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...
aggressive entire team throughout
You have to give Quincy credit. They were the more aggressive team throughout the entire game.
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.
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.
attention detail execute feeling guard pay team teams win
It is going to be a bear. Every team going over there has a feeling that they can win it. The teams that guard and execute and pay attention to detail are going to be the teams that win.
balanced challenge extremely grand plays respect team valley
We have a lot of respect for Grand Valley State. They have an outstanding team. They are a big, balanced team that plays extremely hard. It will be a big challenge for the Cougars.
excited greatest honored memories success team thrilled tribute
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.
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.
coming life
At that point, you could just see the life coming back into our bodies.
dropping fortunate half indiana knew second shots southern
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.
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.
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.
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.