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
expecting learned quit regardless time win worrying
I wasn't expecting us to be a No. 1. I learned a long time to quit worrying about that. Regardless of where we're seeded, we have to go out and win games.
handling sixteen time year
Right now, if there's any one thing I can change, it's handling the basketball. Sixteen turnovers at this time of year just kills you.
daniel doubt guard hand playing pride puts quicker time wanting wants
One thing about Daniel is he does take a lot of pride in wanting to guard people. If I called a time out, say someone is playing really well, and I say 'who wants to guard them?' There's no doubt he puts his hand up quicker than anybody.
knew time
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.
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.
demand passive time worst
We want him to want the ball. He's going to have to demand it. ... The worst thing he can do is be passive this time of year.
basketball good playing time year
You're not playing this time of year if you're not a good basketball team.
tight time
This is what it is this time of year. For us to do what we did today, in a tight game, it was terrific.
anyone basketball close coached fix happened improving kid knew knows player program spent sure time
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.
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.
expect mind time
P.J. is special, he is. His mind-set, what he's got. I don't think he had any more motivation. ... This time of year, you would expect what he did today.
time tough
He had it going. They were having a tough time with him.
against defense good percent shoots team time
Our defense was good. Any time a team shoots 32 percent against you, you feel pretty good about it.
best bounce game lost night spent time
I didn't know how P.J. would react. What he went through the other night was tough. We spent a lot of time to tell him he could bounce back. I told him the best thing would be to get lost in the game defensively and thought he was really good.