Marty Barnes
Marty Barnes
harder places van
Van Buren is notably one of the harder places to go and play. But we need to play well on the road.
attempting change games hard ready road rogers won
It's a pretty hard place to play. But, we're attempting to change a lot of things about Rogers basketball. We've won two big (conference) games on the road now and we're ready to go.
erratic five free goes great guys hard hit kids length line shape six step throws tired
We've got to be in great shape to be able to play five and six guys for that length of time. Our kids are in great shape. We've been erratic at the free-throw line but we did step up to the line and hit some. The first thing to go if you're tired is going to be your legs. If those goes then those free throws are going to be pretty hard to make.
chance credit hard played win
Give a lot of credit to Springdale. They played hard and did what they had to do to try and have a chance to win it.
advantage hard playing second
I don't think there is any advantage of playing them a second time. Fayetteville is a hard place to play for any team.
biggest kids state step taking talk took win
I'm kind of in shock; I don't know what to say. By far, the biggest win of the year. To talk about taking the big step to Little Rock, we took a big step tonight. These kids want to go to that state tournament.
conference picture playoff
After this week, the whole conference playoff picture could be settled.
good guarantees math tonight
I?m not too good at math but I think (the win) pretty much guarantees us going to state. That?s the only good thing I see from tonight other than the win.
academics athletics compare great hate played players
I've had some great players, and I hate to compare players from different eras that have played for me. But I don't think there's too many players with a better combination of character, academics and athletics than Kane. He is a great one.
deep defensive eye
It was a deep cut. He got the gash over his eye going for a defensive rebound.
basket defense held missed shots
We missed some shots around the basket we would like to have back. But the defense held together.
concern four injury kids shuffle tweak
We will tweak some things and shuffle things offensively. Defensively, the injury isn't as much as a concern because we have some kids that can play the four spot.
basket convert fair game looks rush
We got some fair looks right around the basket and couldn't convert them. (Jonesboro) completely made us get out of our game and rush things around.
confidence start team themselves trying
We are trying to start a new tradition. (Rogers) has a lot of confidence about themselves or else the team would have folded.