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
call definitely great happened
He's definitely stronger. He's always had great stamina. I don't know that I would ever call what happened to him a blessing, but he made the most of it, I know that.
difference goes night
He is the difference in this team. We know he is going to give us everything he?s got, and he does every night he goes out there.
definitely great night perspective
He was a little jumpy the other night, and we got him for it. He had a great response. He definitely had a different perspective on things.
august due last middle next year
He went over in August last year and he was due back over here the middle of next month.
proud situation step took tough
He had to step back and look at a lot of things. I'm proud of him, because he took a tough situation and got the most out of it.
scratched surface
He hasn't even scratched the surface of what he can be.
time tough
He had it going. They were having a tough time with him.
distance practice
He did well going the distance because he did not even practice yesterday.
week
Greg never has been a 'me' person. He's never had a 'me' week or a 'me' month.
advised explore options
What I've always advised them to do is always explore and see what their options are. That's what it's there for.
knew time
We knew going in it was going to be hard. This time of year, on the road, you can't take any of them for granted.
credit great needed oklahoma played
You have to give Oklahoma all the credit. They played a great game. They did what they needed to to get the win.
executing job nice push quick run transition
Transition, we said if they make a 3 we're going to get it out quick and run the transition game. I told A.J. to push it. We did a really nice job of executing right there at the end.
aggressive care couple course early expected half job missed offensive rebounds second shots taking talked turned
We did a better job in the second half of taking care of the ball. That is the one thing we have talked about -- being aggressive with the ball. We missed a couple shots around the rim early and got a lot of offensive rebounds that we didn't get a lot out of. But over the course of the game, it turned out a lot like I expected it.