AUBURN, Ala. — Rick Barnes has a tell. The Tennessee basketball coach fidgets during his postgame news conferences when he is ...

DO SOME 'LOSE SIGHT' OF BRUCE PEARL?Why John Cohen thinks some miss out on what makes Auburn basketball's coach excellent "I ...

Felix Okpara was called for a travel in the final two minutes of No. 7 Tennessee basketball's loss at No. 1 Auburn on ...

Why John Cohen thinks some miss out on what makes Auburn basketball's coach excellent "I have so much respect for Coach Barnes and that coaching staff," Pearl said Thursday. "He's done an amazing ...

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 ...

Bruce Pearl has one of the nation's best programs at Auburn, and that'd sting Tennessee a lot more if the Vols didn't have one of the best, too.

Rick Barnes sounded so upbeat and pointed out so many positives during his postgame press conference Saturday night at Neville Arena that the question had to be asked. What made him so happy after No.

No. 1 Auburn basketball and No. 6 Tennessee will go toe-to-toe at 7:30 p.m. CST Saturday at Neville Arena. Helming the Tigers is Bruce Pearl, and in command of the Volunteers is Rick Barnes.