Marty Simmons Good Quotations

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.

He was aggressive at taking the ball to the basket. He was very good defensively.

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.

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.

(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.

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.

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.

The guys worked really hard to get out and contest shots, and we did a much better job of blocking out. We got off to a good start, which is always important. We're just happy to come away with a win.

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.

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.

They're a good basketball team. They're so unselfish and feed off each other so well.