Donnie Marsh
Donnie Marsh
Donnie Marsh is an assistant men's basketball coach at South Florida. He was previously the head coach at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. He was also head coach of The College of New Jersey from 1989 to 1993 and an assistant coach at Indiana University...
certainly close hard learning
We're certainly disappointed in not being able to close it out. It's hard to say we're still learning how to play 40 minutes, but that's the crux of it.
came coach difficult fought half join late learning point second unable
It was difficult for our guys, learning at the late point that we did about Coach being unable to join us. To their credit, I thought that they came out in the second half and fought harder.
defense digging entire gave good late looked matter seconds shot standing waiting
We just gave up way too many late shot-clock baskets, and that's just a matter of digging in. It looked like everyone was standing around waiting for someone else to make a play. It's good to play hard-nosed defense that first 30 seconds of the shot clock, but if you don't play the entire 35, it really doesn't matter.
guy might
We might need to know where that guy is. We'll try to find him. I might see him in my sleep.
free help missed shots throws
We got some help from them because they missed the free throws but we still had to make some shots ourselves.
channel emotions floor goal guys recognize running tip ton ultimate
A ton of emotions will be running through them from tip to buzzer. We've just got to try and get those guys to keep that in check, channel it the right way on the floor and recognize that the ultimate goal is for them to have a win.
minute plays point quickness respect
You have to respect his quickness and his speed, and the way he plays the game. Every minute he's on the floor, he plays hard. He plays to the point of exhaustion.
boil close defense department far home needs road struggled win
I think road or home, you can boil it down, and it's really that our defense isn't even close to where it needs to be to win at home or on the road. We have struggled in that department for far too long.
effort expect improve kids point pull road searching team themselves win
We're all at a point where we know that we have to improve that effort if we expect to win on the road in the Big Ten. I don't think our team is fragile. I think they're kids who are searching for a way to pull themselves out of this and I think they will.
anybody knocked seen surprise time willing
He's a big-shot guy. We've seen it time and again. It didn't surprise anybody that he was willing to take it and that he knocked it down.
best care continuing rest time trying
We're trying to play the best we can at the right time of year. If that makes us dangerous, so be it. What we want to think about is continuing to get better and better each time we go out. Then we'll let the rest take care of itself.
heart minutes practice
For him to play 36 minutes after no practice is amazing. That's his heart and mentality. He's doing everything he can to win.
beat deep everybody heck knocking limit nights shooting
It's one of those nights where you kind of see where (Brown) is shooting wise. If he's knocking those down from real deep there isn't a whole heck of lot you're going to be able to do. What you do then is you try to limit everybody else and make them try to beat you with one guy.
attention best bit bring contain figure kid powerful says stretch
Not at all. It says to me how do we figure out the best way to contain Dials. He's such a powerful kid inside. He's going to stretch you a little bit so you have to bring attention to him, but you can't give up those perimeter shots.