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Tennessee basketball: Rick Barnes remembers John Thompson

COLUMBIA, MISSOURI - JANUARY 08: Head coach Rick Barnes of the Tennessee Volunteers directs his team against the Missouri Tigers in the second half at Mizzou Arena on January 08, 2019 in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images)

The Tennessee basketball Volunteers head coach recalls his experiences with the Georgetown legend.

Rick Barnes and John Thompson were on opposite sidelines 15 times, once when Barnes was an assistant with the Ohio State Buckeyes under Gary Williams and 14 times as head coach of the Providence Friars. However, the most famous interaction involving the current Tennessee basketball head coach is the time they didn’t face off.