Southern Illinois athletic director Mario Moccia said he's talked to Barry Hinson about the coach's postgame tirade that went viral after Tuesday night's loss to Murray State, and Hinson told ESPN on Wednesday that his only regret was calling out one player by name.

During the rant after the Salukis' 73-65 loss, Hinson referred to his players as "mama's boys," used off-color remarks and called out starting guard Marcus Fillyaw.

"I've got a bunch of mama's boys right now," Hinson told reporters at his postgame news conference. "We just won't buck up and bow our necks. We've got to get through that. I'm tired of coaching a guy and having him roll his eyes or put his head down or feel sorry for himself. This is big time. People lose their jobs."

Moccia told ESPN.com on Wednesday that Hinson, who is in his second season at SIU, took over a "difficult APR [a four-year low score of 908 in 2012 after a slew of transfers] and social situation and is trying to fix it in the past 20 months."

"Barry cares about his players," Moccia said. "I know this is not the season he wanted to have after 10 games [2-8]. The losses have mounted, and he's frustrated. I just wish he didn't call out the players specifically and would have used more generalities.''

Hinson specifically called out Fillyaw, who went scoreless in 14 minutes with one assist and two turnovers.

"Marcus was absolutely awful," Hinson said Tuesday night. "That's about as PG-rated as I can say it. He was awful."

Hinson told ESPN's Jeff Goodman on Wednesday that statement was his only regret.

"I regret one thing -- calling out Marcus' name," Hinson said. "That wasn't fair to him individually, and I'm upset about that. But I'm not upset about anything else I said.

"I'm not going to fake who I am. I'm an emotional guy and I love my players, but I was frustrated with their overall lack of effort. I felt bad about mentioning one of my player's names. That was a mistake."