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 ...
And it nods in agreement when a disappointed Rick Barnes grasps at a silver lining: “We’ve lost four games. So we’re not that bad, OK?” Fair enough. But just how good are these Vols?
“We needed a great performance today,” Vols coach Rick Barnes said. “And we got it.” Midseason victories don’t come much more significant than short-handed Tennessee’s 66-44 payback ...