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 ...

AUBURN, Ala. — Rick Barnes agreed that Felix Okpara traveled on a critical late-game possession in Tennessee basketball's loss to Auburn on Saturday. What happened before the travel — and ...

Surely, Rick Barnes is the exception to the rule. The Vols’ current head coach is often a thorn in the BBN’s pride, but the native of Hickory, North Carolina, is too good a guy to dislike.