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Rick Barnes on Tennessee Fans' 'Overrated' Chants: 'Don’t Demean What We Just Did'

The better the opponent, the better the victory looks to the NCAA men's basketball tournament selection committee.

Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes understands that and wants his team's fans to as well.

"Wherever I have been, when fans start doing that, I am like, 'Stop,'" Barnes said while explaining why he signaled for fans to stop chanting "overrated" during the closing moments of Saturday's 67-62 win over No. 3 Auburn, per Mike Wilson of the Knoxville News Sentinel. "Give us credit. Don't demean what we just did. We just beat an outstanding basketball team.