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...
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.
next
I think that would be big for him going into next year.
call deserving freak league tough whether
Our league is deserving of this whether you want to call it a freak or a phenomenon. The league is good. It's a tough league.
believe body committee hear moaning selection work
I think our body of work is deserving. I believe in the selection committee and I believe they'll make the right choices. If we're in, it's the right thing. If we're not, it's the right thing and you won't hear me moaning and groaning.
fed
We just couldn't make shots. It was like we fed the piranhas. We couldn't do that.
basketball heck ready team
We know they're a heck of a basketball team that will be ready to play us.
basketball bears best body fired since student students
We have a student body that is fired up about Bears basketball. It's a whole different level, the best our students have been since I've been here. This is a big game.
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.
mean year
Just because they're a No. 6 seed, that doesn't mean anything. Not this year in our league.
guys missed
I don't want to say we missed all of those ourselves; they had something to do with that, 6-7 guys going at 6-2 guys.
anticipate competing league ncaa potential pressure puts question six teams time top valley
I don't think there's any question the league has the potential to be better. I anticipate it being better, but at the same time that also puts a lot of pressure to say the Valley is going to have six teams in the top (45) of the RPI and competing for an NCAA berth. That's a lot of pressure.
expect night
And I would expect them to play much better than they did the other night.