VIDEO: SEC Referee Bumps Stationary Rick Barnes, Acts Like Barnes Initiated the Contact

Texas A&M beat Tennessee on Tuesday night, 63-58. Towards the end of the game, Volunteers' coach Rick Barnes stood incredulously on the sideline while the officials went to review a call. As referee Mike Nance walked by, he bumped Barnes and had some words for the coach as if Barnes was the one to initiate contact.

Watch as official Mike Nance walk into a totally standing still Rick Barnes and appears to accuse Barnes of making contact. Smh pic.twitter.com/JZu4Bj1GwJ
— Austin Price (@AustinPriceless) January 29, 2020

Barnes addressed the incident after the game, but mostly held his tongue, saying he trusted the SEC would look into the game and address what happened.

#Vols coach Rick Barnes on being bumped by official Mike Nance: I have faith in the SEC office. I trust them to look at that and look at this game in general and do the right thing. There’s a lot of things I want to say but I won’t because I trust our league’s office.
— Wes Rucker (@wesrucker247) January 29, 2020

Tennessee dropped to 12-8 on the season with the loss. After winning 31 games and making the Sweet 16 last season, they're going to need to get things going over the next month if they even want to make the NCAA tournament.