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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
came dunk players
Big-time players make big-time plays. It's that way in every sport. ... And that dunk came in traffic.
good
We will have had a really good season. We've done a good job.
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.
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.
heart puts
There is nothing pretty about his game. But he comes to play every day - he puts his heart in it.
chance final stay win
If they stay together, they'll have a chance to go to the Final Four, to win it all.
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.