Rick Barnes Game Quotations

Mike Williams gave us by far and away his best game since he's been at Texas.

He loves this game. I knew he would be a person that would come back from it.

His versatility is what separates him. There's not really a part of the game he can't handle.

We have one game left. If we're good enough to win the league, we'll win it.

When the game was in doubt, they made plays and we didn't.

Every game in this league, as you know in any league, that night you've got to be ready to play. We've got to continue to improve. There are areas we definitely can improve in.

The whole team put in a great effort and our inside game was just great. Back in the beginning of the season ... I knew it was going to be a tough finish for us.

The teams that mess up are the ones that play not to lose. You don't want to be the first game of the tournament. You'd probably want to be in the middle, but you just have to deal with it.

This game is the most important game we've had to this point.

This might be the worst game he's had shooting 3s, but he did a great job at the free throw line. With those five assists, it was a real good night for him.

It wasn't. That was a very hard-fought game against a team that played us the way we knew they'd play us. I think this next one will be no different.

I told our guys before the game that the key would be what we got from our bench. I watched our last game (KSU) where we bogged down on the offensive end. Obviously, A.J. came up big. They did a great job of double-teaming the post.

I told the team after the game they had a glimpse of how good we can be. We were terrific ... but we can still get better.

Daniel will be fine. There's going to be nights you're not going to shoot the ball well. We still shot 50 percent for the game and scored 90 points.

Daniel Gibson 's demeanor throughout the whole game was good. What he's done the last couple games is what he's capable of. Everyone's happy and proud of him.

I just want to win the next game we play, and then the next one after that. All I know is, we can't let down.

In some ways, winning a game like this might be better for us than if we won by eight or nine points. We had to work.

I don't know if it's an advantage or a disadvantage. I told the guys were only going to worry about the game in front of us. From there, you move on to the next one if you're successful.

I didn't know how P.J. would react. What he went through the other night was tough. We spent a lot of time to tell him he could bounce back. I told him the best thing would be to get lost in the game defensively and thought he was really good.

I am obviously a better-looking guy than he is. If we play basketball he wasn't very good; but the reason he does all the loose-ball drills is because that's how he had to get on the court as a player. But if it got down to he and I playing, it won't be a rivalry. To have a rivalry you have got to split some games, and he would never win a game from me.

The game is important to him. He wants to be really good at it.