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
point win
At this point in the season, you take a win any way you can get 'em.
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.
game good win
We have one game left. If we're good enough to win the league, we'll win it.
against daniel kansas presence proved step win
We proved against Kansas we can win without Daniel being a big presence for us on offense. You don't want to see that. But if it happens, in those 40 minutes, you've got to find someone else who can step up and get it done for you.
anytime played road win
We've played better than we've played tonight. (But) anytime you go on the road and win in this league, it's good.
great win
It's a great league, and if you can win it, you've accomplished something.
good guys playing win
I told our guys that if we're going to be a good team, we've got to find a way to win when we're not playing well. We did that tonight.
eight game might nine winning won
In some ways, winning a game like this might be better for us than if we won by eight or nine points. We had to work.
basketball court game guy obviously reason rivalry split win
I am obviously a better-looking guy than he is. If we play basketball he wasn't very good; but the reason he does all the loose-ball drills is because that's how he had to get on the court as a player. But if it got down to he and I playing, it won't be a rivalry. To have a rivalry you have got to split some games, and he would never win a game from me.
game next win
I just want to win the next game we play, and then the next one after that. All I know is, we can't let down.
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.