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...
job ncaa nice serious shocked shown team worthy
I would be shocked if we weren't already getting serious (NCAA) consideration. I think this team has done a very nice job so far. That's out of our hands. ... I think this team has shown that it's worthy of an NCAA bid.
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.
basketball beat good great team
This was a great team effort. We beat a very good basketball team.
gone last oklahoma older seniors state wiser
We've got the seniors that have all gone through this league. We're no different than Oklahoma State was last year. We're older and we're wiser and we don't get rattled.
heart puts
There is nothing pretty about his game. But he comes to play every day - he puts his heart in it.
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.
finish game help higher liked performance proud talking team
We thought our performance in that game (A&M) didn't help our cause. Certainly, we would've liked to have been selected. But you're talking about a team that no one thought would finish higher than ninth. I'm still very proud of what this team did this year.
good
We will have had a really good season. We've done a good job.
against basketball effort focus good great team tremendous win
It was a great win against a good basketball team and it really bodes well for our program. I thought we had tremendous focus and great effort on the part of each and every one of the guys.
family time
It was the first time I'd ever been on a train; I'd always wanted to go on one. Now, I've got to get my family on one at some point.
life seniors start thinking
It's a new season. There's always a possibility that seniors will start thinking about life after basketball.
concerned looked seen turned
It looked like everyone who should have seen it just turned away and didn't want to see it. I was concerned for my player.
next worry
It . . . really bodes well for our program. But right now, we just need to worry about the next game.