Rick Barnes knows where the retirement rumors likely started. It was back in January, when the Tennessee Basketball coach was speaking to the Big Orange Tip-Off Club. Barnes was discussing the impact Zakai Zeigler has had on the Vols over the last four years and how hard it was to think about coaching without his senior point guard

"I think God will make it perfectly clear when me he wants me to step down and my time will be up, but it’s not now," Barnes said.