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...
ncaa shown team worthy
I think this team has shown it's worthy of an NCAA bid.
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.
coming fed great guys section student thank tonight
What a great crowd. We had a great student section tonight and I want to thank everyone for coming out. I thought our guys really fed off that energy.
ball misleading transition turning
We started out making shots, but that was a little misleading because we didn't get back in transition well or rebound. Then we just started turning the ball over and that compounded our problems.
bothering looked shoulder
Marcus, to me, looked like his shoulder was bothering him a little bit. He didn't look like Marcus.
best fact win
I think one of the best things about today's win is the fact he didn't have his best game.
physical playing rotation
I think I'm playing too many guys. I need to find a rotation that will play physical in a physical league.
allowed couple discussion effort felt field last leagues opportunity played power teams topic
That's been a topic of discussion for the last couple of years. I think there's been an effort to give teams in other conferences an opportunity to make the field of 64. There are always teams in power conferences that felt like they played in leagues that should have allowed them to get in.
air concerned flipped guy jump looked saw seen turned
I saw him jump in the air and go for the rebound. And the guy slid under him and he flipped over the guy's back. It looked like everyone that should have seen it just turned away and didn't want to see it. I was concerned for my player.
air concerned guy jump saw seemed seen turned
I saw (Freeman) jump in the air and the guy slipped under him on the guy's back. And it seemed like everyone who should have seen it, turned away. They didn't want to see it. I was concerned for my player.
early game shots
I thought they made big shots all game long .... Not just the early flurry, but just the continuation of making shots.
chance chose guys reason step
I think all these guys have a chance to play. I think that was part of the attractiveness of CU, part of the reason they chose CU, because they could step in and contribute.
assume chance entire everybody good league people programs start strive successful teams unfair walking
I think it's unfair that because the traditional programs aren't just walking over everybody else in the league, people just assume that the league must be down. I just think it's a very good league. That's what you strive for when you start a league ? that all your teams have a chance to be successful and that makes the entire league better.
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.