LEXINGTON, Ky. — Rick Barnes doesn’t recall the finer points of the UCLA coaching search in April 2019. The Tennessee basketball coach mainly recollects his response in the middle of a career ...

LEXINGTON — The interest Rick Barnes had in the UCLA job six years ago was nearly 50 years in the making, dating all the way back to Bill Johnson, a junior guard on the George Mason roster in 1980.

LEXINGTON — What Rick Barnes said during his press conference Friday afternoon, ahead of No. 2 Tennessee (28-7) against No. 7 UCLA (23-10) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday ...

I can't tell you how impressed I am with him and his staff," Rick Barnes said. "They played hard, they competed and it was a hard-fought game, exactly what we thought." UCLA assisted on 22 of its ...

Rick Barnes met with the media following the win ... BARNES: Yeah, just the utmost respect for Mick Cronin and his UCLA team. We knew coming in how hard they play and they take on his personality.

But Rick Barnes, then as now Tennessee’s coach ... since KTLA/Channel 5 aired home games at 11 p.m. on tape delay.) When UCLA approached Barnes in 2019, he’d just come off a 31-6 season ...