113 Quotes by Rod Barnes

If you had asked me before the game, I'd have told you we were ready. After the game, I'm concerned. We looked like a young and inexperienced basketball team, and we haven't practiced that way.

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.

I just thought they played better than we did, it snowballed and we couldn't stop them.

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.

It helped to have guys come off the bench like that. That made it difficult for us.

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.

I think our kids are working hard. My focus is to make sure we move forward and get better.

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).

Last year, we had Tommy Eddie in the post, who was 6-7. Kendrick Fox started and was not really a post player.