Ricky Stokes
Ricky Stokes
Ricky Leonard Stokesis an American athletics administrator and former men's college basketball coach who is currently the associate commissioner of men's basketball for the Mid-American Conference...
great group hard improvement last listen playing pleased progress seven staff stressed team
I am really, really excited. I have been very pleased with the progress of the team and the improvement we have made in the last seven weeks. As a staff we have stressed working hard, playing hard and doing things right. This team has already started to gel. It's been great working with a group of young men that listen and tries.
assistant coach great maybe rick
Rick was a great teammate. Rick is doing well. Who knows, maybe he will need an assistant coach one day.
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Give Memphis a lot of credit because they are a great basketball team. I thought the effort was great, and I told the team that I couldn't be any more proud of our effort.
great knew outside quickly shots stand transition tried
We knew they were great in transition and we tried to get back as quickly as possible. We wanted them to take outside shots and stand around, and we wanted to be able to get the rebound.
game great leaving memories sure wake
I know it was a big game mentally. Leaving a program, like Wake Forest, I'm sure he had a lot of great memories and I'm sure he wanted to play well.
basketball fans great hot loud nation pirate
I want to give our fans a lot of credit. With our students, fans and the Pirate Nation this was a great place to be tonight. It was loud and hot and a great basketball game.
close coming great guys kept series testament tonight
It's a great testament to these guys. We've had a series of close games. The guys kept coming back and tonight got it done.
great job playing sam
Sam has done a great job for us this year. He is not playing like a freshman.
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Sam has done a great job for us. There's always that transition period for a player to get adjusted, and Sam has handled it very well. We threw him into the fire, and we couldn't be more pleased with how he has handled it. When you watch him play, you forget he's a freshman.
ball both difficulty line quicker teams
Both teams have had difficulty scoring, and we can't let them go to the line 38 times. I thought they were a little quicker to the ball than we were.
against confidence difficult forward game hopefully pleased
We were pleased with the win. Hopefully this will give us some confidence as we look forward to a difficult game against UNC Wilmington on Saturday.
fairly final good half needed physical
We were not as physical in the first half as we needed to be. We got out to a fairly good start, but didn't play well in the final 10 minutes.
basketball care pleased smart
I was pleased with the effort, but not in the loss. We didn't play as smart or take care of the basketball like we need to or should have.
central extremely florida playing test tough
Central Florida will be another tough test for us. They are playing extremely well and are very talented.