Rick Barnes
Rick Barnes
Richard Dale Barnesis the current head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team, a post he has held since 2015...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 July 1954
bottom daniel defensive excellent line might nights offense
There might be nights where the offense isn't there. The bottom line is, Daniel has really been excellent on the defensive end.
tight time
This is what it is this time of year. For us to do what we did today, in a tight game, it was terrific.
character
They play with so much character and heart.
games guys people six teams wanting
That's stupidity. ... We're six games in. You've got to think teams are going to get better. That's just people wanting to write something. Our guys never thought that.
games good people plenty six teams
That's stupidity. We're six games in. That's just something for people to write about. There are plenty of good teams in this conference.
areas best games helped scoring shooting tough
That may have been one of Brad's best games because he helped out in areas other than scoring on a tough shooting night.
four seven
It's not four out of seven or two out of three. It's a one-shot deal.
biggest consistency
The biggest thing we need right now is consistency.
beat
They beat us every way you can be beaten.
finding played row won
They were young and finding their way. They've won 10 in a row and played great.
allow ask believe business chasing creep focused good handle outside stay ups week work
Ask me in a week or so and I'll tell you. I don't know. Sometimes I think I do, sometimes I'm not sure. I haven't thought about it much. I believe that if you work and you go about your business the way you need to every day, and if you keep focused and don't allow outside things to creep in and if you're chasing something and if you stay with it, handle the ups and downs, I think that some way, somehow, something good will happen.
against game knew next played team
It wasn't. That was a very hard-fought game against a team that played us the way we knew they'd play us. I think this next one will be no different.
ball good push quickly switch top transition
I told them that we were going to switch everything. And if they score, we've got to get the ball back out in transition as quickly as they can and push it right on top of them. We got as good a look as we could probably get.
game glimpse good team terrific
I told the team after the game they had a glimpse of how good we can be. We were terrific ... but we can still get better.