Kolek planning to go pro
All around the Big East, teams, coaches, and fans are looking at Theo and saying 'bleep. That bleeping bleeper is only a bleeping sophomore and is only bleeping going to bleeping stronger and bleeping meaner around the bleeping basket. Bleepity bleep bleep.'
13. We beat ourselves and still won.
We got a huge gift when the ref didn't call a foul on Markus on the Seton three point attempt near the end. Forgot what Seton player it was. Replay showed Markus hit him on the forearm. I think we got some home cooking today from the Refs. Won't get that on the road.
0 for 9 from three in second half.Shot 30% overall in second half.SHU had 19 fouls, MU had 12. SHU was 6 for 9 and MU was 20-24 from the line. 16 point differential.20 turnovers and the 4 on Joe C. and 3 on Cain were well, not good.Still win, thats two games in a row, could have gone the other direction.
Sigh.For the bajillionth time. FTsNoMatta is short for "Team FT% matters very little in terms of winning a basketball game."
Great summary, nice amplification of some of tower's points. I'll throw out a few, too:++ If I'm not mistaken, this victory (and the previous 2) eliminates the whole "Wojo can't get 3 straight Big East wins" angle for his critics. I thought he coached an excellent game today -- some nice X's and O's, a good call to foul at the end rather than take a chance on SH shooting a 3, and most importantly he got the guys settled down and re-focused after we gave up the lead. We didn't have Red Hot Markus to bail us out today -- heck, in the second half, we didn't have red-hot anybody -- but still found a way to win against an opponent that has been a tough out for nearly every team they've played.++ Sacar had 14 points (including two 3s), 2 steals, the assist on the game's most important basket, and made Powell work hard all game long (and held Powell below his scoring average). This just 6 days after Sacar had 20 pts, 7 rebs against Xavier. But Sand-Knit says Sacar is the worst player in the history of mankind ... or at least the worst since he said Luke was the worst player in the history of mankind. So I guess Sacar really must suck.++ It was ugly at times (OK, much of the time), but I think it says a lot about the guys' mental toughness to be able to win a game like this. I'm 98.6% sure that we lose this game last season.++ We can win games with our D now. As others have said ... Theo is a difference-maker.++ Jeezus ... I'm not sure JC and JC can play any worse than they did today, but they've given us some good games this season and I have confidence that they'll contribute the rest of the way. I liked how Wojo gave each of them a couple of chances before giving them permanent pine.++ Wonder why Bailey didn't play at all, given the JC's struggles.++ I didn't think we really got much home cooking from the refs, even though I agree Markus fouled the 3-point shooter on that late attempt. Cain was mugged, the charge call on Markus was horrendous, and SH was allowed to climb up our backs on the glass all game. I was pleasantly surprised they called the late shove to send Theo to the line.++ Was wondering where Morrow was, because he played pretty well early on. I hope it's not serious. Definitely could use him against Georgetown.++ Methinks we might be a top-15 team now, my friends!
Only if we are capable of not turning the ball over. It seems to be our only weakness as a team.
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.
Paid Attendance- 17,180.Crowds have been excellent this season. People coming out in huge numbers. That said, Marquette look good in the 1st half. Had it's problems scoring in the 2nd half. We as a crowd need to bring it! I lost my voice in the final 7 minutes getting people to their feet for defense of stops. Wojo felt the same as he was himself trying to get the crowd going. I hope we are not taking winning at Fiserv Forum for granted.
The calls sucked both ways.Disagree.
ALL wins are good wins. Carolina lost by 21 at home today.
Some on here have suggested that Willard can't coach and that Seton Hall would be bad this season. Care to reassess?