Dick Vitale and Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes shared a heartfelt phone call on ... its plan of attack against a high-scoring Alabama team and Barnes’ perspective on one of his best teams. Barnes said he was struck by how dedicated Vitale ...
Tennessee's Jahmai Mashack was the first person in Food City Center who knew he had hit the game-winner to beat Alabama. Rick Barnes was the last.
There's no doubt that Tennessee men's basketball head coach Rick Barnes loves his players. But with this group of outgoing seniors, it's hard to argue there's been a more meaningful group of players that have impacted him than this group.
Each of the top four seeds in next week's SEC men's basketball tournament will have lost at least one of its last four regular-season contests.