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
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.
acted beat beaten looking team
I'm not going to take anything away from them because I thought they beat us in every way you could be beaten today. From looking at my team out there, I thought they acted like it was going to be (like the first game) again.
beat
They beat us every way you can be beaten.
ask beat guess remember thrown
I remember getting beat and getting thrown out of the game. I guess you will ask me why I got thrown out of the game. Is that what you want to get into?
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.
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.
along beat expect guys himself lets moves next time
P.J. is special, he really is. He's just one of those guys who lets things go and moves along to the next play. He's not going to beat himself up very long. This time of year, you would expect him to do what he's done.
beat compete fact played respect team year
We really beat an outstanding team today. This is a team that we respect as much as any team we have played this year and the fact that they play hard. They compete every possession.
knew
I knew he'd make it back, ... He never pouted.
game next win
I just want to win the next game we play, and then the next one after that. All I know is, we can't let down.
four seven
It's not four out of seven or two out of three. It's a one-shot deal.
biggest consistency
The biggest thing we need right now is consistency.
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.