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...
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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.
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He's put together some nice games. . . . He's coming into his own. More importantly, he had seven rebounds and six steals (against Oklahoma State). . . . That speaks to his defense as much as anything. He's adding some other dimensions to his game.
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He did a nice job. The three he hit was huge, and his penetration and pitching to Copeland at the end was, too. . . . He's getting there, but I hate to give him a good grade after one good performance.
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If my guys are wise, they'll listen to someone who's done it. Someone who will explain how he became that efficient.
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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.
life seniors start thinking
It's a new season. There's always a possibility that seniors will start thinking about life after basketball.
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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.
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Any time you have guys that are going through the league for the fourth time, they know what to expect.
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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.
heart puts
There is nothing pretty about his game. But he comes to play every day - he puts his heart in it.
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This team wanted to step up and change things. There were times today when we could have folded our tent. But we didn't.
early foot
Early on, he had one foot in and one foot out the door.
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We have done well on that all season. We have not had to rely on one guy for our 3-point shots.