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
confidence couple knowing last number
Because of what we've been able to do the last couple of weeks, I think they've got confidence knowing we can play a number of different ways.
advised explore options
What I've always advised them to do is always explore and see what their options are. That's what it's there for.
knew time
We knew going in it was going to be hard. This time of year, on the road, you can't take any of them for granted.
credit great needed oklahoma played
You have to give Oklahoma all the credit. They played a great game. They did what they needed to to get the win.
doubt game plays
When the game was in doubt, they made plays and we didn't.
guy improved player thomas tough
Thomas Gardner has probably improved as much as any player in the league. He's a guy that can make some really tough shots.
advantage beating move people playing teams time
This time of year, it's all about winning. It's not an advantage playing those teams before. It's all about beating people to move on.
executing job nice push quick run transition
Transition, we said if they make a 3 we're going to get it out quick and run the transition game. I told A.J. to push it. We did a really nice job of executing right there at the end.
helping liked looked seven sports
We were really swarming and helping each other. I liked most of all we had seven turnovers. I thought we looked like a team.
aggressive ask believes block guy people stop
We ask him to be aggressive and block shots. He is just over anxious. He is a guy that really believes he can stop people from scoring.
We wouldn't be where we are without him.
anytime played road win
We've played better than we've played tonight. (But) anytime you go on the road and win in this league, it's good.
both defense explode good teams
Both teams play good defense and I think that's why they are where they are right now. But both teams can explode offensively. Both can put up numbers.
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.