There are 19 article(s) tagged Rick Barnes:

• March 2026

  • Nate Ament convinced Rick Barnes he could play. Tennessee is glad he did

    Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said he had a late-night meeting with the team trainer on Wednesday. It paid off when his star freshman scored 27 one day later. 

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    By Drew Hill March 12, 2026

• April 2025

  • Vols coach said talks about game versus Memphis are ‘nowhere’ near active

    “We haven’t talked about that in a couple years, and it’s nowhere (near) being talked about now,” UT coach Rick Barnes said Tuesday about potentially scheduling the Memphis Tigers in the future.

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  • Tennessee Vols’ ‘Big Orange Caravan’ stopping soon in Memphis

    A contingent of coaches and others from the UT athletics department will visit with fans of the Volunteers at the Memphis Botanic Garden’s Hardin Hall.

    By Parth Upadhyaya April 28, 2025

• June 2022

  • UT coach: Kennedy Chandler will ‘put everything he’s got’ into proving he belongs

    Tennessee coach Rick Barnes was surprised Kennedy Chandler slipped into the second round. He wants his former point guard to prove his doubters wrong. 

    By Drew Hill June 29, 2022

• December 2021

  • Calkins: A debacle in Nashville

    The Memphis-Tennessee series ended in dismal fashion when Saturday’s game at Bridgestone Arena was canceled because of COVID-19. It’s an ending nobody wanted. But that won’t stop fans from both sides from arguing about it until the end of time. 

    By Geoff Calkins December 18, 2021

• August 2021

  • Rick Barnes: Yves Pons ‘deserving’ of his NBA chance

    Yves Pons is a man of many interests, but he has one more task he wants to master: Playing in the NBA. 

    By Drew Hill August 05, 2021

• November 2020

  • New date set for Memphis-Tennessee basketball game

    This season’s rivalry game between the Tigers and Vols has been postponed until 2021.

    By Danielle Lerner November 16, 2020

• August 2020

  • Five-star guard, Memphis native Kennedy Chandler commits to Tennessee

    The No. 11 overall prospect in the class of 2021 also was considering Memphis, Kentucky, Duke and North Carolina.

    By Jonah Jordan August 14, 2020

• December 2019

  • Calkins: Penny Hardaway takes the high road. So how about it, Rick Barnes?

    Penny Hardaway said he wants to set aside any bitterness and continue to play the Memphis-Tennessee series. Rick Barnes should do the same. 

    By Geoff Calkins December 16, 2019

  • Calkins: Penny Hardaway beats Tennessee (and then does something really surprising)

    In front of a deafening crowd in Knoxville, the Memphis Tigers get the best win of the Hardaway era.

    By Geoff Calkins December 16, 2019

  • Tennessee preview: Tigers, Vols playing strong defense this season

    Memphis will need to use its defense to generate offensive opportunities if it wants to beat Tennessee in Knoxville on Saturday. 

    By Drew Hill December 13, 2019

  • Tennessee not just ‘another game’ for Penny Hardaway, Memphis basketball

    Penny Hardaway doesn't lack confidence in his team this weekend at Tennessee despite likely missing two starters. 

    By Drew Hill December 12, 2019

  • Jeremiah Martin tells Tigers before Tennessee game: ‘Don’t buy the hype’

    Jeremiah Martin issued a reminder to his former team that no matter how bright the lights get Saturday, don’t try to be more than what makes you Memphis.

    By Drew Hill December 12, 2019

  • Penny Hardaway: Tennessee matchup not about him vs Rick Barnes

    Penny Hardaway said the young Tigers will learn immediately that Memphis and Tennessee do not like each other. 

    By Drew Hill December 10, 2019

  • Memphis basketball prepared to ‘fight to the death’ against Tennessee

    The Tigers are expecting a chaotic atmosphere at Thompson-Boling Arena Saturday as their rivalry with Tennessee moves to its next chapter.

    By Drew Hill December 08, 2019

• November 2019

  • Penny Hardaway wants Tennessee series to continue

    Penny Hardaway believes the state is too competitive to allow the series to stop. 

    By Drew Hill November 19, 2019

• January 2019

  • Calkins: Penny Hardaway vs. Rick Barnes yet again? Let’s check the facts

    Tennessee fans are mad that Penny Hardaway apparently criticized Rick Barnes again. Are they right to be? Is Hardaway making things up? I check the facts. 

    By Geoff Calkins January 16, 2019

• December 2018

  • Calkins: Penny Hardaway comes out swinging at Rick Barnes

    And on the third day after the Memphis-Tennessee game, Memphis coach Penny Hardaway went after Tennessee coach Rick Barnes with balled up — not fists — but words, at the very least.

    By Geoff Calkins December 19, 2018

  • Hardaway goes off on UT’s Rick Barnes, calls Vols coach’s comments ‘low class’

    Head coach Penny Hardaway had strong words for Tennessee coach Rick Barnes on Tuesday afternoon.

    By Jonah Jordan December 18, 2018