Rick Barnes had a few simple words for Jonas Aidoo on Saturday ... Barnes spoke kindness to his former player Saturday after No. 1 Tennessee (14-0, 1-0 SEC) pounded Arkansas (11-3, 0-1) 76-52 at Food City Center. Aidoo had four points and five rebounds ...

Chaz Lanier is averaging 8.3 points per game in his past three SEC games after scoring five in Tennessee's win against Georgia.

Coming home didn’t help Chaz Lanier break out of his shooting slump. Instead, it just made it that much more glaring. Lanier missed his first eight shots of the game Wednesday night in No. 6 Tennessee’s game against No.

Everything head coach Rick Barnes said after No. 1 Tennessee started SEC play with a 76-52 win over No. 23 Arkansas Saturday afternoon at Food City Center: Tennessee’s rebounding effort as a team, Igor Milicic getting 18 rebounds himself “Igor was spectacular.

Rick Barnes had a heart-to-heart talk with Jonas Aidoo after the former Tennessee player returned Saturday wearing different colors.

Rick Barnes shook Jonas Aidoo's hand, hugged him and told him that he loved him following No. 1 Tennessee basketball's 76-52 win over No. 23 Arkansas on Saturday afternoon. The SEC opener featured ...

Rick Barnes' first remark to the Tennessee basketball ... They outrebounded Tennessee 55-38 a game after the Vols dominated Arkansas so thoroughly on the glass that Razorbacks coach John Calipari ...

Arkansas coach John Calipari shouts during a game against Tennessee on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Hank Layton/WholeHogSports)

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes gave leading scorer Chaz Lanier a quick hook just 11 seconds into the second half on Saturday at Texas, benching him for peeling off a screen and hurling an errant pass into the bench area.

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Arkansas: Freshman guard Karter Knox has been ... for his rotation of eight players is the challenge for Vols coach Rick Barnes. Freshman guard Bishop Boswell, the ninth — and final ...

He is playing for Arkansas at Tennessee this season ... “We obviously have great love and respect for Jonas,” Vols coach Rick Barnes said at the Big Orange Caravan in May in Chattanooga.