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
ball basket drive law
We just didn't want (Law) to drive the ball to the basket or get a foul.
built guys team
We've got some guys who are comfortable scoring. Our team is not built around one player.
daniel playing team thinking
We have to have Daniel playing and thinking that way for this team to play to its potential.
expecting learned quit regardless time win worrying
I wasn't expecting us to be a No. 1. I learned a long time to quit worrying about that. Regardless of where we're seeded, we have to go out and win games.
game good win
We have one game left. If we're good enough to win the league, we'll win it.
capable shoot
You know they're probably going to shoot 25 threes, and they're capable of making more than half.
night shooting tough
We had a tough night shooting the ball.
ready trip
It was about like getting ready for a trip to the dentist.
deal game mess teams
The teams that mess up are the ones that play not to lose. You don't want to be the first game of the tournament. You'd probably want to be in the middle, but you just have to deal with it.
against brought needs played pressure team
The team needs to keep getting smarter. And I think they played well against a team that brought out a lot of pressure all over the floor.
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.