X thoughts

[tower912]

1.  X is bigger, stronger, faster, deeper, more aggressive, more experienced than MU.
2.   When in doubt, X attacks.
3.   When in doubt, MU turns the ball over or gets passive on offense. 
4.  Aggressiveness gets rewarded.    Especially smart aggressiveness.
5.  Wally, JJJ, you guys showed up, particularly in the second half.
6.   The one thing about this team is that it never quits.  They never threatened X, but they kept trying. 
7.  Wojo, recruit some 6'8, 240 lb brutes, please. 
8.  Play more zone.
9.  3 top ten teams in 4 games.    Oy.    The Big East is a bitch. 

[LAZER]

Cohen, Cheatham, Carter 2/15...Duane 2/15

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

5.  Wally, JJJ, you guys showed up, particularly in the second half.

Ironically the only two to take it to the hole....paging the rest of our guards.....

[WarriorPride68]

9.  3 top ten teams in 4 games.    Oy.    The Big East is a bitch.

At least the next 3 games are the complete opposite:

DePaul: 6-11
St.John's: 7-12
Stetson: 7-11

[mileskishnish72]

At least our FT defense is improving - held 'em to 73%.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Duane 2/15

and 1-10 from the 3 pt line

[warriorfan 14]

cohen, wally, jjj played respectable, while duane and traci were about as bad as one could possibly be.

 otherwise same old same old. poor shot selection, can't make shots, can't make layups, another big east loss, another home loss

[GGGG]

There is no doubt that Wally and JJJ, with their experience, better understood the hard work it takes to attack a zone and not just shoot over it.  Duane should know better too.

We just need to be more physical.

Next year could be worse without Henry.

[Class71]

This team is playing with heart. They will get tougher and better. Fish needs to stay out of foul trouble. Someone needs to hit a three and reduce turnovers. I am optimistic. They are buying into the program and are starting to understand what it takes to win. Keep supporting this team. We need to hear real noise at home games. They deserve it.

[MattyWarrior]

34% shooting, low point for this team. Missed layups,no driving when it counted, bad 3 point shooting.

[real chili 83]

Ironically the only two to take it to the hole....paging the rest of our guards.....

Amen brother.

[tower912]

Haanif's worst game in a while.  The scouting report is out on him.   Need to start working on the countermoves. 

[tower912]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400840288

Some scary numbers there that do tell the story. 

[UticaBusBarn]

As he approaches the halfway point of the season, I wonder if Coach Wojo is going to favour energy over talent in doling out minutes? That is, will Coach Wojo play Wally and JJJ more than Cohen and Cheatham?

As a post script, not only did Wilson shoot poorly, not only did he show poor shoot selection and fail to pass to open team mates, but Wilson also single handily killed team momentum numerous times in doing so.

[real chili 83]

As he approaches the halfway point of the season, I wonder if Coach Wojo is going to favour energy over talent in doling out minutes? That is, will Coach Wojo play Wally and JJJ more than Cohen and Cheatham?

As a post script, not only did Wilson shoot poorly, not only did he show poor shoot selection and fail to pass to open team mates, but Wilson also single handily killed team momentum numerous times in doing so.

Well said.

[nyg]

MU up 18-11, in comes JJJ and Wilson.

JJJ misses two shots and is benched.
Wilson misses 3 NBA threes
Carter misses two threes
Fischer misses two short hook shots
MU 0 for 9
Xavier goes 21-0 run, ballgame.

MU is 2 for 25 from three, with Carter 1 for 4 and Wilson 1 for 10. 

Says it all.  This team thinks they can win games with continuing to shoot threes, yet game after game, not working out too good. 

Agree with Tower on the PF slot for next year.  Henry probably going and my gosh one of those PFs are going to be needed real bad. That Rowsey kid will be fine because no one else can hit a three and may keep the defense honest.  Right now teams are just letting them shoot the three.

[brewcity77]

 These are not the games we need to win if we want to make the tournament. Villanova and Xavier are simply a different class from the rest of the Big East. Were competing with teams like Providence, Creighton, Butler, Seton Hall, and Georgetown. Need to sweep St John's and DePaul and go 7-3 against the middle. The problem is we already lost 2 of those 3.

[Marcus92]

MU took more good shots than bad ones. They just weren't going in for us. Cut down on turnovers, played pretty good D overall. Granted, we relied too much on the 3, but we were right with Xavier or might have even won without that 0-22 first half run. That was a killer.

[We R Final Four]

Sandy was a disappointment today.  2 fouls pushing in the back cuz he didnt box out and then got caught behind his man.  Another time he didnt box out and his guy got the putback. 
On his missed 3s, he jogged back on D both times.

Dwill was bad.

Henry's D is baaaaddd and causing others to help and sometimes foul because of it.

Hannif is not a point guard option anymore.

[79Warrior]

These are not the games we need to win if we want to make the tournament. Villanova and Xavier are simply a different class from the rest of the Big East. Were competing with teams like Providence, Creighton, Butler, Seton Hall, and Georgetown. Need to sweep St John's and DePaul and go 7-3 against the middle. The problem is we already lost 2 of those 3.

The tournament MU will be playing in is the NIT.

[GGGG]

Marquette's offense is non existent when the other team doesn't turn it over. My guess is that's why Wojo is hesitant to play zone.

[Big Papi]

Chris Mack's team has a lot of similarities to those old Cincy teams.  Big, physical, athletic and most of all tough.  We have no overall toughness.  We don't quit but we lose the toughness battle against most Big East teams. 

At one point we were 2-20 from the 3 point line.  When in the thought process do we start thinking that maybe we should try to take the ball to the hole.  Having said that, glad to see Jujuan take it to the hole consistently in the second half.

Happy to see Wally have a decent game.

Has Haanif hit the freshman wall?  Lots of driving lanes to be had, he should have been way more impactful.

21-0 run.  Really?  We need more leadership and a better point guard.  There is no way that we should be outscored 21-0 anywhere, let alone at home.  No excuses.  There was about a 10 minute stretch in the first half where I questioned if anyone ever played basketball.  They looked scared to have the ball in their hands.  The most disappointing thing about that run is that this was not the first time it happened this year.

We should probably ditch the man to man and play zone.  I don't think we have the toughness or discipline to play man.

[wadesworld]

Haanif's worst game in a while.  The scouting report is out on him.   Need to start working on the countermoves.

You say this every other game, and then every other game he goes off.  It's not that "the scouting report is out on him."  It's that he's a freshman who sometimes plays like a freshman.

I've said it over and over and over, we won't see the same team twice in a row this entire season from Marquette.

[WarriorPride68]

Chris Mack

Mark Miller tweeted he was out recruiting Terrence Lewis last night in Milwaukee. MU after him, anyone know?

[Earl Tatum]

What I saw of the game is Wally and JJJ played great. Mentioned before--Fischer real soft, Henry
plays bad defense and is not the quickest, better return as a soph if he intends to play in the NBA>
His Three pt shooting is atrocious, just like Wilson. Cheathanm had a bad game. Cohen has no reason
to be out there. We have no one. So we have Sam Hauser coming in and Rowsey.We let Trev
Anderson go to UWGB, Lose Jordan Poole and Kobe King to other schools. Not sure of academics.
We better get Terrence Lewis of Riverside. Lost Diamond Stone and Jameel McKay. Like afore-
mentioned PLEASE GET SOME 6-8 230 LBS BANGERS that separate opponents and can board
because its the same ole, same ole mistakes and soft play.Wish we had Maurice Lucas and Bob Lackey
Jim Chones and Larry McNeill. I don't care if we no schalorships. I think Louisville, Kentucky and
others just force lesser players off the team. Got to be a hard ass if you want to win. Crowd sounds chicken to yell and get into the game. 21-0 run STINKS.