Donnie Marsh
Donnie Marsh
Donnie Marsh is an assistant men's basketball coach at South Florida. He was previously the head coach at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. He was also head coach of The College of New Jersey from 1989 to 1993 and an assistant coach at Indiana University...
defense digging entire gave good late looked matter seconds shot standing waiting
We just gave up way too many late shot-clock baskets, and that's just a matter of digging in. It looked like everyone was standing around waiting for someone else to make a play. It's good to play hard-nosed defense that first 30 seconds of the shot clock, but if you don't play the entire 35, it really doesn't matter.
ball break defensive good knows percent position problem screens standpoint teammates time
He knows how to use screens and he's very good at getting in position to shoot. He can break you down at any time. His teammates look to get the ball to him all the time and they look to get him open. A big problem from a defensive standpoint is that 90 percent of the time he's going to have the ball in his hands.
came coach difficult fought half join late learning point second unable
It was difficult for our guys, learning at the late point that we did about Coach being unable to join us. To their credit, I thought that they came out in the second half and fought harder.
anybody knocked seen surprise time willing
He's a big-shot guy. We've seen it time and again. It didn't surprise anybody that he was willing to take it and that he knocked it down.