While the Kentucky Wildcats’ 5-12 season is something no one around Lexington, losing to Rick Barnes and the Tennessee Volunteers unfortunately is.
With the Volunteers’ 82-71 win over UK on Saturday, Barnes is now 8-5 against UK since taking over as Tennessee head coach prior to the 2015-16 season. When accounting for his time at both Clemson and Texas, Barnes is a solid 9-7 against the Cats.
Not only has Barnes dominated UK, but he has also done so at now a historic rate. With Saturday night’s win, he became the only active head coach in college basketball that has defeated Kentucky at least three times at Rupp Arena.