For Kentucky, the game before The Game was a tough one on paper — a Tuesday night road contest against Rick Barnes' Tennessee ...

In the span of just over a week, the Commodores have edged No. 6 Tennessee and pulled an upset of ninth-ranked Kentucky.

Kentucky basketball fans have had a long line of Tennessee coaches to hate, but Rick Barnes is the exception to the rule.

“When we got the game down to (a one-score game), we just made mistakes,” Vanderbilt coach Mark Byington said. … “Breaks sometimes don’t go your way. But at the same time, we had a ...

Nine players departed after Stackhouse’s firing. That prompted Byington to bring in 11 transfers, including Michigan State ...

NASHVILLE — Rick Barnes did not think about putting Zakai Zeigler ... “Not having him on the court, I’ll choose that every ...

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.