Barry Hinson
Barry Hinson
Barry Hinson, is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team. Before SIU he was the Director of Men's Basketball Operations at the University of Kansas, head coach of Missouri State University and head coach of Oral Roberts University. He also appeared weekly on the 1320 KLWN radio show Rock Chalk Sports Talk in which he participated in a segment called "Basketball & BBQ." On March 28, 2012, Hinson was...
apart exempt fell few last minute people short supposed tournament year
Few people know it, but we were actually supposed to play in an exempt tournament this year in Pittsburgh. It fell apart at the last minute and we couldn't find another one on short notice.
gets guys last rebound whoever
I told the guys in our last huddle, whoever gets the last rebound would win. Nate went and got it.
biggest challenge impressed mind older people resilient saying
That's our biggest challenge and I don't mind saying I think it's going to be really hard. But one thing I've always been impressed by is how young people are much more resilient than older ones.
basketball coaches good haunt played run
No messages. We just played good basketball (against Stanford). Coaches that run their mouths, that all comes back to haunt them.
mad
I want to get mad, but I don't know who to get mad at.
attempts average game perspective
They average (27) 3-point attempts a game and, to put that in perspective, that's 10 more than we average.
best certainly league picked played season team
They were picked as the best team in our league before the season started, and (Northern Iowa) certainly played like it. They played with a sense of urgency.
came fans says team
What we did this time, how we came back, says a lot for this team and for our crowd. Our fans were phenomenal.
basketball best conference deserve five ncaa obviously sixth talk teams whether
We are probably a mid-major conference in most of our other sports, but in men's basketball we are obviously a high-major conference. It's the sixth best conference in the country, and there should be talk of five teams going into the NCAA Tournament. Whether we get that or not, we deserve the attention.
blake couple game mountain
They really sped the game up for us. Blake was so sped up a couple of times when he shot, I thought he'd had two Mountain Dews.
louisville trip win
Now let's go to Louisville and win us a trip to the Big Apple.
against basketball forced good team turned
Defensively we turned it up a notch. We forced 21 turnovers against a good basketball team and that's pretty good.
conference everybody finish highest race seed state trying win
I think the conference race is already done. I think Wichita State is going to win the race. I think what everybody else is trying to do is to get the highest seed they can get for the tournament, or finish as the runner-up.
fifth fourth mean north saying seed sixth year
Just because they're the sixth seed, that doesn't mean anything. Not this year in our league. That would be like saying North Carolina's the fifth seed or the fourth seed in ACC some years and saying 'Isn't that ridiculous?' No. It's just because the league's so good.