196 Quotes by Rick Barnes

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.

Transition, we said if they make a 3 we're going to get it out quick and run the transition game. I told A.J. to push it. We did a really nice job of executing right there at the end.

What I've always advised them to do is always explore and see what their options are. That's what it's there for.

We knew going in it was going to be hard. This time of year, on the road, you can't take any of them for granted.

You have to give Oklahoma all the credit. They played a great game. They did what they needed to to get the win.

We tried to keep two guys down around the block. Every now and then we would float somebody into the high post. We felt like if we could take care of the ball, get it on the rim, that we could do some damage there. We ended with 17 of them (offensive rebounds) and that gave us 17 more opportunities.

We did a better job in the second half of taking care of the ball. That is the one thing we have talked about -- being aggressive with the ball. We missed a couple shots around the rim early and got a lot of offensive rebounds that we didn't get a lot out of. But over the course of the game, it turned out a lot like I expected it.