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...
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There's no doubt we're excited. To be one game away from an opportunity to compete in the Elite Eight ... That would be a dream come true for most of these guys. This is why you play college basketball --to play in games like this.
aggressive entire team throughout
You have to give Quincy credit. They were the more aggressive team throughout the entire game.
coming life
At that point, you could just see the life coming back into our bodies.
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We were fortunate we had that lead. We knew Southern Indiana wasn't going to quit. Their shots started dropping in the second half and they were able to get back into the game.
fortunate knock trademark
We were fortunate that we did knock it loose. We scored a lot from out defense. That's kind of been our trademark up to this point.
coming good lifeblood players program recruiting team
We've got a good nucleus coming back. That's the lifeblood of any program --being able to get good players and make your team better through the recruiting process. That's our challenge.
guy happy step
I am just really happy to see a guy like him step up and make big plays. He has been doing that all year.
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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.
came played pleased
I thought he really played well when he came in. I was very pleased with his effort.
crowd early enthusiasm
I thought the crowd was great. We were down early and things weren't going our way. The crowd's enthusiasm got us back in the game.
numb pinch
I think we're all a little numb right now. We need to pinch ourselves.
run seemed stepped time
That was huge, but they make big plays. It seemed like each time we made some kind of a run at them, they stepped up.
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(Johnson) had a pretty good look. He got the ball in the open court, and we wanted him to create. He broke away from the pack a little bit and got the shot up.
creating good guys job maybe scoring team
Maybe it is not scoring or rebounding. The guys are doing a good job defensively of creating good opportunities for their teammates. They are a good team to coach.