The Vols defeated No. 14 Mississippi State (15-4, 3-3 SEC), 68-56. Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball ...

Rick Barnes' first remark to the Tennessee basketball team was positive Tuesday. The coach told his players that its 30-point loss at Florida would ultimately be good for the No. 1 Vols. "Now, we are ...

Rick Barnes has already done this. The Tennessee basketball coach is returning to Texas again, going back to his home for 17 years and to the school he coached to more than 400 wins. There is one ...

NASHVILLE — Rick ... basketball's 76-75 loss to Vanderbilt at Memorial Gymnasium. "We weren’t going to risk that because I thought . . . we could just hold it right there," Barnes said.

NASHVILLE — Rick Barnes turned away, shaking his head. Vanderbilt guard Tyler Nickel lay on the court, his 3-pointer rattling in as Barnes diverted his gaze. The Tennessee basketball coach wasn ...

NASHVILLE − Rick Barnes hadn't talked to Chaz Lanier after Tennessee basketball's loss to Vanderbilt. But the Vols coach knew how he felt for Lanier after the senior guard missed a game-tying ...

Tennessee basketball fouled a pair of three-point shooters at Vanderbilt that proved costly in its one-point loss. Rick Barnes was not pleased about it. Chaz Lanier had a potential game-tying ...

Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes didn’t mince words when he revealed why he sat the team’s leading scorer, Chaz Lanier, in Saturday’s win over the Texas Longhorns.

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