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
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.
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 clashing great rivalry teams
It's just two great basketball teams clashing like that. That's why the rivalry is such a big deal.
california coming hard totally
It was just coming out and totally outplaying a team. We got outplayed in California and that's unacceptable, so we had to come back and play this hard tonight.
definitely gotten possession taking
Taking each possession more importantly is definitely something we've gotten a lot better at.
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.
gone minutes next played until
It's crazy. It's all over. We played so well all year, and for it to be gone in 40 minutes like that until next October, it's shocking.
crowd electric fed feed great using
It was just as electric as I expected. We just used it to feed us. We've been great using the crowd to feed us, and it fed us the whole game.
anybody basketball college dreams playing
Anybody who dreams of playing college basketball dreams of playing in this game.
dangerous team
It's dangerous to give a team like that momentum.
dangerous game lose points team three
You lose the game by three points, there's three points right there. It's dangerous to give a team like that the momentum. It was a big-time shot.
capitalize mental mind mistakes strong teams understand
We understand we can't have any mental mistakes. Mental mistakes are what other teams capitalize on, and that's how you get upsets. We've got to get the mind strong for where we're going to go.
correct defensive mistake sit talking team totally watching
Watching with buddies, you're talking about look at that dunk, look at that 3. You sit down with a coach, and he's talking about look at this defensive mistake that team made and how to correct it. So you're getting a totally different look from him.