Vols coach said talks about game versus Memphis are ‘nowhere’ near active
University of Tennessee head basketball coach Rick Barnes (left) signs a fan’s shirt during the Big Orange Caravan event on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
“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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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tennessee Volunteers Rick Barnes Penny Hardaway Josh HeupelParth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner II covers the Memphis Tigers. He is a top-10 APSE winner who covered Oklahoma State for the Tulsa World before joining The Daily Memphian in 2021. Bonner is a native of Indiana, where he started his career covering high school sports.
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