Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll. Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes discussed the Vols' loss after the game. “Way too many defensive breakdowns on our part ...

The No. 5 Tennessee basketball took another stumble at the hands of the No. 15 Kentucky Wildcats, with Rick Barnes’ team suffering a 75-64 loss in Lexington on Tuesday. The loss came on the ...

Tennessee basketball is going through some ebbs and flows this season as it navigates an absolute gauntlet in the SEC, and it had another down moment on Tuesday night. Despite fighting hard deep ...

“We were right where we needed to be,” Vols coach Rick Barnes said. There was a “but” coming. “Didn’t make enough winning plays on either end of the court,” Barnes said. Need a brea ...

Butler is averaging 12.9 points and 4.7 assists this season. Rick Barnes has led Tennessee to Rupp magic Rick Barnes has more success at Rupp Arena in his first nine seasons than Tennessee had in ...

The 45 attempts are the second most in a game for the Vols in program history and the most in Barnes' 10 seasons. "We knew we could shoot a three anytime we wanted to," Barnes said afterward.

With SEC teams occupying five of the top eight spots in this week's Associated Press poll and with nine league teams ranked overall, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes was asked in Lexington how he is ...