Tennessee head basketball coach Rick Barnes talked about what he learned about his Volunteers basketball team following the 2-pt road loss to the No. 1 ranked A

Tennessee was unable to leave Auburn with a victory over the No. 1 team in the country over the weekend, losing 53-51 to the Tigers on the road after failing to score in the final two minutes of the game.

Zakai Zeigler sat for the final 7:10 of the first half between Tennessee basketball and Vanderbilt on Saturday. The Commodores outscored UT 20-9 then.

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Chaz Lanier had 2 free throws at the end of Tennessee basketball's game vs Vanderbilt, making one but missing the 2nd that would have tied the game.

Tennessee basketball lost 53-51 at No. 1 Auburn on Saturday, but Vols coach Rick Barnes was unusually positive about the performance.

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.

The Tennessee basketball team fell just short in one of the best games of this college basketball season, dropping a true road game against No. 1-ranked Auburn in a 53-51 rock fight. Tennessee had a chance to win it at the end, but point guard Zakai Zeigler's game-tying 3-pointer came up short.

Rick Barnes picked up a habit in 1988. The Tennessee basketball coach had landed at Providence after a year at George Mason, making the jump to a bigger level of college basketball. Coaches in the ...

One of the SEC’s best basketball rivalries is set to take place Tuesday. Tennessee will play host to Kentucky, the first matchup between Rick Barnes and Mark Pope. However, the Wildcats will be without one of the team’s star players in Knoxville.

After defeating No. 14 Mississippi State and losing at No. 1 Auburn last week, the Volunteers are taxed this week with home games against No. 12 Kentucky and No. 5 Florida. Tennessee is No. 8 in the latest Associated Press poll, dropping two spots after Saturday night's 53-51 setback against Bruce Pearl's Tigers.