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...
building coach following games guaranteed home honor next respect season team
We would even give up one of our guaranteed home games next season and go to Maryland. To have an ACC team in our building the following season, and the respect I have for Coach Williams, it would be an honor for our league.
deserved happened team
This team deserved something like this after what happened on (Selection) Sunday.
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.
basketball heck ready team
We know they're a heck of a basketball team that will be ready to play us.
seen team year
But I did not know who that team was out there in maroon. That was a team I have not seen all year long.
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.
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.
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.
chance committee equal fair prove selection talk
We always talk about equal selection and how it's fair to all the conferences and schools. Well, (the selection committee has) a chance to prove it.
appreciate comments hold nor players talked toward
There have been some things said. I just talked to our players about it, and we have to hold our composure. We did not appreciate the comments, nor did we like the comments toward the Valley. But we're not going to get into a war of words.
against occasions save special
We save it for special occasions against Drake.
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.
bad chose fed felt good shots time
We felt good at halftime. We just chose a bad time to not make our shots and ... we fed the piranhas out there. We couldn't do that.