Andre Patterson
Andre Patterson
Andre Pattersonis a former American professional basketball player. He is 6 feet 9 1⁄2 inchesin height...
career four good guys rather stake
I can't think of four guys I'd rather stake my career on. I know they can play. I know they're good people.
last lose messed remember rest tough whipped
They whipped us last year. It's always tough to lose to an in-state rival, but that was especially bad. I think we all remember that game. It pretty much messed up the rest of our season.
almost coach college coming goes good gotten helps job players since talking territory
It's been that way ever since I've gotten to Denver. It goes with the territory now. It's almost like being a college coach again. If you can do a good job of talking players into coming to your team, it kind of helps you.
adjustment defense packing parker ready team
It's one thing when you play a team with a big back and it's going to be him packing that thing 40 times. You get ready for it. But they only give you Bettis for 15 and Parker for 25. That's a big adjustment the defense has to make.
anytime feet great guy listed size
Anytime you've got a back listed at 265 who's probably 280 and still has nimble feet like a 225-pound guy, it's going to take more than one guy to take him down. He's got great size and great feet. That's the combination that makes it so difficult. That's what makes him so special.
ball patient run seconds shot slow team time
They're going to slow the ball down and not want to run with us. They're going to use 30, 35 seconds on the shot clock. Any time a team is that patient with the basketball, it's hard.
length minutes
You've got to play 40 minutes with us the whole length of the floor. If you can't do that, it's going to be trouble.
pushed quickness
I'm not getting pushed around as much, and I still have the quickness I've always had.
might stay sure
I'm not even sure why I still need to go. I might as well stay home, because we've got our guy.
anybody teams wearing
We've been wearing teams out. That's a big part of our system. You can't out-work anybody if you're not in shape.
games mean three trying win
It doesn't mean anything. I want to win the whole conference. That's our goal. We've got three games to do that, and that's what we're trying to do. We'll just keep going one game at a time.
ask bit coming confidence defense good guy hearing hurt injury knows team year
When I first got here, he was coming off the injury and being hurt every year and hearing all the things about himself, so yeah, his confidence was a little bit down. But it's back up there, and he knows he's having a good year. I think if you ask any team we've played, he's the first guy on our defense that they would mention.
chris country everybody knows start
Chris is a sharpshooter and everybody in the country knows it. We're going to have to start getting used to him getting all the attention.
believe message night ready saw sends staying takes time whatever work worked
It sends the message that he's ready to work and do whatever it takes to win. Him staying up all night scouting, we can believe in him because he's got our backs. The first time I saw that, when he worked out with us, it was great, because we're all in this together.