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
good run
We told them ... if they score, we've got to get it back and run it at them. We got as good a look as we could probably get.
bus dallas nice opening point tournament travel traveling trip
What you like about opening the tournament in Dallas is the travel. Everyone's had to do a lot of traveling at this point of the year. It's nice to just take a bus trip up I-35.
happened tougher year
He's been through tougher things. What he went through a year ago, what happened (against A&M) pales to that.
call definitely great happened
He's definitely stronger. He's always had great stamina. I don't know that I would ever call what happened to him a blessing, but he made the most of it, I know that.
skill
He's got such a feathery touch. He's physical, but it's his skill that really impresses you.
game separates
His versatility is what separates him. There's not really a part of the game he can't handle.
gotten hurt playing totally watching
He's a totally different player. I think if he hadn't gotten hurt, we wouldn't be watching him right now. He would be playing in the NBA.
anywhere terrific
He's a terrific guard. He can play anywhere at any level.
asked great job
He's been great to me. He's always asked me what we could do to make my job better.
difference goes night
He is the difference in this team. We know he is going to give us everything he?s got, and he does every night he goes out there.
basketball coming games good lost team
(Kelvin) lost some games when he didn't have his whole team there. Coming in (to the season) they were like us, a team that was up there. And they're a good basketball team.
beat country given hottest kansas team top
Kansas may be the hottest team in the country right now. I think they're a Top 10 team. On any given night, Kansas can beat any team in the country.
allowed ball understand whether
J.J. was terrific. He got comfortable and whether we allowed him to or not, he got going and they understand to get the ball in his hands.
august due last middle next year
He went over in August last year and he was due back over here the middle of next month.