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
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One thing we knew about this tournament is, when you're wearing the white jersey, other than your team's fans everyone else in the building is cheering for the dark jersey.
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There's no question when Daniel plays aggressive and plays to his abilities, we're at our best.
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There's no question. They're not going to take Penn lightly. They know better than that, and they know they're going to have to play good basketball to be successful.
ready trip
It was about like getting ready for a trip to the dentist.
deal game mess teams
The teams that mess up are the ones that play not to lose. You don't want to be the first game of the tournament. You'd probably want to be in the middle, but you just have to deal with it.
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The team needs to keep getting smarter. And I think they played well against a team that brought out a lot of pressure all over the floor.
And they probably could have called about 50 more (fouls).
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The whole team put in a great effort and our inside game was just great. Back in the beginning of the season ... I knew it was going to be a tough finish for us.
anybody changed seen themselves
I've never seen anybody who changed themselves around the way P.J. did.
players pride seen
I've never seen players take so much pride in their schoolwork.
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Teams may look at A.J.'s baby face and slight build and not take him seriously. Well, they won't anymore.
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This might be the worst game he's had shooting 3s, but he did a great job at the free throw line. With those five assists, it was a real good night for him.
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There might be nights where the offense isn't there. The bottom line is, Daniel has really been excellent on the defensive end.
tight time
This is what it is this time of year. For us to do what we did today, in a tight game, it was terrific.