star-giannis-antetokounmpo-mom-hints-next-nba-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s mom hints at next NBA team<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/mets-sign-former-dodgers-world-series-champion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mets sign former Dodgers World Series champion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SPORTS MEDIA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/mattress-mack-reveals-massive-2-million-super-bowl-60-wager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mattress Mack reveals massive $2 million Super Bowl 60 wager<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENTERTAINMENT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/wwe-star-calls-pat-mcafee-reveal-shocking-2026-royal-rumble-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WWE star calls Pat McAfee to reveal shocking 2026 Royal Rumble return<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VIRAL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/kendall-jenner-halts-interview-for-tom-brady-super-bowl-60-prediction-on-facetime\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall Jenner halts interview for Tom Brady Super Bowl 60 prediction on FaceTime<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"College basketball has had a growing problem with sports betting in recent years, and Tennessee Volunteers head coach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,231,772,1544,7926,1797],"class_list":["post-577249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-rick-barnes","tag-tennessee-volunteers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116001056495471131","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}