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
beginning effort finish game great inside knew season team tough
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.
believe finding guys prefer team ways year
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.
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.
babies baby build face slight teams
Teams may look at A.J.'s baby face and slight build and not take him seriously. Well, they won't anymore.
basketball coming five good people ranked six start team three top
Coming in, they were like us, a team that's up there. They start three seniors, and they are a good basketball team. If people thought they were just going to go away, you don't get ranked in the top five or six in the preseason if you don't have a good team.
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.
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.
blow glad guys kidding ncaa teams thinking watching
I don't know what you guys expect; it's the NCAA Tournament. If you guys are thinking we're going to blow teams out, you're not watching basketball. ... You kidding me? I'm glad we're going to play one more time. I'm not disappointed.
beginning goal handled knew looking obviously proud start target team
Obviously it was a goal we had at the beginning of the season. At the start of the year, looking at our schedule, we knew we had a target on our backs, and I am proud of the way the team handled it.
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.
both defense explode good teams
Both teams play good defense and I think that's why they are where they are right now. But both teams can explode offensively. Both can put up numbers.
game glimpse good team terrific
I told the team after the game they had a glimpse of how good we can be. We were terrific ... but we can still get better.