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.

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 ...

Nationally ranked Lenoir-Rhyne put seven scores in double ... Mark Byington, Vandy's fourth different coach to face off against Rick Barnes during his 10 years with the Vols, matched the lone ...

NASHVILLE — Rick Barnes said he never considered putting Zakai Zeigler back in the game with two fouls in the first half Saturday afternoon, as Vanderbilt was extending its lead on No. 6 ...

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 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 ...