– || 15.0 Playoffs |- |style="text-align:left;"|1960 |style="text-align:left;"|Syracuse |3||–||21.3||.316||–||.857||4.7||1.3||–||–||10.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1961 |style="text-align:left;"|Syracuse |8||–||28.3||.438||–||.722||4.5||1.5||–||–||15.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1963 |style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers |13||–||28.5||.470||–||.794||2.9||1.6||–||–||16.8 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1964 |style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers |5||–||30.8||.404||–||.844||1.6||3.4||–||–||13.8 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1965 |style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers |10||–||28.7||.480||–||.795||3.0||3.3||–||–||17.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1968 |style="text-align:left;"|New York |6||–||35.2||.521||–||.724||4.5||3.5||–||–||23.8 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1969 |style="text-align:left;"|New York |10||–||40.2||.399||–||.685||3.5||2.7||–||–||16.7 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|1970† |style="text-align:left;"|New York |19||–||37.6||.468||–||.776||2.1||3.4||–||–||16.9 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1971 |style="text-align:left;"|New York |12||–||37.9||.477||–||.698||3.2||3.0||–||–||19.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1972 |style="text-align:left;"|New York |12||–||10.9||.469||–||.417||0.7||0.8||–||–||4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|1973† |style="text-align:left;"|New York |4||–||4.3||.500||–||–||0.0||0.5||–||–||1.5 |- |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 102 || – || 29.7 || .458 || – || .748 || 2.7 || 2.4 || – || – || 15.1 Personal life Barnett, who holds a PhD in education from Fordham University, is now retired from teaching Sports Management at St. John's University in New York as of 2007. Documentary In April 2022, a documentary titled The Dream Whisperer about Barnett and his Tennessee A&I Tigers teams that won the NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament three times in a row between 1957-1959, was released. See also 1957 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 1958 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 1959 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament NAIA Basketball Tournament Most Valuable Player References External links Leggett, William. "A New Knick With A Knack," Sports Illustrated, January 17, 1966. Official Website 1936 births Living people Basketball players from Gary, Indiana Forwards (basketball) Guards (basketball) Tennessee State Tigers basketball players Syracuse Nationals players Cleveland Pipers players Los Angeles Lakers players New York Knicks players American Basketball League (1961–62) players National Basketball Association All-Stars National Basketball Association players with retired numbers National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees American men's basketball players Syracuse Nationals draft picks Fordham University alumni