Rick Barnes didn’t mince words about No. 6 Tennessee‘s costly defensive lapses in Saturday’s 76-75 upset loss vs. unranked ...

Tennessee basketball and Vanderbilt play Saturday in Nashville for the first meeting since Mark Byington was hired as the ...

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes gave leading scorer Chaz Lanier a quick hook just 11 seconds into the second half on Saturday at Texas, benching him for peeling off a screen and hurling an errant pass ...

NASHVILLE — Rick Barnes did not think about putting Zakai Zeigler in the game with two fouls in the first half Saturday. The Vols guard sat for the final 7:10 before halftime after picking up ...

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 picked up a habit in 1988. The Tennessee basketball coach had landed at Providence after a year at George Mason, making the jump to a bigger level of college basketball. Coaches in the ...

AUSTIN -- Rick Barnes didn't exactly experience any Kevin Durant-like flashbacks when watching true freshman Tre Johnson carve up his elite defense. "I have great, great, great respect for Tre ...

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 coach Rick Barnes talks to Tennessee guard Cameron Carr (43) during the NCAA college basketball game against Gardner-Webb on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Knoxville, Tenn.

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 ...