Bubble Watch

[Bocephys]

Mods, can anything be done about third graders in this forum?

Ya culd u guyz hav, a Grammer tst b4 reg?/

[brewcity77]

Your wrong , reread ur original response. Simply wrong

Okay, I reread it. Nothing I see that was invalidated by my second post, and nothing you've said has strengthened your argument. Nor has your 3 year old grammar.

[nyg]

They should be on other side of bubble tonight.

- Seton Hall free throw debacle game loss
- Up 18 at Butler loss
- 3-6 Providence at home loss
- Butler at home, without Martin playing loss

Those games so far were just killers, very frustrating losses and they may have to win 5 out of 6, which also would be a miracle.

[LAZER]

They should be on other side of bubble tonight.

- Seton Hall free throw debacle game loss
- Up 18 at Butler loss
- 3-6 Providence at home loss
- Butler at home, without Martin playing loss

Those games so far were just killers, very frustrating losses and they may have to win 5 out of 6, which also would be a miracle.

4 of 6

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

4 of 6

To feel comfortable heading into BET, I agree.

[Norm]

Where do do we scrap up 4 wins out of our last 6 BE games?

[LAZER]

Where do do we scrap up 4 wins out of our last 6 BE games?

Xavier, St John's, Creighton and either @Georgetown or @PC.

Won't be easy, but definitely doable.

[BM1090]

Xavier, St John's, Creighton and either @Georgetown or @PC.

Won't be easy, but definitely doable.

Yep. And if we can win the two road games we can drop one of the two vs. X and Creighton.

Win Saturday and I really like our chances. But that's a really big one.

[GoldenDieners32]

Must win saturday

[Norm]

Xavier, St John's, Creighton and either @Georgetown or @PC.

Won't be easy, but definitely doable.

I hope you are right, but our roster does not match up well against most of those teams. We got lucky that Creighton still did not know how to play without their best player - they have tightened ship big time and will be very tough to beat now. Xavier is full of thought players that we have fits against. St. John's we could beat, but their athleticism gave us fits. Georgetown and Providence will be tough to get on the road.

Would love to go 4-2, but my guess is we go 1-5 or 2-4. Hope I am wrong.

[GoldenDieners32]

Worried

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Just in case anyone was wondering, I did a quick scan of the brackets on bracketmatrix.com that were updated with last nights action.  Didn't find 1 where we were out of the field.  We were in the last four in a couple, 9s or 10s in most. 

Obviously we need to find a way to win some games moving forward, but it is that soft. 

[GoldenDieners32]

Just in case anyone was wondering, I did a quick scan of the brackets on bracketmatrix.com that were updated with last nights action.  Didn't find 1 where we were out of the field.  We were in the last four in a couple, 9s or 10s in most. 

Obviously we need to find a way to win some games moving forward, but it is that soft.

I feel like if we are a 11 or 12 seed around there we have a better chance of making a run. I just want to make it this year.

[wadesworld]

We still control our own destiny.  The problem is, we've controlled our own destiny for 2 weeks now and have gone 1-3 while playing against Providence, St. John's, DePaul, and Butler.  Not good.

[GoldenDieners32]

We still control our own destiny.  The problem is, we've controlled our own destiny for 2 weeks now and have gone 1-3 while playing against Providence, St. John's, DePaul, and Butler.  Not good.

We need to beat STJ, Prov and GTown

[cheebs09]

I have no doubt we'd be in if the season ended today. The angst I have is we aren't trending well to finish these 6 games with a good enough resume to be in. It's not just that we lost, but the energy and decisions seem to be a lot like our non conference losses. We seem to be going backwards after the Villanova win after many hoped we turned a corner.

[MU82]

I have no doubt we'd be in if the season ended today. The angst I have is we aren't trending well to finish these 6 games with a good enough resume to be in. It's not just that we lost, but the energy and decisions seem to be a lot like our non conference losses. We seem to be going backwards after the Villanova win after many hoped we turned a corner.

I can't argue with this. But I will ask these questions:

1. How were we "trending" before we started the stretch of 5 games that went Seton Hall - DePaul - @ Butler - @ Creighton - Villanova?

2. Did our "trend" suggest that we would go 4-1 in those games?

3. How were we "trending" after we beat Nova, and what did that trend do for us in successive games?

Sports seasons ebb and flow. Change happens fairly quickly, and often mysteriously. We are 1-3 since Nova, but two of those losses were by a total of 4 points.

I remain cautiously optimistic. Win at GT, and the trend will start to be our friend again!

[cheebs09]

I can't argue with this. But I will ask these questions:

1. How were we "trending" before we started the stretch of 5 games that went Seton Hall - DePaul - @ Butler - @ Creighton - Villanova?

2. Did our "trend" suggest that we would go 4-1 in those games?

3. How were we "trending" after we beat Nova, and what did that trend do for us in successive games?

Sports seasons ebb and flow. Change happens fairly quickly, and often mysteriously. We are 1-3 since Nova, but two of those losses were by a total of 4 points.

I remain cautiously optimistic. Win at GT, and the trend will start to be our friend again!

Good point. I would say our trend was we were playing well, but couldn't close out a game. We did that against Creighton and Nova. In our 3 losses since, we haven't really played well and have been playing from behind for the vast majority of the games.

I hope it changes soon, but it just doesn't seem like we are going backwards in our quality of play. A win at Georgetown would do wonders for the team's confidence I think.

[GoldenDieners32]

I don't want another season of us not making the tourney

[MU82]

I don't want another season of us not making the tourney

Nobody freakin' does.

[GoldenDieners32]

Nobody freakin' does.

Will it come to an end this season? I sure think it will. Do the players think they can make it?

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Anybody see that VCU GW game? My lord. VCU gets so lucky for the 2nd game in a row. Got a dagger hit against them to go down 1 with .4 seconds left.

Get a charge called on a defensive player on the inbound. Same kid who hit the tech free throw for VCU against St Bonnie when their fans stormed he court w less than 1 second left. Crazy.

[Herman Cain]

We are going to need to win the Big East tournament to make the NCAA.  The rest of our schedule is brutal.

[wadesworld]

We are going to need to win the Big East tournament to make the NCAA.  The rest of our schedule is brutal.

I wasn't feeling good about how we were going to finish out the season. I am now. Thank you. This was the confidence boost I needed.

[rocky_warrior]

We are going to need to win the Big East tournament to make the NCAA.  The rest of our schedule is brutal.

Marquette is 5th in the BE right now.

3 games against teams 7,8, & 9 in the BE = not brutal

3 games against teams 2 & 4 in the BE both without their starting PG = winnable.

I mean, sure MU could lose all 6.  Fairly likely they go 3-3.  But I wouldn't be surprised if they win more than 3.    The BE overall is brutal, but for MU this is a favorable schedule.