Mark Slonaker
Mark Slonaker
Mark Slonakeris an American college basketball coach. He is the former head men's basketball coach at Mercer University. He was the 2002–03 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year after leading Mercer to the best one season turnaround in NCAA history, improving from 6–23 to 23–6. The team won the Atlantic Sun regular season championship with a 14–2 conference record and made school history for number of wins; Mercer won 22 games in 1923–24 and 1984–85. The season ended with...
games match tend
We're just always pretty evenly-matched. We tend to match up well, and that's why games go down to the wire. This one should, too.
academic attempts classroom efforts glad hope proud recognized repeat team
We are proud of Will's efforts in the classroom and we are glad to see that he is being recognized for his accomplishments. We hope this will bode well for him as he attempts to repeat as a first team Academic All-America selection.
capable kids
Wow. They're kids who are capable of going off for 20 (points) on you anytime.
areas attack defending defense five leaves start
They start five guards. That leaves them some liabilities on defense because of their size. You've got some areas you can attack them. But at the same time, when you're defending them, it makes it rough.
factor gotten improving keeps kid optimistic sure
He's a big kid who's gotten better. I'm sure they're optimistic that if he keeps improving he'll be a factor in this league, and he's a factor now.