Ricardo Patton
Ricardo Patton
Ricardo Maurice Pattonis an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Northern Illinois University. On March 9, 2011, NIU announced that Patton would not return as their head coach for the 2011–12 season, it is unclear whether he resigned or was fired. Prior to this, he was the head coach at the University of Colorado. He was hired as head coach for the Buffaloes on March 5, 1996, just days before the Big Eight Conference...
good job
He's had some setbacks, but he's done a good job of working his way back.
chance felt floor good people presence respect teams value worth
He has to make other teams respect his presence on the floor even when he's not scoring. He has to make the other people around him better. If he will value his worth in all aspects, if he makes his presence felt every night, we have a chance to be a good team.
viable
If we don't go, I don't know that it will be because of this one loss. But I still think that we're a viable candidate.
chance final stay win
If they stay together, they'll have a chance to go to the Final Four, to win it all.
good grade hate hit nice pitching three
He did a nice job. The three he hit was huge, and his penetration and pitching to Copeland at the end was, too. . . . He's getting there, but I hate to give him a good grade after one good performance.
change step team today
This team wanted to step up and change things. There were times today when we could have folded our tent. But we didn't.
early kids signed
We signed these kids early so this is not an evaluation. We're just here for support.
guy rely
We have done well on that all season. We have not had to rely on one guy for our 3-point shots.
came dunk players
Big-time players make big-time plays. It's that way in every sport. ... And that dunk came in traffic.
heart puts
There is nothing pretty about his game. But he comes to play every day - he puts his heart in it.
along awful beating good league means teams texas
What Texas A&M beating Texas really means to me is it just confirms what I said all along - this league is not down. There are some awful good teams in this league.
basketball consistent guys learn plays season winning
The thing you learn from winning is how to win, and they are a very disciplined basketball team. I think if you look at the guys that make big plays for them, they are the guys who have been pretty consistent all season long.
backs basketball bow compete guess nature occur physically played pray ready respond start wish
Pray . . . I'm going to start there. You've just got to compete. I guess if I had to wish for just one thing to occur with our guys, it's just that we compete . . . It's going to be a physically played basketball game; that's just the nature of how they play. We just have to bow our backs and be ready to respond to that.
early foot
Early on, he had one foot in and one foot out the door.