Marcus Ginyard
Marcus Ginyard
Marcus Darrel Ginyardis an American professional basketball player who plays for Hermine de Nantes Atlantique of the LNB Pro B. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels after a high school career at Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia. Ginyard’s role as a defensive stopper became his forte for the Tar Heels after his arrival. He has also previously played in Germany, Israel, Poland and Ukraine...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth8 May 1987
ability best coming everybody finding together
Everybody is coming together and finding what they do best and doing it to the best of their ability.
bench coming crazy defense drop head shot tough
It was tough to play defense for that long and have them down by that much, and for him to make that crazy shot like that, that just really got them going. From then on, they started coming back into the game. You could see everybody's head drop on the bench when the shot went it. It just started the story of the game.
anywhere came dishes games gets home homework playing until video
Everything was his way or the highway, which was good. We came home and we weren't going anywhere until our homework was done. We weren't playing video games until all our homework was done. And the dishes better be done before he gets home from work.
basketball lucky mistakes realize rest room smarter throughout
This made us realize there's no room for all the mistakes we made tonight. We were lucky to get away with it. We have to play better basketball, smarter basketball throughout the rest of the tournament.
basketball expect far good time worst
This is by far the worst time to expect anything different than a good basketball game.
coach continued great hit hitting locker push room though turned
Coach said in the locker room that it wasn't perfect, but we made something out of it. We continued to push through, even though we hit a little adversity. We weren't hitting shots, and we were a little sloppy, but we turned something great out of it.
couple effort excited learn ncaa needed next people prove tournament understand
As long as we understand we didn't give the effort we needed to give tonight, we can learn from it going into the tournament. We're still excited about the NCAA tournament and what we'll be able to prove to some people in the next couple of weeks.
capable ourselves outside people
That's why they're outside and we're inside. We think more of ourselves than a lot of other people do, but that doesn't matter. We know what we're capable of.
anybody basketball college dreams playing
Anybody who dreams of playing college basketball dreams of playing in this game.
coach reason sent time
Any time a coach does that, you've got to know it's for one reason and one reason only. I think he sent a message.
needed win won
We needed a win tonight, not only the win but the way we won tonight.
ball difficult putting talent
If he's not putting the ball in, it's a little difficult for us. At the same time, that shouldn't be the case. We've got a lot of talent on this team, and we've got to put the ball in the hole.
danny lift lurking step
Danny was big-time tonight. He's always there kind of lurking around. He was a big lift for us this time. We know he can step up and take big-time shots.
definitely gotten possession taking
Taking each possession more importantly is definitely something we've gotten a lot better at.