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
allowed ball understand whether
J.J. was terrific. He got comfortable and whether we allowed him to or not, he got going and they understand to get the ball in his hands.
anyone coaches love stress tough understand until
I don't know if anyone can really understand the stress of coaches until you go through it. I love this business, as we all do, but it's a tough profession. There's a lot of stress.
care damage ended felt float gave guys high somebody tried
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.
anybody changed seen themselves
I've never seen anybody who changed themselves around the way P.J. did.
players pride seen
I've never seen players take so much pride in their schoolwork.
ready trip
It was about like getting ready for a trip to the dentist.
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.
And they probably could have called about 50 more (fouls).
both community justice social tonight
Both of the honorees tonight have been tireless advocates for community and social justice in Lynchburg.
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.
areas continue definitely game improve improvement night ready
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.