With No. 6 Tennessee coming to Neville Arena on Saturday, here's what coach Rick Barnes said about Auburn basketball, Bruce Pearl and the Tigers' place in a stacked SEC.

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With the University of Tennessee Vols men’s basketball team having another outstanding season under coach Rick Barnes, it is easy to assume fans' passion for the program has reached a new level.

What head coach Rick Barnes said after No. 6 Tennessee’s 53-51 loss to No. 1 Auburn Saturday night at Neville Arena: If he was happy with Tennessee’s two final offensive possessions, the Igor Milicic shot and Zakai Zeigler’s corner three “I think they made a block (on Milicic),

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Tennessee coach Kim Caldwell will be back on the sideline Monday night when her 17th-ranked Lady Volunteers host No. 2 South Carolina.

Caldwell gave birth to Conor Scott on Monday while dealing with the flu. She missed exactly one game, an 80-76 loss at No. 7 Texas on Thursday night with assistant Jenna Burdette filling in as acting coach for that road game.

Johni Broome returned, but it was a late three-point shot from Miles Kelly that stoles the show for the Auburn Tigers.

Dan Fleser is a 1980 graduate of the University of Missouri, who has covered University of Tennessee athletics since 1988. He is a member of the Tennessee Sportswriters, U.S Basketball Writers and Greater Knoxville Sports Halls of Fame. He can be reached at [email protected].