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If Tennessee players want to find coach Rick Barnes during the season, there's a good chance he'll be sitting at a folding table at midcourt in the Volunteers' practice facility.

Barnes has a nice office with a desk and chair, but he prefers to be where his players can find him. Barnes said he started using a folding table when he coached at Texas because his office was so far from his team's practice facility.

“When the guys come in, they're going to have to go through the practice facility,” Barnes said. “I just like being there with them.