NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Rick Barnes saw a chance to bring Duke to campus for the first time in nearly 50 years and jumped at it.
His No. 18 Volunteers host sixthranked Duke on Sunday in an exhibition that sold out minutes after tickets went on sale despite the result not counting. It’s much more important to the coaches as a preseason checkup for a pair of programs that finished in the top five last spring.
“I wish we played more of them,” Barnes said. “I really do. I think it would help all of us.”