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...
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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.
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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.
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Sam has done a great job for us this year. He is not playing like a freshman.
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There's no in-between - you win or you lose. But if we continue to have that effort, I think good things can happen for this team.
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We have to shoot the ball better. We just are making good basketball plays and decisions that good basketball teams make to win.
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UTEP is a balanced club and presents a lot of problems. Since they are new to the conference, they may not be as well known in the area, but they are a solid club.
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We are facing a very difficult challenge in UNC Wilmington. We played better in our win against Limestone, but to beat Wilmington we are going to have to play a lot better.
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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.
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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.
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Central Florida will be another tough test for us. They are playing extremely well and are very talented.
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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.
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Rick was a great teammate. Rick is doing well. Who knows, maybe he will need an assistant coach one day.
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Memphis made the necessary shots when they needed to and we might gave gotten a little tired towards the end, which allowed Memphis to make the shots and get the rebounds to win.
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Memphis made the necessary plays in the second half. We now have to get over the hurdle and learn to win games like this.