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
built guys team
We've got some guys who are comfortable scoring. Our team is not built around one player.
glad mean seeds team today
P.J. said it best, seeds mean nothing. You got a team today that was going to shorten the game. I'm glad we get to play one more time. ... If we made mistakes, they had a lot to do with it.
basketball coming games good lost team
(Kelvin) lost some games when he didn't have his whole team there. Coming in (to the season) they were like us, a team that was up there. And they're a good basketball team.
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Kansas may be the hottest team in the country right now. I think they're a Top 10 team. On any given night, Kansas can beat any team in the country.
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Our defense was good. Any time a team shoots 32 percent against you, you feel pretty good about it.
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Some of our passes were ridiculous. To turn the ball over as many times as we did and win, we were fortunate. They're an older, veteran team in midseason form.
ball passes team turn veteran
Some of our passes were ridiculous, ... To turn the ball over as many times as we did and win, we were fortunate. They're an older, veteran team in midseason form.
advantage beating move people playing teams time
This time of year, it's all about winning. It's not an advantage playing those teams before. It's all about beating people to move on.
daniel playing team thinking
We have to have Daniel playing and thinking that way for this team to play to its potential.
playing team
We know in one game, one 40-minute game, anything can happen. Any team that's playing right now has got a chance.
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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.
believe finding guys prefer team ways year
Believe me, I'd prefer it not be this way. But one thing about our team is that we've had different guys all year finding different ways to win.
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Both teams play good defense and I think that's why they are where they are right now. But both teams can explode offensively. Both can put up numbers.
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Coming in, they were like us, a team that's up there. They start three seniors, and they are a good basketball team. If people thought they were just going to go away, you don't get ranked in the top five or six in the preseason if you don't have a good team.