Oso planning to go pro
1. Anderson benched Posh due to performance, Curbelo due to conduct. Soriano was seriously ticked about the effort against SHU. SJU came out angry and took their anger and frustration out on MU in the first half. 2. I had not, over two games, seen SJU run that high post action off of Soriano. It was isolations and hitting him low post to mid post. That high post movement was very effective. 3. I would like to get mad at Sean and Ben for that play at the end of the half, but..... freshmen. Waddayagonna do? They both stayed in it in the second half. .4. There are many ways to defend the high pick and roll. Buzz claimed to have 6. Frequently, Shaka will double and turn the ballhandler. Switching every time and leaving a big out high and a guard down low can kill you if the other team is patient. We saw that under Wojo. I know Shaka likes to switch all 5, but there comes a time to change it up to leave big on big. In Shaka's defense, he changed things up at half time. 5. I think we can all see the value of Omax on the floor. Two fouls in the first half, the flow went SJU's way. He was the freaking man in the second half. #OMax2nba 6. I also think we can all agree this was not Oso's best work. First time all year he looked weak with the ball. Probably because he kept getting called 'Ighodory'. Really? 7. I love Stevie a little more every game. 8. The bench all had moments. But the starters are all in the game at the end. Well, except for avoiding the 'Hack-an-Oso'.9. MU took SJU's best shot. The absorbed it and stayed within reach. They made adjustments on defense in the second half. Two straight conference road wins. Warriors. Hearing the "We are... Marquette" cheer in NYC. Priceless.
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.
14/8 for Kolek. Can’t say enough about how steady he is.
Over several games MU seems to lose the first half and then come out gunning in the 2nd which I hope is due to the defense wearing down the opponent. I don’t like giving the opposing team 7+ pts.
MU makes adjustments at half time.
One really minor detail from tonight's game that I enjoyed was that Shaka had the confidence to go to Ben Gold with 4 minutes left even though Oso had no foul trouble. They just needed quick change.Love that they have that confidence in Benny!One other detail. Did it seem like the kids on St. John liked Shaka and wanted to engage him?
Tyler Kolek may end going down as one of my all time favorites before his career is over. I have liked him from day one and I hope they have some real success in March to enhance his legacy. He is a special college basketball player.
I forgot how “interesting” the game chat thread is. Both Goose & I (couple others too) mentioned that Johnnie’s first half shooting was unsustainable, and MU picked up the intensity on defense. Very nice road win, that’s a money in the bank type win come March.