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Marquette takes on UW-Milwaukee
Written by: noreply@blogger.com (Rob Lowe (aka Henry Sugar))
Infinity v nil, part deaux. Bud Bowl 2 (http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2007/11/mu-hangs-100-on-uwm-wins-by-35-to-go-35.html). Controversial contracts (http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2007/12/marquette-broke-contract-wuwm-21.html). The hype leading into this tilt has been unimaginable (er, absent).
Tonight, Marquette (2-0) hosts UWM (3-1) in a game that is "clearly an important issue to our fans and our students and fans of college basketball in the city of Milwaukee (http://www.jsonline.com/sports/panthers/29213629.html)."
Sarcasm off.
Can't decide which of the thirty-five wins (with zero losses) (http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/uw-milwaukee?s=uwm) you like best? Maybe you can start by reading the recap of last year's game (http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/uwm_11_30_07). In case you forgot, MU put up a cool-hundy on the Panthers and won by thirty-five points.
Want a view of the preliminary numbers? Here is the Pomeroy Scouting Report (http://kenpom.com/sr.php?team=Wisconsin%20Milwaukee&y=2009). UWM is average at just about everything, although they do a good job protecting the ball (#48). It'll be interesting to see how they match up with the Marquette ball-hawking defense, which has not been particularly effective yet this season. Something's gotta give. The Panthers are also fairly bad offensive rebounding (#310) team and struggle to get to the line (#282). On defense, however, UWM does okay at limiting offensive rebounds (#59)
Here's the official release by Marquette (http://gomarquette.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112008aaa.html), as well as the Game Notes (http://gomarquette.cstv.com/photos/schools/marq/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mu_uwm_notes.pdf). Rosiak also has a look at the UWM game (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/34910324.html) as well. Should Marquette win, it'll be the program's 1400th victory all time. Bravo.
Tipoff for tonight's game is scheduled for 7:30pm. The game is available on the ESPN Full Court package.
Other misc notes:
- Although he won't play today, GoMarquette.com had a nice article about Otule's adjustment to college (http://gomarquette.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112108aaa.html).
- The Florida Times-Union has an article about Marquette's newest recruit, Aaron Bowen (http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/112108/hig_358299074.shtml). Rosiak also has a closer look at Bowen (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/34913254.html). Read them both, because they're a great reflection on the quality of our new recruit and the coaching staff's recruiting style.
*Rob Lowe and Tim Blair combined on this post.
Edit: Contract added:
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5149/muuwm2007qw5.jpg)
http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2008/11/marquette-takes-on-team-from-other-side.html