Kentucky basketball fans have had a long line of Tennessee coaches to hate, but Rick Barnes is the exception to the rule.

Rick Barnes ... the Tennessee basketball coach quipped to the Vols director of player development. The Caldwells had a baby boy named Conor Scott Caldwell this week and Barnes was elated for ...

Why John Cohen thinks some miss out on what makes Auburn basketball's coach excellent "I have so much respect for Coach Barnes and that coaching staff," Pearl said Thursday. "He's done an amazing ...

Rick Barnes hasn’t made Tennessee basketball fans forget about Bruce Pearl, because no one would’ve been able to do that. But what Barnes has done — as few other coaches could’ve — is ...

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.