Kolek planning to go pro
Selena Lott made the Big East honor roll again this week.They start 4 games in 7 days today with a game at Creighton at 2P. They really need to take care of business today and at Georgetown on Wednesday with UCONN and DePaul coming to town later this week.
If we split the Depaul series are we looking at a spot in the tournament? I know before UConn the BE was usually a two team league would it be a three team league now?
The next two games are on TV - vs. UCONN tonight on SNY (also available via the Fox Sports app - that's how I get it via YouTubeTV) at 6P central and vs. DePaul at 11A central on Sunday on FS1.Tonight is likely to be ugly so I'm looking more to the DePaul game as one they need to win.
Just curious, what's a margin to keep it to that should be our goal? 25?
Winning the game is the goal.
No $hit shirlock, I'm asking what's a reasonable margins to expect given that nobody in the conference has come within 28 of them.
Again, the goal is to win the game. There is no other desired outcome of the result of the game.
They just smoked DePaul by 35. Staying close would be a near miracle and welcomed with open arms.
Let's just not play the game. Let's call UConn and the League Office and say thanks but no thanks. Let's cancel the rest of the league games too. Why bother playing a season at all? We can get them into the C league at the Rec and they can work their way up to A League. Or perhaps they can get a Noon Ball game with the Men's coaches?Keeping it close, let's try to lose by less than 25? What kind of sets will they run to lose by less than 25? Maybe just make some calls and see if Christ The King Girls need a game?Or maybe, just maybe, they can prepare and play to win the game....even against good and great teams and see what happens. Great opportunities for dubs this weekend against strong teams.
There's a difference between accepting the reality that UConn is hands down above our level but we can hope to compete with Depaul vs your reaction to canceling the season. Also which Christ the King? Because there's three between Milwaukee and Chicago.
Realistically I have seen nothing so far this season to show me that Marquette has a realistic shot at beating UCONN. Do I think they're going to go out and battle hard and try to win? Yes but UCONN is so much better than Marquette to begin with and MU hasn't played super well in their last two games either. I hope Marquette plays well tonight - more like they did at Villanova than the last two games and is in good position to try to knock off DePaul Sunday. I don't know that any margin really helps one way or another. They are in a tough stretch this week with games at Creighton Mon and at Georgetown Wed, this game tonight and DePaul is a pretty quick turnaround with that game at 11AM Sunday.
I support and follow Women's basketball. Thus, I am aware of the landscape macro and micro. But I will never adhere to the idea that you can't win a game, regardless of challenge or difficulty, and/or discuss what would be a good margin of defeat,...as a player, coach, fan, viewer, attendee. You have to have a belief and mindset that you will win a game (assuming talent, preparation etc) or you have already lost before you started. I'd rather raise the level of play, rise to the occasion, than lower the level of expectation. Maybe MUWBB wins, maybe they lose by 100, but the expectation is to go out and win the game, every game.
And that's how you feel. I personally don't think it makes me any less a fan because I think they can't beat UCONN. I wasn't one who said a certain margin would make it better - I responded to a question about that. I've been following this team closely since I went to Marquette which was ten million years ago and I will always support them. But when I take an honest look at this I don't see how they can beat UCONN.
This is up there with wade’s “the next game is the most important game.” I think we can understand that us talking as fans is a bit different than the mindset of the actual team.
Agreed. Not sure why a simple question was meant with some absurd coachspeak and acting like realistic expectations as a fan will ever reflected in Duffy’s approach and coaching. Arkansas loss aside, where Arkansas was absurdly tough, did EVERYTHING right down the stretch at home and still just snuck by, UCONN is only getting better as the season progresses. DePaul was actually playing them tough and the UCONN put 32 on them in the 3rd quarter and just battered them. Bueckers is terrifying and she’s still not completely asserting herself like she eventually will. “Expecting a win and being disappointed if not” or “the goal is to win” as a fan is delusional at best, a condescending contrarian to a legit reasonable question at worst. It will be a great measuring stick and will likely make the team better as a whole, provided they stay competitive for long stretches, but anyone outside of the corridors of the Al who is expecting or “preparing” for a win until the outcome is decided on the floor needs to have their head examined.