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
aggressive attacking ball knew needed
I didn't think we were aggressive enough. I didn't think we were attacking the ball like we needed to. We knew they were going to come with pressure.
handled inside pressure
I didn't think inside we handled the pressure and the physicality of the play.
best bounce game lost night spent time
I didn't know how P.J. would react. What he went through the other night was tough. We spent a lot of time to tell him he could bounce back. I told him the best thing would be to get lost in the game defensively and thought he was really good.
dreamed final george mason reaching
By reaching the Final Four, George Mason is going through something we all dreamed about back in 1980.
coach deserves herb poured
Herb hasn't been appreciated the way he should be appreciated. He deserves more than the way he's been treated. He has poured everything he has into the job. I don't think they could find a better coach for their program.
gotten hurt watched
If he hadn't gotten hurt, we wouldn't have watched him play tonight. I think he'd be in the NBA.
emotional fist gives pump
If he gives you a fist pump that's pretty emotional for him.
talk
I can't talk about it. I don't think it's official.
emotional
He's very quiet, not a very emotional person.
basketball court game guy obviously reason rivalry split win
I am obviously a better-looking guy than he is. If we play basketball he wasn't very good; but the reason he does all the loose-ball drills is because that's how he had to get on the court as a player. But if it got down to he and I playing, it won't be a rivalry. To have a rivalry you have got to split some games, and he would never win a game from me.
anybody carolina developed knew north
I don't think we had any idea we were getting what we got. I don't think anybody in North Carolina knew he'd be what he developed into.
played totally
I don't think they played any different. I think they still did the same things, but I think we were a totally different team.
good guys post push
He's not going to post those guys up. They're older, and they know how to push you around. He doesn't have to play with his back to the basket. He's really a good face-up shooter.
beat came desire doubt few glad guess next regular season since tournament using
I'm glad they said something like that. I'll be using that for the next few years. I guess we wanted it more during the regular season since we beat them and came into the tournament as the No. 1 seed. I don't doubt my players' desire one bit.