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
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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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P.J. showed today why he's the player he is. Not only you look at his line, but defensively what he did for us. You love anybody as a coach that's going to give you everything he's got.
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He might have improved as much as any player that I've ever coached. And he has become an iron man.
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I have no problem with Daniel attempting to find out what his status may be in the upcoming draft. This is a good rule put in place for players to explore their draft status.
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Anyone close to our program knows the kind of kid and person he is. He knew a lot of the things that happened were his fault. He said he would fix it, and he did. I'm not sure I ever coached a player that spent as much time improving the kind of person he is as he did improving his basketball game.
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I've never seen players take so much pride in their schoolwork.
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This is a good rule put in place for players to explore their draft position.
We wouldn't be where we are without him.
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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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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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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.