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Tennessee basketball head coach Rick Barnes dropped a truth bomb in the postgame after his team’s 69-50 loss to Houston. Unfortunately, the Elite Eight clash of the top two seeds in the Midwest was not as competitive as expected. The Volunteers were out of sorts in the first half and were unable to launch what […]

Almost all of the top teams in college basketball have rolled through the first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament, and now they are all going at it in the Elite Eight. On Sunday, No. 2 seed Tennessee basketball and No. 1 seed Houston are tipping off the day in Indianapolis after Duke and Florida […]

Even after losing to Florida in the SEC Tournament final, Rick Barnes is optimistic about Tennessee’s championship odds. While the 86-77 loss will likely prevent the Volunteers from entering the NCAA Tournament with a No. 1 seed, Barnes believes his team has what it takes to bring home a national title. After the loss, Tennessee […]

The Tennessee Volunteers are on their way to the SEC Tournament championship game after a massive, 70-65 upset win over Auburn who was the No. 1 ranked team in the country. With the win, Tennessee made their own case for a No. 1 seeding in the NCAA Tournament. Following the win, Tennessee head coach Rick […]

On Friday, the Tennessee basketball program picked up a big 83-72 SEC tournament win against the Texas Longhorns to advance to the next stage of the bracket. The Longhorns put up a valiant effort in this one, but ultimately, Tennessee was able to make enough plays down the stretch to help head coach Rick Barnes […]

One of the biggest storylines this season in the SEC was just how many teams from the conference are going to make it into the NCAA Tournament. The previous record from one league is 11, and it has been clear all along that the SEC would inevitably pass that. If Vanderbilt, Texas and Oklahoma all […]

Tennessee basketball head coach Rick Barnes gave an emotional statement on his seniors after his team’s 75-65 win over South Carolina. The Volunteers bounced back on Senior Day from a tough loss on the road to Ole Miss to pick up their twelfth SEC win of the season. The No. 4-ranked team in the country […]

The Tennessee basketball team lost a heartbreaker on Wednesday night as they fell on the road against Ole Miss. This one came right down to the wire as it was tied up with less than a minute to go, and the Rebels made enough plays down the stretch to earn the big upset win. Ole […]

One of the best finishes of this college basketball season came between two of the best teams in the country. Jahmai Mashack’s deep 3-pointer at the buzzer gave No. 5 Tennessee a miraculous 79-76 win over No. 6 Alabama and secure a massive win in the SEC. The game came down to the wire, but […]

The Tennessee basketball team found a way to win a defensive slugfest on the road on Tuesday night against LSU. Winning on the road is never easy, especially in the SEC. It wasn’t pretty, but the Volunteers got the job done against the Tigers with a 65-59 victory. Chaz Lanier had a nice game as […]

The SEC has been the best conference in college basketball all season long, and it has been a pleasure to watch some of the best teams in the nation battle each other week after week. On Saturday, another heavyweight matchup delivered the goods as No. 6 Tennessee went on the road and knocked off No. […]

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 into the second half, the 5th-ranked Volunteers lost to No. 15 Kentucky 75-64 at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Tennessee nearly was able […]

Tennessee basketball head coach Rick Barnes got real on what cost the Volunteers in their loss to Kentucky. Even though the No. 5 Volunteers were on the road, they were favored to take down the No. 15 Wildcats. Unfortunately, Rick Barnes’ team dropped a second straight game to its SEC rival. Tennessee now sits at […]

The Tennessee basketball team fell just short in one of the best games of this college basketball season, dropping a true road game against No. 1-ranked Auburn in a 53-51 rock fight. Tennessee had a chance to win it at the end, but point guard Zakai Zeigler’s game-tying 3-pointer came up short. Despite the loss, […]

The No. 1 seed is no longer in Knoxville, a Tennessee basketball was dethroned by Florida on Tuesday. Although No. 1 seeds lose periodically throughout the college basketball season, the way that they lost was embarrassing. Following their first loss of the season, the Volunteers weren’t anywhere offensively. Jeff Borzello of ESPN said, “Tennessee’s 4-for-29 […]

The Tennessee basketball program suffered a 72-66 loss to Purdue in the Elite Eight on Sunday, and while his team got eliminated, he seemed to feel no shame about the loss, giving Purdue credit for the performance. “There’s no doubt in my. mind I think we could win a national championship,” Rick Barnes said, via […]

The Tennessee basketball team made easy work of the Saint Peter’s Peacocks in the Round of 64 in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. The Volunteers rolled to an 83-49 victory and moved on to the second round to face Texas. Rick Barnes, the Tennessee head coach who was at Texas from 1998 until 2015, now […]

After Selection Sunday that saw a number of teams get snubbed, the talk about a potential expansion of the NCAA Tournament pool intensified once again. It certainly has its supporters, but it’s clear Tennessee basketball head coach Rick Barnes isn’t a big fan of the idea. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday ahead of the first […]

“This is our year.” That is a hollow statement that many desperate fan bases proclaim to anyone who listens. It is also the name of the unfortunate club that Matt Painter, Sean Miller, Mark Few and Rick Barnes, among others, have been forcefully enrolled in after not being able to reach the apex of college […]

Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions are going to need all the firepower they have against the San Francisco 49ers. Brock Purdy is going to have his weapons in Christian McCaffrey, and George Kittle among others. This means that they need to have all their defenders that have gotten them this far. However, minutes into […]

The Detroit Lions continue to take the steps on a path that they have been denied for years. They have advanced to the NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers after beating the stubborn Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Relatively unknown linebacker Derrick Barnes clinched the 31-23 victory when he intercepted Baker Mayfield’s pass on Tampa […]

After the No. 5 ranked Tennessee basketball team lost to the unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs, head coach Rick Barnes spoke after the game about the disappointing outing. He mentioned the exceptional performance from the Bulldogs star Tolu Smith, who scored 23 points and recorded four rebounds, and how he played to his strengths according to […]

The Tennessee men’s basketball team has gotten off to a 4-3 start, including three straight losses. However, those three losses came to Purdue, Kansas, and North Carolina, with two on the road and all three by single digits, so the Volunteers certainly have nothing to hang their heads about. On top of that, the Tennessee […]

Tennessee men’s basketball announced the extension of head coach Rick Barnes’ contract through the 2027-28 season, according to Jon Rothstein. This upcoming season will be Barnes’ ninth in charge of the Volunteers. “We are thrilled to be able to extend Rick and continue to build on the tremendous men’s basketball program he has developed here […]

Rick Barnes and the Tennessee Volunteers couldn’t find a way to get past the Sweet 16 yet again, being upset by Florida Atlantic University on Thursday night. Tennessee Basketball hasn’t been to an Elite 8 since 2010, and not once been past the final 16 since Barnes took over in 2015. It’s been a long […]

Tennessee head basketball coach Rick Barnes gave credit where credit was due to FAU basketball after they pulled off an upset loss in the Sweet 16, 247Sports writer Ben McKee wrote in a Friday article. “Congratulations to Florida Atlantic,” Rick Barnes said. “Good basketball team, played well. I thought they made shots at the right time. I […]

If you can make it in the Big Apple, you can make it anywhere. At least that’s what someone would say if this were 1988 or pretty much anytime before the Internet shrunk the world. Don’t worry, this will related to college basketball in a minute. Eh, I digress… It’s The Morning After College Basketball! […]

Veteran Tennessee Volunteers coach Rick Barnes, ahead of what should be a fun 2019-20 college basketball season, realizes his team is going through a rather sizable roster turnover from one campaign to another. However, despite losing three key players to the NBA, expectations for the Vols remain high. Furthermore, Barnes believes his squad, which still […]