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...
games loves
After he got in there, he was comfortable. He wasn't afraid. He loves big games and all that kind of stuff.
bad league tough
That's huge. One thing about this league is that it's so tough when you get off to a bad start.
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.
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.
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.
played stop
I just thought they played better than we did, it snowballed and we couldn't stop them.
bench difficult guys helped
It helped to have guys come off the bench like that. That made it difficult for us.
focus forward kids move sure
I think our kids are working hard. My focus is to make sure we move forward and get better.
defense improvement needs
I think our defense is what needs improvement now.
challenge forward looking playing top
Clarence Sanders really was impressive. I think he was looking forward to the challenge of playing a Top 25 team.
concerned focus miss trying win
I'm concerned about these kids. My focus is trying to get a win for Ole Miss and these kids.
concerned kids mindset
I'm concerned about the mindset of our kids.
couple gave giving job past team tough word
I had a job to do. And as tough as this has been for all of us with this team over the past couple of weeks, I was going to go out there and do my job, giving it all I had. My word is my bond. I gave my word to my guys.
basketball catching defense easy focused good gotten improvement kids needs offense scoring
He's really good at catching and scoring with the basketball. I don't think we've gotten it to him enough; I would like our kids to find him a little more. He has made it easy for us, and I've really focused on our offense this year, which is why I think that our defense is what needs improvement now.