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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I've never seen players take so much pride in their schoolwork.
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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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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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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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This is a good rule put in place for players to explore their draft position.
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We tried to keep two guys down around the block. Every now and then we would float somebody into the high post. We felt like if we could take care of the ball, get it on the rim, that we could do some damage there. We ended with 17 of them (offensive rebounds) and that gave us 17 more opportunities.
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I've never seen anybody who changed themselves around the way P.J. did.
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It was about like getting ready for a trip to the dentist.
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The whole team put in a great effort and our inside game was just great. Back in the beginning of the season ... I knew it was going to be a tough finish for us.
And they probably could have called about 50 more (fouls).
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Both of the honorees tonight have been tireless advocates for community and social justice in Lynchburg.
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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.