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
good run
We told them ... if they score, we've got to get it back and run it at them. We got as good a look as we could probably get.
best happy jobs offered people regardless state texas
Regardless of what people are saying, N.C. State has not offered me the job. Texas is one of the best jobs in the country, and I'm happy here.
against daniel kansas presence proved step win
We proved against Kansas we can win without Daniel being a big presence for us on offense. You don't want to see that. But if it happens, in those 40 minutes, you've got to find someone else who can step up and get it done for you.
asked great job
He's been great to me. He's always asked me what we could do to make my job better.
ask beat guess remember thrown
I remember getting beat and getting thrown out of the game. I guess you will ask me why I got thrown out of the game. Is that what you want to get into?
good guys post push
He's not going to post those guys up. They're older, and they know how to push you around. He doesn't have to play with his back to the basket. He's really a good face-up shooter.
almost basketball capable care process relax
I want them to relax and almost have that kid-type attitude. I just want them to take care of the process and play the kind of basketball they're capable of playing.
coming great happened last sure switching team worried
I was worried coming in because it was a team we know. I am not sure what happened on that last play because we were switching everything. It was a great day. Wow!
ball consistency point question
Consistency. I've said to this team, 'If we've got to get a basket, what would we do?' There's no question that at some point we'll put the ball in his hands.
allow ask believe business chasing creep focused good handle outside stay ups week work
Ask me in a week or so and I'll tell you. I don't know. Sometimes I think I do, sometimes I'm not sure. I haven't thought about it much. I believe that if you work and you go about your business the way you need to every day, and if you keep focused and don't allow outside things to creep in and if you're chasing something and if you stay with it, handle the ups and downs, I think that some way, somehow, something good will happen.
best bounce game lost night spent time
I didn't know how P.J. would react. What he went through the other night was tough. We spent a lot of time to tell him he could bounce back. I told him the best thing would be to get lost in the game defensively and thought he was really good.
against almost call fun gun playing shoot spread team
I don't know if I would call it a wishbone more than I would call it that Fun 'n' Gun because they spread you out. They're going to shoot 25 threes. They make more threes than any team in the country. It's almost like playing against a no-huddle offense.
ball daniel game nights percent shoot shot
Daniel will be fine. There's going to be nights you're not going to shoot the ball well. We still shot 50 percent for the game and scored 90 points.
people stepping texas
If we're stepping backward, there's a lot of people who would like to do the Texas two-step with us.