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
afraid predict worst
How do I know? I can't predict it. They know there's a Big 12 championship on the line. I know that. And I know we can't be afraid to go at it. But the worst thing you can do right now is try to overanalyze it.
good guard man minutes tech texas zone
I don't know if we can guard Texas Tech for 40 minutes man-to-man. We were tired. Zone was good to us tonight.
class guys help
I don't know if guys have to quit, but it does help that P.J. is going to class,
anyone coaches love stress tough understand until
I don't know if anyone can really understand the stress of coaches until you go through it. I love this business, as we all do, but it's a tough profession. There's a lot of stress.
advantage front game guys move next worry
I don't know if it's an advantage or a disadvantage. I told the guys were only going to worry about the game in front of us. From there, you move on to the next one if you're successful.
building prepared walked
I don't know if there is a correlation or not. When we walked into this building today, we were prepared to set in for a four, five, six-point game. That's what we got.
aggressive attack felt knew
I didn't think we were aggressive enough offensively. We knew they were going to come with pressure, we felt like we should attack that pressure.
aggressive attacking ball knew needed
I didn't think we were aggressive enough. I didn't think we were attacking the ball like we needed to. We knew they were going to come with pressure.
handled inside pressure
I didn't think inside we handled the pressure and the physicality of the play.
dreamed final george mason reaching
By reaching the Final Four, George Mason is going through something we all dreamed about back in 1980.
emotional
He's very quiet, not a very emotional person.
forced
I keep harping on turnovers. They forced some of those, some they didn't.
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.
anybody carolina developed knew north
I don't think we had any idea we were getting what we got. I don't think anybody in North Carolina knew he'd be what he developed into.