Rick Barnes recaps Tennessee’s win against Cincinnati

Tennessee defeated Cincinnati, 65-56.

On if he would be more concerned if the team wasn’t getting as many good looks:
“I will tell you we turned down some shots. You ask anybody in that locker room, I’m upset with guys when they don’t take open shots because again we can rebound the ball. Like the other night, we got hesitant and turned down shots we should have had, so we have to shoot it and again with those shots. We missed some that you have to make, and at the start of the second half we missed some we should have made. Even Fulky’s shots at the start of the second half weren’t great balanced shots. They went down and made three straight layups coming out of halftime, and we missed three or four of them. But the fact is we cannot turn down open shots. These guys spend too much time in the gym working on shooting to be hesitant. Some of that you have to give credit to Colorado and Cincinnati because they have gone zone against us and like I said, we have spent a total of maybe 15 minutes working against a 1-3-1. We had spent more time prior to our stoppage against a 2-3. The other night we had looks at the basket, we just weren’t in the space we wanted. But we didn’t force one shot the other night against the 2-3 and we didn’t make any of them, but today I just liked the fact that these guys were driving the ball hard. We had some looks and didn’t make them, but we’re going to make shots and I told them it just proves we don’t have to shoot the ball well to win basketball games because we’ve won against two really good basketball teams and not had great shooting nights.”