Deb Patterson
Deb Patterson
Deb Patterson is currently the director of basketball operations for the Northern Colorado women's basketball team. Patterson is the former head women's basketball coach at Kansas State. She was relieved of her coaching duties on March 9, 2014. She is the all-time winningest coach in school history. On December 20, 2008 she won her 250th career game...
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It was just a dog fight every possession. It wasn't pretty. It was a real defensive battle. In the end, I'm just glad we came out on top.
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I loved the way we finished tonight, and I loved the way we finished the first half. It took us awhile to get cranked up defensively, but we really started getting aggressive there.
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This team is an NCAA-caliber basketball team. It's just the nature of the selection process. There are probably going to be a lot of teams that probably aren't as good as us that are playing by virtue of conference bids or maybe by the exposure of the media in certain regions of the country.
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We got a real education from a real quick, aggressive, assertive defensive basketball team.
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We went through segments of the game, that I thought we struggled a little bit with carelessness. I think some of our turnovers were because we forced players late in the shot clock to try and go make a play.
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Consistency is elusive for her. I think it's something she continues to strive for... but when you're surrounded by young players, that can be a difficult element.
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This is an extremely tough place to play, as you saw by the Iowa State comeback in the second half. Our team refused to let the momentum shift.
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Baylor was awesome at the foul line. They stepped up at the end and made them like butter.
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She was effective inside and out. She got good post-up position. She really jumped in at that point and got active and assertive.
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They are a really physically, strong basketball team that plays so smart. They execute really well, and they have a real exciting freshman in Griffin. With Hardy they've got one of the best playmakers in the league, and their post players are so solid.
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It's a great statement of how quality basketball is supported here in the Manhattan community. Our fans were tremendous. I just can't say enough about how rare it is to have a packed house for women's basketball.
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Claire was just tremendous tonight across the boards. I just feel that it is obvious she is playing her best basketball this season. Going into this tournament, I am just completely convinced that she is going to assert herself as the best player in the tournament. I think she is that good.
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In the second half, I think the difference was that we didn't finish shots. I thought our execution was still as intense, we were committed, we didn't turn the ball over - but we didn't finish our shots.
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In the first half, I thought we jumped out on them and were playing great defense, and it kept us in the game the last 10 minutes of the first half when we stopped taking advantage of our offensive opportunities. I thought we carried that over to the second half.