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
attempting daniel draft explore good players problem rule status
I have no problem with Daniel attempting to find out what his status may be in the upcoming draft. This is a good rule put in place for players to explore their draft status.
blowing front man realize stay
I had to make A.J. realize he had to stay in front of people. We can't have his man always blowing by him. It's getting better.
attitude capable played trying
I want to see us play better. We haven't played as well as we are capable of playing, but we have the attitude of trying to get better.
anywhere confidence playing running screens
Once he got it going, we were playing off him, running him off screens anywhere we could. When they concentrate inside, he has enough confidence to get it going.
turn
If we turn it over 24 times now, we won't have a chance.
eight game might nine winning won
In some ways, winning a game like this might be better for us than if we won by eight or nine points. We had to work.
afraid predict worst
How do I know? I can't predict it. They know there's a Big 12 championship on the line. I know that. And I know we can't be afraid to go at it. But the worst thing you can do right now is try to overanalyze it.
good guard man minutes tech texas zone
I don't know if we can guard Texas Tech for 40 minutes man-to-man. We were tired. Zone was good to us tonight.
class guys help
I don't know if guys have to quit, but it does help that P.J. is going to class,
anyone coaches love stress tough understand until
I don't know if anyone can really understand the stress of coaches until you go through it. I love this business, as we all do, but it's a tough profession. There's a lot of stress.
advantage front game guys move next worry
I don't know if it's an advantage or a disadvantage. I told the guys were only going to worry about the game in front of us. From there, you move on to the next one if you're successful.
building prepared walked
I don't know if there is a correlation or not. When we walked into this building today, we were prepared to set in for a four, five, six-point game. That's what we got.
against almost call fun gun playing shoot spread team
I don't know if I would call it a wishbone more than I would call it that Fun 'n' Gun because they spread you out. They're going to shoot 25 threes. They make more threes than any team in the country. It's almost like playing against a no-huddle offense.
aggressive attack felt knew
I didn't think we were aggressive enough offensively. We knew they were going to come with pressure, we felt like we should attack that pressure.