A year ago, if you were to tell anyone in the know around college basketball that Rick Barnes was a lame duck coach, that statement would not have been met with too much skepticism.

Texas had lost its four leading scorers—two of whom transferred along with two other rotation players—off a dysfunctional team that was pretty mediocre. Barnes had gone another year missing out on the best recruits the state of Texas had to offer.

The brand was stale. The future looked bleak.

On Wednesday, the image rehabilitation was in full force on n...

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