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
defend environment good great hard memphis team
The environment was great and to come in here and find a way to get it done is huge. I feel good for our guys. Memphis is a very hard team to defend because of the way they play.
fine goes jumping leaves line mind slow trouble
It is a fine line between where you don't want him to not be aggressive. But then again, I don't mind if he leaves his feet. As long as he goes up in his area. Where he has been getting in trouble is he is jumping in to people. He just has to slow down.
couple guys rick upset
I think that Rick would have to have upset a couple guys and have them quit,
execution upset
I think they know I'm upset because I think they know how much I want execution. It's always disappointing when you don't execute.
anybody chance final good
I think they've got as good a chance as anybody in the Final Four.
turn
If we turn it over 24 times now, we won't have a chance.
ball guys handle job taking tremendous
Their guys are quick. If you don?t handle the ball well, they do a tremendous job of taking it away and capitalizing on it.
beat came desire doubt few glad guess next regular season since tournament using
I'm glad they said something like that. I'll be using that for the next few years. I guess we wanted it more during the regular season since we beat them and came into the tournament as the No. 1 seed. I don't doubt my players' desire one bit.
acted beat beaten looking team
I'm not going to take anything away from them because I thought they beat us in every way you could be beaten today. From looking at my team out there, I thought they acted like it was going to be (like the first game) again.
areas best games helped scoring shooting tough
That may have been one of Brad's best games because he helped out in areas other than scoring on a tough shooting night.
four seven
It's not four out of seven or two out of three. It's a one-shot deal.
bit harder worked
P.J. still a little bit over-aggressive. I like him being that way. Some of those turnovers we can take. He's working harder than he's ever worked before.
best campus culture expecting great texas wanting
I think there's a culture at Texas about winning. You come there expecting great things to happen, to be special. There is a culture on our campus about wanting to be the best at what you do.
expect mind time
P.J. is special, he is. His mind-set, what he's got. I don't think he had any more motivation. ... This time of year, you would expect what he did today.