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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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.
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His anticipation, ability to avoid screens and acceleration in the passing lanes is unlike any other player that I have ever coached.
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Just to have the opportunity to compete for a conference championships with four games to go in the season would be something that any college basketball player would relish. Our guys have done a tremendous job of putting us in this position.
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He gives us a lot of energy from that standpoint. His anticipation, ability to avoid screens, and accelerate in the passing lanes is unlike any other player that I have ever coached. It is a very deserving record. He has worked hard for it and hopefully he can improve on it.
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You just have to give the players their credit. They are playing hard and playing together. It seems like we have different guys stepping up on different nights.
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I'm just thrilled and honored and very excited to be part of this. It's probably a tribute more to our team success than anything else -- and they were some of the greatest memories of my life.
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It's a new season. Our focus is just on trying to win the next game.
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The kids stepped up at the end and hit the shots. Give credit to (Northern Kentucky). We were adjusting to them all day. We had some guys with their tongues hanging out there, but we got through it.
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They are one of premier programs in the country and have been for years. I have all the respect in the world for them.
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Ever since we got back Christmas, we have had our days where we haven't been very sharp, but there haven't been very many. That goes to them and their desire to get better. They really have improved a lot since the beginning of the season, but we have to continue to improve as we play the month of February.
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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.
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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.
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You have to give Quincy credit. They were the more aggressive team throughout the entire game.
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At that point, you could just see the life coming back into our bodies.