Rick Barnes Played Quotations

I want to see us play better. We haven't played as well as we are capable of playing, but we have the attitude of trying to get better.

We've played better than we've played tonight. (But) anytime you go on the road and win in this league, it's good.

I don't think they played any different. I think they still did the same things, but I think we were a totally different team.

We're better than we played tonight. I've said all along, 'We've got to improve. We need to continue to get better.' I think this group has responded all year. I'll be disappointed if we don't try to improve.

They were young and finding their way. They've won 10 in a row and played great.

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.

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.

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

We really beat an outstanding team today. This is a team that we respect as much as any team we have played this year and the fact that they play hard. They compete every possession.

The bottom line is we shot the ball well. We played well. We really did.

I thought the first 20 minutes we were outstanding defensively. I thought we played smarter defensively, and I thought we did a good job of corralling to the ball and rotation was pretty good for the most part.