Tennessee Vols basketball coach Rick Barnes has a terrific idea on how to keep his players from fouling on three-point attempts
The Tennessee Vols have developed a bad habit this season that head coach Rick Barnes is hoping to see end. For whatever reason, it feels like the Vols foul an opponent on a three-point attempt once a week. It happened again on Tuesday night in Tennessee's 68-56 win against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. After the […]
The Tennessee Vols have developed a bad habit this season that head coach Rick Barnes is hoping to see end.
For whatever reason, it feels like the Vols foul an opponent on a three-point attempt once a week.
It happened again on Tuesday night in Tennessee's 68-56 win against the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
After the game, Barnes pointed out that some NBA teams make any player who commits a foul on a three-point attempt buy dinner for the entire team at a high-end restaurant.
"Winning is hard," said Barnes on Tuesday night. "You can play hard [in] some games and it's not enough because of a few mistakes here or there. It could be leaving your feet [or] fouling three-point shooters. You shouldn't foul three-point shooters. You shouldn't. I wish I could do the NBA rule. I think in the NBA if you foul a three-point shooter, you gotta buy everybody's dinner at a high-end restaurant. Maybe we should implement that now. But the fact is, do you know how much we talked about not fouling a three-point shooter after games all year? And I bet you we're leading the nation in it. I don't know if they keep that stat. We come out and do it again tonight. Can't do it."
Players are earning NIL money these days — something that Barnes reminded Vols guard Chaz Lanier of recently — so it's not out of the question that something like this could be implemented.
And I'm sure it would instantly cut down on how often Tennessee's players foul three-point shooters. High-end dinners for the entire team, which would probably included support staff and assistant coaches, could get pricey in a hurry.
