However, Bruce Pearl is not all the way excited knowing his history with Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes. Virtual press conference from Bruce Pearl today: “I want to beat Tennessee because they ...

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

If ever the Vols could have used injured center J. P. Estrella, this was it. They couldn't match Auburn's Johni Broome in the ...

AUBURN, Ala. — Rick Barnes has a tell. The Tennessee basketball coach fidgets during his postgame news conferences when he is frustrated. He plays with a water bottle. He taps his hands on the ...

Bruce Pearl has one of the nation's best programs at Auburn, and that'd sting Tennessee a lot more if the Vols didn't have ...

Tennessee basketball's 13-0 start is the second-best start to a season in program history. The No. 1 Vols open SEC play ...

Mark Byington feels like he's supposed to hate Rick Barnes. After all, Byington coaches Vanderbilt basketball and Barnes coaches Tennessee. The two teams are hated rivals. But when Byington first ...

A BROOME-LESS SWEEP:How Auburn basketball beat two ranked opponents without Johni Broome "When you're the No. 1-ranked team — and they've been right there all year long," Barnes said.

Tennessee’s Rick Barnes and Auburn’s Bruce Pearl are ... The return of Auburn All-American center Johni Broome proved to be the difference. Although his movement suggested he wasn’t at ...

Tennessee basketball is 13-0, but 0-0 in coach Rick Barnes eyes ... City Center then Barnes looked ahead to the much-anticipated start of SEC play. "You can throw it all out," Barnes said.