Quotes by Rick Barnes

“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.”

“If he hadnt gotten hurt, we wouldnt have watched him play tonight. I think hed be in the NBA.”

“Greg never has been a me person. Hes never had a me week or a me month.”

“Those things work themselves out.”

“And they probably could have called about 50 more (fouls).”

“We told him all year to play more disciplined. It?s just a bad habit of him reaching. He is too good a player to let that happen.”

“I dont know if we can guard Texas Tech for 40 minutes man-to-man. We were tired. Zone was good to us tonight.”

“Were obviously taller, longer on the front line, so were able to get those [rebounds].”

“Thats college basketball. I just told them they needed to finish the game. An 18-point lead is nothing that cant be overcome and in February you expect teams to play hard.”

“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.”