Rod Barnes
Rod Barnes
Rodrick Kenneth Barnesis an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the Cal State Bakersfield Men's Basketball program. He previously served as head coach for the Georgia State University men's basketball team of the NCAA Division I's Colonial Athletic Association. Barnes was also head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Mississippi...
entered expected game good shooter talked
We didn't know going into the game that he would play as well as he did. We talked about him being a good shooter when he entered the game, but who would have expected that from him?
determination games tournament win
We were in a tournament with all of our guys. All of a sudden, we come back and ... we're determined. We win 27 games (in 2000-01).
call phone sites sure water
We just make a phone call to the construction sites to make sure to water down the area.
doubt run
We run a lot of things offensively through Dwayne. When he's out, we've had doubts.
focused hard ready work
We are going to work hard and be focused and ready to play.
confident fight team
We're not the most confident team by our play right now, but we've got to fight through. We're going to keep fighting.
becomes except far passing
We're having some turnovers that have nothing to do with anything except passing and catching. Sometimes when you have a tough-go of it the way we have as far as turnovers, it becomes a little mental.
last ncaa ok
We're going to play in the NCAA Tournament. So this is not their last go-around with me, OK ?
giving guys older stayed
We're giving a lot of guys opportunities. We've stayed with our older guys for a long time. Not that we're going away from them, we're just going to use (the freshmen).
advantage ball defense early good job offense took turned
We did not do a good job rebounding on offense and did not play good defense. We turned the ball over early and they took advantage of our mistakes.
conference means obvious rivals schedule season soon whenever
Whenever you play Mississippi State, it's obvious it means a lot. You don't take that lightly. What I don't do is, I don't put our whole season into it. But when you look at the schedule, obviously, every year, as soon as you get the conference schedule and you look and see when you play Mississippi State. That's what rivals are all about.
accept believe character choose determines either fight lay
What you do as a family, that determines your character and what kind of person you're going to be. We can either lay down and we can accept this or we can get back up and fight. I told them I choose to fight and I believe they're going to choose to fight.
basketball behind focused good inside scoring year
When we can go inside to Curtis, he's good at scoring with the basketball. I've really focused this year on our offense. We're a little behind on defense.
guys older stayed
We've stayed with the older guys for a long time. Not that we're going away from them, but we've got to do something different.