Rick Barnes' first remark to the Tennessee basketball team was positive Tuesday. The coach told his players that its 30-point loss at Florida would ultimately be good for the No. 1 Vols.

Rick Barnes picked up a habit in 1988. The Tennessee basketball coach had landed at Providence after a year at George Mason, making the jump to a bigger level of college basketball. Coaches in the ...

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 ...