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...
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.
focus next trying win
It's a new season. Our focus is just on trying to win the next game.
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.
compete conference division guys heck home last position proud themselves tied west win
I am proud of the guys. We tied for the West Division Championship. That's a heck of an accomplishment. Are we disappointed that we weren't able to win it out right at home in the last two games? I don't think there is any question. Our guys have put themselves in a position to compete for the conference championship.
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.
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.
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.
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.
numb pinch
I think we're all a little numb right now. We need to pinch ourselves.