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
character
They play with so much character and heart.
everybody fact impressed won
You've just got to be impressed with the fact that they went through their league, won it, and are right here with everybody else still playing.
basketball good playing time year
You're not playing this time of year if you're not a good basketball team.
goal hope last ncaa teams
You're always going to be disappointed when you don't win. It's over and done with. Our No. 1 goal now is the NCAA tournament. We're one of 65 teams and we hope to be the last one standing.
country guys sitting situations
This is one of the better situations in the country. I know this, there are a lot of guys who would like to be sitting in my chair.
bottom line regardless throws
The bottom line is you could have done a lot more. Regardless of what the world throws at you, you're responsible for yourself. From that day on, he's been terrific.
ball bottom line played shot
The bottom line is we shot the ball well. We played well. We really did.
fighting fights-and-fighting ncaa year
A year ago we were fighting to get into the NCAA tournament.
beginning finish knew looking schedule season tough
Back in the beginning of the season when I was looking at the schedule I knew it was going to be a tough finish for us.
games six teams won
That's just stupidity. It's like the Indianapolis Colts (who won their first 13 games). We're six games in; teams are going to get better.
anyone basketball close coached fix happened improving kid knew knows player program spent sure time
Anyone close to our program knows the kind of kid and person he is. He knew a lot of the things that happened were his fault. He said he would fix it, and he did. I'm not sure I ever coached a player that spent as much time improving the kind of person he is as he did improving his basketball game.
game
This game is the most important game we've had to this point.
ball creating defense easy great handle job offense result
They do a great job of creating offense with their defense. Out front, if you don't handle the ball well, those turnovers usually result in easy baskets at the other end.
came talked
We've talked about it a lot. The real story would have been if he came back.