Andre Patterson
Andre Patterson
Andre Pattersonis a former American professional basketball player. He is 6 feet 9 1⁄2 inchesin height...
pushed quickness
I'm not getting pushed around as much, and I still have the quickness I've always had.
anyone ball best career played playing
I think he's played the best ball he's played in his career this year. I think he's playing as well as anyone in the league.
cover guys hanging open tough
J.J. makes a lot of open 3's and off of picks. C-Lo just discourages defenses because guys will be hanging all over him, and he's still going to make it. He's a tough cover for anybody.
helps rhythm sacrifice starting team
Starting just helps me get into a rhythm faster. But anything this team needs, I'll sacrifice and do.
arena bring came fill goals
That was one of my goals, to fill up the arena and bring it back to the Ernie and Bernie days. That's why I came to Tennessee.
beat feels florida hard kentucky nation teams win
It feels really good. We wanted to beat teams like Florida and Kentucky in the SEC, but we also want to win championships. To be No. 8 in the nation is hard to believe.
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.
teams worked
We've done it more than most teams I've worked with.
far hard plays
He's going to play hard and compete, and that's all I want. How it all plays out as far as tackles and pressures, I don't know. But I know if he's on the field, he's going to give me everything he's got.
cause game tempo
We try to get the tempo going with our press. It isn't just to cause turnovers. We want to get the game going up and down... try to get them running.
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.
guys kept knew
But we knew they were tough. Those guys just kept coming. It was like they thought they should win.
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.