Rick Barnes recaps Tennessee’s win against Cincinnati

Tennessee defeated Cincinnati, 65-56.

On how much he feels like teams mixing defenses against them so far this season has kept them from getting into an offensive rhythm with the whole stop and start for the season:
“It has. I don’t think there is any question that the rhythm of the game where they may go man or zone or vice versa try to keep you off rhythm, but we’re going to learn from it. We have to learn it where it counts with the lights on, but I think a little bit of our rhythm has gotten broken. We have one set that we know can run against anything and it’s predicated on guys just simply making plays. At halftime the coaches were talking about what we need to do, and I said to them I just like the fact that I want those guys to be aggressive and get into those gaps and let them make plays because no one on our team is selfish. Guys are going to make the right plays and try to do the right thing. We missed some shots that I truly believe we are going to make at a high percentage over time, but the rhythm has been broken over the last couple games and it is something we can learn from.”

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