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
game separates
His versatility is what separates him. There's not really a part of the game he can't handle.
gotten hurt playing totally watching
He's a totally different player. I think if he hadn't gotten hurt, we wouldn't be watching him right now. He would be playing in the NBA.
anywhere terrific
He's a terrific guard. He can play anywhere at any level.
demanding selfish start touches
He does need to get more selfish and start demanding the ball. If you want the touches then you need to go and get them.
game knew loves
He loves this game. I knew he would be a person that would come back from it.
improved iron man might player
He might have improved as much as any player that I've ever coached. And he has become an iron man.
coming pros talked
We talked about the pros of coming back and pros of leaving. I told him he's going to have to make this decision; I can't.
confidence couple knowing last number
Because of what we've been able to do the last couple of weeks, I think they've got confidence knowing we can play a number of different ways.
couple depends games next season
If the season was over today, you could make a case. There's too many games to speculate. It depends on what we do these next couple of games.
extremely freshman handled target
I don't know a freshman who has had more put on him. He's had a big target on him. He has handled things extremely well.
guys ncaa
I don't know what you guys expect. This is the NCAA tournament. If you think there are going to be blowouts, they're not.
blow glad guys kidding ncaa teams thinking watching
I don't know what you guys expect; it's the NCAA Tournament. If you guys are thinking we're going to blow teams out, you're not watching basketball. ... You kidding me? I'm glad we're going to play one more time. I'm not disappointed.
bus dallas nice opening point tournament travel traveling trip
What you like about opening the tournament in Dallas is the travel. Everyone's had to do a lot of traveling at this point of the year. It's nice to just take a bus trip up I-35.
happened tougher year
He's been through tougher things. What he went through a year ago, what happened (against A&M) pales to that.