re: Barnes Is Wearing a Burnt Orange Tie at His Intro Press Conference

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The joys of 21st century media...people debating about the damn tie he is wearing at his press conference.

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From what I heard, he hit all the right notes - talked about his experiences talking basketball with Coach Pat Summitt, Coach Ray Mears, and how much he loved the Ernie and Bernie show. Also, he talked about all the trips he made to campus and going to football games here when his then-girlfriend invited him and getting to see Condredge Holloway play.

For some reason, as soon as it went to the Q&A the microphones went nuts. He went through 4 and eventually local news gave up. I think one of the press folks must've turned something on for that accidentally interfered with the mics because the one thing UT has always been good at is pressers. Gotta love technology.

UT typically records these tho so hopefully we can watch the presser that way later. If not, local news channels are doing their own Q&A interviews which may well be better than the presser since all the tv stations will get to ask question.