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...
advantage ball defense early good job offense took turned
We did not do a good job rebounding on offense and did not play good defense. We turned the ball over early and they took advantage of our mistakes.
becomes except far passing
We're having some turnovers that have nothing to do with anything except passing and catching. Sometimes when you have a tough-go of it the way we have as far as turnovers, it becomes a little mental.
last ncaa ok
We're going to play in the NCAA Tournament. So this is not their last go-around with me, OK ?
basketball behind focused good inside scoring year
When we can go inside to Curtis, he's good at scoring with the basketball. I've really focused this year on our offense. We're a little behind on defense.
determination games tournament win
We were in a tournament with all of our guys. All of a sudden, we come back and ... we're determined. We win 27 games (in 2000-01).
focused hard ready work
We are going to work hard and be focused and ready to play.
confidence confident weeks
We still have confidence - not as confident as we were, maybe, two weeks ago, but still confident that we can win.
change good gotten night team
We're a team that's gotten off to a good start. But we've got to come to play every night, or things will change in a hurry.
amount certain focus time urgency
To be a championship team, you've got to have some urgency about every possession. There's got to be a certain amount of focus that you've got to have every time down the floor.
amount certain focus team throw urgency
To be a championship team you have to have a sense of urgency on every possession. You've got to be able to play freely, but you've got to say, Man, we can't throw it away.' There is a certain amount of focus you have to have every trip.
confident fight team
We're not the most confident team by our play right now, but we've got to fight through. We're going to keep fighting.
easily forward lost row steps though three win won
We won three in a row, we lost three in a row and we can very easily win three in a row again. What we can't do is take steps back. Even though we didn't win, we made a step forward today.
letting stayed talking
We stayed there for a while talking to him, just letting him know we were there for him.
continue happiness happy
They've done what they need to do to get to this point. It's something to be happy about. But we've got to continue to try to get better.