After dropping to 0-2 in SEC play after a narrow loss to Auburn, Texas basketball welcomes No. 1 Tennessee and former coach Rick Barnes to Austin.

Rick Barnes coached at Texas for 17 seasons, winning more than 400 games before he was fired in 2015 and hired at Tennessee.

Tennessee basketball scored the fewest points in a game under Rick Barnes in its 73-43 loss at Florida on Tuesday.

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes walked into the locker room and delivered a brief message to his downtrodden team: “This is good for us.”

Alex Condon chipped in 12 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double this season as the Gators (14-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) beat a No. 1 team for the third time in school history — the first in six tries at home — and extended their home-winning streak to 16.

Florida basketball outscored Tennessee in the paint and outrebounded UT in its historic win over the No. 1 Vols

The SEC is looking like an early-season powerhouse, with six teams in the top 10 of Monday’s AP Top 25 poll. But only one unbeaten remains — top-ranked Tennessee, which ships its 14-0 record down to the swamp against a formidable foe in No.

Alijah Martin scored 18 points, Denzel Aberdeen added 16 and No. 8 Florida controlled the game from the outset while steamrolling top-ranked Tennessee 73-43 on Tuesday night in Southeastern Conference play at Gainesville,

In front of 11,011 fans Tuesday night in Gainesville, No. 8 Florida thumped top-ranked Tennessee 73-43 to knock off the last unbeaten team in Division I men's basketball, an authoritative performance that gave the Gators a 14-1 record this season.

Alex Condon chipped in 12 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double this season as the Gators beat a No. 1 team for the third time in school history.