Marty Simmons
Marty Simmons
Marty Simmonsis the head men's basketball coach at the University of Evansville. He was elected Mr. Illinois Basketball in 1983. He started his collegiate basketball career at Indiana University, before finishing up at the University of Evansville...
basketball best both good great inside jump knack knowledge leader might position shooter tim
Mike's a better perimeter shooter than Tim. Tim might be the best leader I've ever coached. But they both play the same position and have great knowledge of the game. Mike's kind of old-school. He's a basketball player. He has long arms, a good jump hook, good fakes inside and a knack around the basket.
gold talking
At halftime, we were talking about how it was fool's gold the way they were shooting.
coached playing teams tough
They have been playing teams tough on the road. They are a well coached team. It is going to be tough.
extremely good unselfish weaknesses
They are a really good team. They play extremely hard, and they are a very unselfish team. I don't see a lot of weaknesses in them.
chance games good guys job putting title win
This is what you play for, a chance to win a divisional title with two games left. Our guys have done a good job with putting us in this position. Now it is up to us to find a way to win.
basketball feed good unselfish
They're a good basketball team. They're so unselfish and feed off each other so well.
fortunate proud tough
It was a very tough game. I feel very fortunate to come out on top. I was really proud of the guys.
crack dawn extremely good guys job late leave relating takes understand work
They're young guys who work extremely hard. They're in here at the crack of dawn and they leave late at night. They put so much into it. They've done a good job of relating to our guys and getting our guys to understand what it takes to be good at this level.
fired group guys hard last tremendous
We're fired up. There's no doubt. We know how hard it was to get there last year, and to be able to back it up is just a tremendous accomplishment for the group of guys on this team.
ability avoid passing player screens unlike
His anticipation, ability to avoid screens and acceleration in the passing lanes is unlike any other player that I have ever coached.
character good guys half locker plays
Our guys showed a lot of character and heart. It wasn't going to real good there at the beginning. But we made some plays at the end of the half to give us some momentum, a little feel-good going into the locker room.
effort guys hat hearts played plays tip virginia
Our guys played well enough to win. The effort was there. They played their hearts out. Tip your hat to Virginia Union. They made some big plays down the stretch.
deserved guys hearts played union virginia
Our guys played their hearts out. We battled and battled and deserved to win. But Virginia Union made one more play than us.
balanced stepped taylor
I thought Doug Taylor really stepped up in that game. It was a balanced effort.