At Southeastern Illinois Community College... Regarded as one of the nation’s best junior college products, he blossomed into a top-notch point guard...his improvement and emergence on the national scene went full circle in his sophomore year at Southeastern Illinois CC, garnering second-team All-America accolades, first-team Region XXIV honors and rated as the nation’s No. 1 junior college point guard prospect...averaged 19.4 ppg, 7.2 apg and 2.1 spg, leading his team to a 26-7 mark and a Region XXIV championship game appearance...in his two seasons at SEICC, led the squad to a school-record 26 wins each season...named Region XXIV Player of the Year over Wabash Valley’s Antwain Barbour, who signed with Kentucky and was ranked as the nation’s No. 1 junior college player by Rob Harrington’s PrepStars...of SEICC’s seven losses his senior season, five of them were to teams in the national tournament...shot 46.7 percent from 3-point range...set the school record in assists for a single-season (260) and career (498)...scored over 30 points in four of his last five games...in his final home game, scored 31 points behind six treys vs. Kaskaskia...poured in a career-high 33 points against Logan in the region semifinal game, going 6-for-10 from 3-point range...had 22 points and 10 assists in the Region XXIV championship game vs. Wabash Valley, which went on to finish fourth in the national tournament...was at SEICC for three seasons, redshirting his initial season in junior college...graduated from high school a year early, turning 17 over the summer after his graduation at 142 pounds...used his redshirt season and first year of competition to improve his game and increase his weight...broke his ankle in a pickup game his freshman season that forced him to redshirt...in his first season as the SEICC floor leader, helped his team to a 26-4 record by averaging 15.3 ppg, 8.4 apg, 2.4 spg and 3.3 rpg...his assist-to-turnover ratio was an impressive 5-to-1...ended the season earning Region XXIV all-district honors...scored 29 points vs. Olney Central to clinch the No. 2 seed in the Region XXIV Tournament...shot 50 percent from the field, 40.6 percent from 3-point range and 77 percent from the foul line...tallied a career-high 15 assists in a game his freshman year...Rick Ball of Ballplayers JC Report picked Barnes as the nation’s top junior college point guard and a first-team All-American...FutureStars listed him as the nation’s second-best JUCO point guard...a second-team preseason junior college All-American by Street & Smith’s...Slam Magazine listed him as one of 10 junior college players of impact...the 24th-best junior college player by Greg Swaim...was invited to Rick Ball’s top-40 camp...chose Iowa State over Auburn, Texas Christian, Oklahoma, Marquette and DePaul...coached in junior college by Todd Franklin.

High School... Grew up in the Chicago area and competed at De La Salle High School until moving to Kentucky...played his last two seasons of high school for Hendersen County.

Personal... Born Oct. 21, 1981, in Chicago, Ill...sociology major...g