As Houston and Tennessee clashed in the Elite Eight, the spotlight extended beyond the court to two of college basketball’s most respected coaches—Kelvin Sampson and Rick Barnes. Their relationship, ...

Rick Barnes, Kelvin Sampson met as North Carolina college players in the 1970s Sampson and Barnes grew up in North Carolina — Sampson in Laurinburg by the South Carolina border and Barnes in the ...

Rick Barnes had a $5.8 million salary last season then earned $1.2 million in on-court bonuses during the Tennessee ...

INDIANAPOLIS − Rick Barnes says he plans on being the Tennessee basketball ... in 2019 and 2023 before breaking through to the Elite Eight in 2024. The Hickory, North Carolina, native reached the ...

Rick Barnes became the winningest active college basketball coach with Tennessee's win against Kentucky in the Sweet 16. He passed John Calipari.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Rick Barnes and Kelvin Sampson are such old friends that they played against each other in college in North Carolina nearly 50 years ago, back when Barnes had long, flowing hair.

INDIANAPOLIS — Kelvin Sampson has come to expect the late-night phone calls from Rick Barnes. The Houston coach can’t begin to predict Barnes’ reason for calling after decades of picking ...

BARNES: Who is Rick Barnes? A tour of Italy with Tennessee's basketball coach shows the man within The Hickory, North Carolina, native agreed to an amended contract in April 2019 that paid him ...

INDIANAPOLIS − Rick Barnes says he plans on being the Tennessee ... breaking through to the Elite Eight in 2024. The Hickory, North Carolina, native reached the Final Four in 2003 with Texas.