Blue Jay Way

[WarriorFan]

New strategy:  Play rugby defense against Markus and beat the crap out of him.  See if anyone else steps up.  Oh, for anyone else to step up, they would need the ball.  From Markus.  Who cannot pass.

[warriors141]

1. turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. many of which are unforced. absolutely mind blowing. everyone is guilty

2. weakness with the ball, and the number one culprit is joey. how many times a game does he literally hand the ball to the other team????

3. team is in a downward spiral, not a good time for that to happen. can wojo figure it out? based on history I have no confidence in that happening

4. team is not scrappy. we don't get to 50 50 balls.

5. our end of game offense apparently is panicked chucking from 3

[WarriorDad]

Joey forever tarnished the Hauser family name

Most players have TO's from just being too aggressive. Maybe a little dumb.

His are absolutely unexplainable. Like not even a 2nd grader would make.

^^^ Ban Dis Guy ^^^

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

1.   First, let me say that I was extremely impressed with Creighton's defense.    They 'Jordan-ruled' Markus, double teaming him everywhere, daring any other MU player to beat them.    Then, whenever MU drove or got the ball in the corner, Creighton trapped aggressively and then jumped passing lanes.  Quick hands on reach ins.    Finally, they took advantage of every weak pass.    Of which there were many.   
2.   It was a bad day if your last name was Hauser.   
3.  Markus got his.   
4.   Every other player was passive and careless and weak on offense.  Every.   Other.   Player.     
5.   Stripped in open court.    Careless passes.   Shot clock violations after passing up shots in the lane. 
6.  Probably the most disappointing game of the year from my perspective. 
7. Usually, a team gets the result it deserves.    Marquette got the result it deserved today.

In regards to 1.

Great game plan by McDermott.  Markus cannot/will not pass to the open man so just double team him.  Dozens and dozens of times Markus got doubled today n had a wide open man close by, if he passes n then we keep it moving we have open shots all day.  He is a great shooter but his court vision and IQ are far far far below average. Its not that hard for college players, move it and keep it moving.  Markus did exactly what they new he would and what they wanted him to do.  Looked like a grade school team out there.

[We R Final Four]

Joey forever tarnished the Hauser family name

That’s harsh. He turned the ball over, he didn’t kill anyone.

[cheese ball chaser]

I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge Krampelj made everyone his bitch.

Krampelj, Samuels, Clark...Ugh...

[muhoops1]

I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge Krampelj made everyone his bitch.

Indeed.  He was/is a man.

[cheese ball chaser]

Microcosm of the game, loose ball on the floor and Bailey literally just runs away and makes 0 effort to try and get it

[Markusquette]

Krampelj, Samuels, Clark...Ugh...

MU is exposed by skilled bigs. Theo's made great strides, but he's not quite there yet. Ed is a little too short to defend taller athletic big men. Matt Heldt is unable to defend anyone.

[nyg]

Another bad start to a game.  Five turnovers in four minutes, that’s got to change.  One game it would be nice to start 10 to 2 or something.  Same with start of second half.

CU small, so why not go inside.  Same with SJU and not done.

22 ugly turnovers, 7 for Markus and he what 8 last game.  Not going to beat anybody with that total.

10 more shot attempts for CU, who only shot 36%. 

MU up four with ball after a great run, Joey turnover and they score.  Then two more tos after that and crowd/ momentum gone.  That was huge turnover and changed everything.

If turnovers continue, not going to beat SH away.  See a three game loss streak before MU makes a run with a beating of Georgetown. 

McDermott in huddle talking about doubling Markus “ He’s too small and can’t see over you guys”.  Um, wonder what the NBA guys think or already know. 

[CountryRoads]

Really poor effort from the whole team today. They looked a big step slow and unathletic today. We had some great luck in winning close games early in the season but seems things are regressing to the mean.

[goldeneagle91114]

Peaked???

I don't think we peaked, i just think our luck ran out. There were a descent number of game this year (at CU as an example) that we won because we got some lucky breaks. the ball stopped bouncing in our favor (or we just plain gave the other team the ball) and now we've lost 2 in a row.

PS: did we really think this year's team was top 10 in the country? 15-20 seems right.

[tower912]

In regards to 1.

Great game plan by McDermott.  Markus cannot/will not pass to the open man so just double team him.  Dozens and dozens of times Markus got doubled today n had a wide open man close by, if he passes n then we keep it moving we have open shots all day.  He is a great shooter but his court vision and IQ are far far far below average. Its not that hard for college players, move it and keep it moving.  Markus did exactly what they new he would and what they wanted him to do.  Looked like a grade school team out there.

IMO, at least a part of it comes from him being 5'11ish.  It is damn difficult to see the floor when you are getting double teamed by two guys 4-6 inches taller than you.    Creighton was very good at getting to the next option, leaving one guy open 30 feet from the ball.

[Otule's Glass Eye]

A loss like this was bound to happen, I won’t dwell on this as long as they don’t continue to lose, there’s plenty of time to get focused before the tournament. I’ll be pulling for Creighton to win their last 2 games and go deep into the BET, they still have a decent chance at the tournament and that would only help the conference going forward. We’re a lock even if we lose out.

[whitykj]

Some people in the game thread need to get out of their mom’s basement and go outside and off their keyboards my goodness

Dissipointing loss and Creighton took advantage of our biggest weakness, Markus’s ball dominance and turning the ball over.  Hard to win a basketball game with 20+ turnovers.

I don’t think this has been stressed enough either but we are exceeding expectations this year.  We are 23-6 (12-4). We held the 10 ranking even though we were 26 in Kenpom and 19 in the NET.

Hopefully this team can comeback strong and win their final 2 games.  Still super happy on the way the season has gone. 

[MUfanatic45]

^^^ Ban Dis Guy ^^^

You break easily

[We R Final Four]

Nova could easily lose a game.

Well, they only have one more left.

[Markusquette]

Well, they only have one more left.

Touché

[ATWizJr]

Every season we have a WTF conference loss. We held it off until game #16. Take it, learn from it, beat the hell outta Seton Hall on Wednesday.

Dreaming is free.

[21rooster]

1. turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. many of which are unforced. absolutely mind blowing. everyone is guilty

2. weakness with the ball, and the number one culprit is joey. how many times a game does he literally hand the ball to the other team????

3. team is in a downward spiral, not a good time for that to happen. can wojo figure it out? based on history I have no confidence in that happening

4. team is not scrappy. we don't get to 50 50 balls.

5. our end of game offense apparently is panicked chucking from 3

Two games is not a spiral, when one is a road game against the team tied for first.  They played an awful game...it happens. I’d say Joey’s play was bad enough to give something else a shot, bringing him in off the bench for a game.  Maybe give Cain a chance.  He makes one mistake and doesn’t see the court.  Give him a chance to get some extended minutes..not sure it can be worse than Joey today.  Mix it up to light a fire..the patient approach hasn’t clicked.  But again...it’s a two-game streak, not a spiral.  We’ve gotten a little spoiled this year. 

[rocky_warrior]

Every season we have a WTF conference loss. We held it off until game #16. Take it, learn from it, beat the hell outta Seton Hall on Wednesday.

I could argue the first BE game was a WTF loss.  But certainly the home game against St. John's was.

First 2 game skid all season though.  Very disappointed.  But play well in the next two games and all will be forgiven.

[djorling]

Totally subjective observation from TV in Oregon is that the team is tired.  Very tired.   

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

IMO, at least a part of it comes from him being 5'11ish.  It is damn difficult to see the floor when you are getting double teamed by two guys 4-6 inches taller than you.    Creighton was very good at getting to the next option, leaving one guy open 30 feet from the ball.

You have to a tually look in order to see
He doesnt even look when hes single teamed

[SaveOD238]

Totally subjective observation from TV in Oregon is that the team is tired.  Very tired.

I would agree.  They're working really hard on D (and it shows)but then getting lazy on offense.  Sam in particular is showing the wear and tear of the season, and he was brutal shooting today.  When all your threes are short, it's a sign of exhaustion.

[nyg]

IMO, at least a part of it comes from him being 5'11ish.  It is damn difficult to see the floor when you are getting double teamed by two guys 4-6 inches taller than you.    Creighton was very good at getting to the next option, leaving one guy open 30 feet from the ball.

Exactly. That’s why I quoted what McDermott said in the huddle during the game.  Markus is just not a point guard, he is a #2.  He has been picking up his dribble, driving into corners and stopping and making just terrible passes.  Heck he couldn’t even get it inbounds today.  When he gets doubled, he appears to get abit nervous and then does not have the height to pass it out.  In his last four games he has 22 turnovers, almost an average of 6 per game, which is on the verge of ridiculous bad. It took awhile, but the coaches know how to get to him by doubling him up.

Look, I think Markus is a great college player with an awesome offensive skill set of shooting at the collegiate level and been a blast watching that skill this year. Heck, he took almost half of MUs shots today, and kept them at least close.  But can’t see him at next level getting doubled by let’s say OKC,s Westbrook and Ferguson or any other NBA guards. 

Maybe Wojo makes an adjustment or two for remaining games to limit the turnover aspect, but right not it’s on the verge of a plague.