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
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.
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We hit them, they hit back and we didn't respond. We were not as aggressive as we needed to be, and allowed them to dictate to us our style of basketball.
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I thought our guys did a good job of staying aggressive the last couple of minutes. We probably didn't make as many good decisions as we needed to be making in that situation but, overall, when they made their run and got back in it, we stayed with it. We pushed it back out there and made some free throws at the end. I'm happy with the fact that we had only seven turnovers and the job we did on the boards.
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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.
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That's college basketball. I just told them they needed to finish the game. An 18-point lead is nothing that can't be overcome and in February you expect teams to play hard.
We wouldn't be where we are without him.
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Thomas Gardner has probably improved as much as any player in the league. He's a guy that can make some really tough shots.
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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.
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What I've always advised them to do is always explore and see what their options are. That's what it's there for.
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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.
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Believe me, I'd prefer it not be this way. But one thing about our team is that we've had different guys all year finding different ways to win.
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Every game in this league, as you know in any league, that night you've got to be ready to play. We've got to continue to improve. There are areas we definitely can improve in.
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Every chance we could go inside, that's what we wanted to do. We've always believed in playing inside-out.
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At this point in the season, you take a win any way you can get 'em.