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...
ball cause changed good lack last played teams turned
We changed our lineup in the last game. We turned the ball over way too much. I think we've played good teams that cause turnovers, but we've started to lack in confidence.
came commitment excited guys helped kids played reasons situation welcome
The thing that has helped him, our guys are so close. This is a close-knit group. I think that's one of the reasons why he came back. Most kids in that situation wouldn't have played today. But he made the commitment to come back, and I think the guys were excited to see him and really welcome him.
beat coming games hopefully kids played point ranked ready team teams third three
(Tennessee) will be our third ranked team in a row, and we're not at the point now where we can just beat ranked teams. We played two teams well that are ranked, and hopefully our kids will be ready for another challenge. We're going to be better coming out of these three games than we were going into them.
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.
beat game gone great home last opportunity places played time winning
We've just gone to two places and got beat pretty badly. We go back home, the last time we were at home we played a great game. We're one game away from a regular-season winning season, and that's something we haven't done (since 2002). We get the opportunity to do that Saturday.
days played stop
It snowballed on us, and we could not stop it. It was one of those days when things don't go right for you, and they go for the other team. I just thought they played better than we did.
against kids played
Our kids played really well against LSU. But they have to play even better against Florida.
beat difficult few great guys last played
It has been difficult the last few years to beat Mississippi State. And it will be difficult (today). The great thing about it, a lot of our guys have not been a part of those losses. A lot of our new guys, they've never played Mississippi State.
backup challenged few games good helped knocking last lost minutes played playing point running shots state
He has really helped us and been a good backup point guard, but we have got to get him back playing well. I challenged him after the Mississippi State game. He has lost some of his aggressiveness. He was attacking, knocking down shots and running the team. The last few games he has not played as many minutes as we need him to play.
coach felt kids played relax relaxed saw statement wife yelling
My wife made the statement that she felt like the kids were pressing, because I was pressing. She said, You've got to relax and have fun.' Once they saw that coach was relaxed and wasn't yelling and screaming, they relaxed and played well as a result.
arkansas played stopped zone
Arkansas played well on defense. It wasn't one person who stopped us. Their zone was very effective.
played stop
I just thought they played better than we did, it snowballed and we couldn't stop them.
call phone sites sure water
We just make a phone call to the construction sites to make sure to water down the area.