Nate Oats
Nate Oats
Nathanael "Nate" Oatsis an American basketball coach. He is currently the head basketball coach at the State University of New York at Buffalo, following two seasons as an assistant coach under Bobby Hurley. Oats was named head coach on April 11, 2015 after Hurley was hired by Arizona State as head coach. In only his first season as head coach, he took the Buffalo Bulls to their second straight NCAA Tournament bid after winning the Mid-American Conference Championship...
basketball senior team
We got almost the entire team coming back; we only had two seniors last year. We plan not just on making it back, but on taking the next step.
ask shooting team trying
I think he was really into the team concept. He would come over and ask me if he was shooting it too much. He wasn't trying to put too much on his shoulders.
bad complete good guys minutes needed second
We had a good 12 minutes and a bad four. I told my guys we really needed to play a complete 16 minutes in the second half.
entire half hit played time zone
That's the first time I've played an entire half of zone - ever. They didn't hit much. But I don't know how much of that was us, and how much of that was them being cold.
beaten recent shows
They've beaten us a lot more than we've beaten them (in recent years). But for some reason, we're 3-0 (at Belleville). It just shows we've got a lot of firepower when we play defense.
basketball coaches
The head coach has to crack down a little more.
basketball thinking honest
There's not going to be a whole lot of change, to be honest with you. I don't think there's a reason to fix what's broke.
basketball bowling environment
The Bowling Green game was a big-time environment. We wanna see that for all the games.
basketball coaches
They wanted me as coach.
basketball player
We're gonna get some time to sit down individually with each player and see what their role is.
basketball thinking expectations
A return to the NCAA is the expectation... I think that's a good pressure. I'd rather that pressure to the other way. ... I like a little pressure on me.
basketball thinking together
Once we announce the staff here, in the next week, two weeks, whatever it takes, I think everyone's going to be shocked at how good a staff we put together.
basketball thinking hours
I've been on the phone, I think, 20 out of 24 hours the last three days.
basketball coaches
One of the learning curves I'm not going to have is being a head coach.