Rod Barnes
Rod Barnes
Rodrick Kenneth Barnesis an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the Cal State Bakersfield Men's Basketball program. He previously served as head coach for the Georgia State University men's basketball team of the NCAA Division I's Colonial Athletic Association. Barnes was also head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Mississippi...
good job kept might surprise telling
We did a good job of executing, offensively. I've kept telling this team, once we come together, we might be able to surprise some teams. But we still have a long way to go.
gonna lots ups
There's gonna be ups and downs, for lots of teams.
nine paper pick
I won't have to pick up the paper and read that it's nine in a row.
coach excitement great hard kids pearl places playing tennessee toughest
I think Coach Pearl has done a great job. There's a lot of excitement at Tennessee and their kids are playing hard and playing well. It's become one of the toughest places to go and play.
expect guys
We expect those guys to really come out and get after us.
guys maturity
Those guys are talented; they're young; they're inexperienced. They need some maturity.
great kentucky played second
I thought Kentucky played a great second half.
against challenge chance definite georgia loss played road taken time year
We get a chance to find out where we really are. We had a disappointing loss against Georgia and now we're on the road again at Arkansas. This is the first time this year that we've taken back-to-back road trips. We've played well. This will be a definite challenge for us.
deserved either lead second
We just didn't play well in either half. We were up by 14 in the second half, but I didn't think we deserved to have a lead like that.
accept believe character choose determines either fight lay
What you do as a family, that determines your character and what kind of person you're going to be. We can either lay down and we can accept this or we can get back up and fight. I told them I choose to fight and I believe they're going to choose to fight.
chance expect work
I expect him to be back. He won't get a chance to work out with us, but we expect to have him back in uniform.
allow cannot coached coaching distract happen happened reflect time today win
I coached today like I always coach. I was coaching to win and that is what I am going to do. I will reflect on what has happened after this is all over. I don't have time for that right now. We cannot allow what has happened or what will happen distract from what we are doing.
continue ending
I don't know about ending the streak. We just want to come out and continue to play well.
beat teams today
I didn't look out there today and think we were overmatched. Without the turnovers, I don't know how many other teams would beat us.