Rick Barnes makes Terrence Hill Jr. run stairs after airballing first 3-pointer in intra-squad scrimmage

Rick Barnes has coached the Tennessee Volunteers‘ men’s basketball program to three consecutive Elite Eight appearances. As Saturday’s intra-squad scrimmage showed, the character and mentality necessary for such a feat isn’t developed overnight. Early in Saturday’s scrimmage, VCU transfer Terrence Hill Jr. airballed a three-point attempt. Barnes, sensing an opportunity to further instill his culture, immediately sent Hill to the stands of Thompson-Boling Arena to run the stairs as punishment, presumably for poor shot selection rather than the miss itself. To Barnes’ credit, Hill immediately raised his level of play after the move. According to Volquest’s Ryan Schumpert, Hill connected...