48 Quotes by Marty Simmons

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.

I thought Doug Taylor really stepped up in that game. It was a balanced effort.

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.

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.

I think we're all a little numb right now. We need to pinch ourselves.

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.

Our guys played well enough to win. The effort was there. They played their hearts out. Tip your hat to Virginia Union. They made some big plays down the stretch.

Our guys played their hearts out. We battled and battled and deserved to win. But Virginia Union made one more play than us.

That 3-point shot at the end of the half really meant a lot to us. We came back out to start the (second) half and got another three, and the guys got more aggressive.