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...
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.
attacked guys kids mental position ready standpoint state
It's mental at this point. We're at a position now where kids know the plays. Mississippi State was more aggressive. ... Mississippi State attacked us, and now I've got to get our guys ready from a mental standpoint to attack Kentucky.
focused hard ready work
We are going to work hard and be focused and ready to play.
excited feeling game guys kids obviously ready realize time
We're obviously going into this game feeling better about ourselves. I think our guys will be excited about playing. By the time we get there, they'll (State) be ready to play, and our kids realize that.
best bought care takes totally
The best thing about them is they have totally bought into winning. They don't care about their stats; they just care about doing what it takes to win.
game wake
After that game, I just wanted to wake up and see that everything is OK. We have to get back to work.
questions
I'm not going to take those questions today.
lean
I'm not going to get crushed. I may bend, I may lean over, but I'm not going to fall.
florida turned
I'm disappointed we didn't play better. Florida had something to do with it. But we turned it over way too many times.
basketball chance coach next
I'm a basketball coach. I'm going to coach next year. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to do it in college. But if I have to coach sixth-graders, that's what I'll do.
adversity bit confidence earlier eventually group handled michael players similar stage surprise talented team
It's very similar to back then in that we've got a lot of young and talented players who are getting better. I have to say this team is a little bit of a surprise to me right now. I thought we would eventually be good, but we have handled adversity a lot better than I thought we would. And that's similar to the way it was when we had Michael and Keith and all those other guys. This group probably has more confidence at an earlier stage than that group did.
opportunity pull time win
It's time to get back up and get started back to work. We will look to pull out another win and this is our first opportunity to get that win.
playing team won
At the end we were playing like a team that hadn't won in a while. We did everything we could to give it away.
arkansas played stopped zone
Arkansas played well on defense. It wasn't one person who stopped us. Their zone was very effective.