DJO!!!!!!
Convo starts and ends with DJO.
Was going to say Joe, but after that unbelievable dunk by DJO, gotta go with him.
I know there will be votes for Fulce, he was my vote until DJO hit that 3 and then stuffed that rebound at end. WOW
DJO started it and ended it tonight. But thank you Joe Fulce. 11 points, 4 boards when Zar and Jimmy on bench.
DJO is SoG
No question, DJO!
DJO. No doubt.
DJO.
Distanced the lead early...his speed helped lead to TOs.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Suck it, JayMay!
If Buzz can still walk upright after his double leap, he deserves serious consideration
DJO no doubt!
DJO...but Buzz is a close second with his leaping skills on the bench...didn't know he could jump like that.
Fulce is starting to make some really nice contributions.
Tonight's game was incredible. Huge win.
Statement game. I think most thought Louisville was a better team than MU coming into tonight.
Marquette made it clear that it's not a close call.
They destroyed Louisville. Stole their hearts.
Its DJO. But how about honorable mention to Acker - he's playing the best ball of his career right now and is a huge part of the success of this team.
Nobody saying Acker?!
DJO seemed to disappear in the 2nd half until the last 2 minutes when it was out of reach. Yes, his start was awesome, but lil' Mo seemed solid throughout.
Quote from: bartmiller#1 on March 02, 2010, 10:30:29 PM
Fulce is starting to make some really nice contributions.
Tonight's game was incredible. Huge win.
Statement game. I think most thought Louisville was a better team than MU coming into tonight.
Marquette made it clear that it's not a close call.
They destroyed Louisville. Stole their hearts.
+1. Seeing Smith and Samuels pouting made my day. Samuels looked like he was going to cry for nearly the entire game. Eat crow Loserville. How sweet it is.
I'm kind of leaning Fulce's way because he was instrumental in keeping a team that averages 78 ppg to 48 by stepping up big time in the first half when both LH & JB got in foul trouble. This is the type of game when you look beyond the offensive stats because it was our DEFENSE that won the game. (No disrespect to DJO intended!)
If the ESPN preliminary box score is correct, DJO was the leading rebounder of the game with 7. That doesn't even consider he had nearly half as many points as the entire Louisville team.
too bad Buzz can't be the stud of the game, because the game plan he drew up (with the assistant coaches, of course) was ridiculous.
Great job all the way around! GO MARQUETTE!!!!
Quote from: g0ldmember42 on March 02, 2010, 10:59:25 PM
too bad Buzz can't be the stud of the game, because the game plan he drew up (with the assistant coaches, of course) was ridiculous.
I have a feeling Buzz is going to be winning a lot of games against Pitino in the future. Unless of course Pitino leaves UL...
Quote from: dsfire on March 02, 2010, 10:37:32 PM
If the ESPN preliminary box score is correct, DJO was the leading rebounder of the game with 7. That doesn't even consider he had nearly half as many points as the entire Louisville team.
Just looked at the box score.
The two players - DJO and Fulce - that people are mentioning actually have the "same production" per minute.
DJO: 22 points in 37 min
Fulce: 11 points in 18 min
Fulce is coming around almost exactly the same time that Butler did last year. I don't think he'll be as good, but man do we need contributions like that down the stretch in the worst way! I would give SOG to Fulce because when Hayward went out with two, I thought a five point halftime deficit was reasonable. Turned out to be a ten point lead. Then when Jimmy went out with three early, I thought the same thing again. Turned out to be a TWENTY THREE point lead. Fulce went out, and the 'ville went on an 8-0 run. His plus-minus this game must be through the roof. Anyone have that stat?
No complaints about DJO though, it was a toss-up between those two.
Quote from: Ready2Fly on March 02, 2010, 11:15:38 PM
Fulce is coming around almost exactly the same time that Butler did last year. I don't think he'll be as good, but man do we need contributions like that down the stretch in the worst way! I would give SOG to Fulce because when Hayward went out with two, I thought a five point halftime deficit was reasonable. Turned out to be a ten point lead. Then when Jimmy went out with three early, I thought the same thing again. Turned out to be a TWENTY THREE point lead. Fulce went out, and the 'ville went on an 8-0 run. His plus-minus this game must be through the roof. Anyone have that stat?
No complaints about DJO though, it was a toss-up between those two.
This seems like a really good analogy. Joe has a great shot and can battle inside. I loved his man-sized rebound, power dribble, put-back + 1.
#1 - DJO
#2 - The trainer who rubbed down Buzz's legs after his triple leap!
Just remember that Fulce was actually the more highly sought after recruit....Jimmy B was a bonus......Fulce may surprise us all in the days to come especially next year.
Quote from: Ready2Fly on March 02, 2010, 11:15:38 PM
His plus-minus this game must be through the roof. Anyone have that stat?
I don't think statsheet will have full game stats until tomorrow, but it should be on there.
http://statsheet.com/mcb/games/2010/03/02/louisville-48-marquette-69
Quote from: texaswarrior74 on March 02, 2010, 11:24:25 PM
Just remember that Fulce was actually the more highly sought after recruit....Jimmy B was a bonus......Fulce may surprise us all in the days to come especially next year.
+1
If it weren't for Joe's knee surgeries we might only be starting two guards. You can see Joe's confidence growing by leaps and bounds! This team is growing up and peaking at the perfect time. That's the result of good coaching!
Joe was a stud going up against the Louisville trees. I can only see Joe improving. May need a three forward lineup to matchup with some teams in the NCAA tourney or say we play Pitt in the BEAST tourney.
DJO earned this award
Mention needs to be made about the quality minutes that the bench contributed. EWill and Fulce being able to eat minutes late in the 1st half so Lazar and Jimmy could sit when they got in foul trouble was incredibly important to our success tonight, especially with Buycks still recovering from his illness. Plus UL only shot 2 foul shots tonight so the bench played some really great defense tonight. Fulce has been playing great lately but tonight was the best. Acker deserves mention tonight as well.
Here we were worrying about Samuels going off for season highs tonight and he was a non factor because of quality defense. No UL player was in double figures and I'm pretty sure Sosa (and others) quit in the 2nd half
I made a joke about Pitino being as reluctant to pull Sosa out of the game as he was to pull out of... It was poorly timed but the material was there.
I love watching Jerry Smith's body language and depressed look!
Quote from: dsfire on March 02, 2010, 11:24:49 PM
I don't think statsheet will have full game stats until tomorrow, but it should be on there.
http://statsheet.com/mcb/games/2010/03/02/louisville-48-marquette-69
They're up now. Our individual +/- are as follows (and disclaimer: I don't think it's worth putting a ton of stock in these, especially for guys that played a lot of minutes):
Cubillan +20
DJO +14
Acker +27
Hayward +14
Butler +2
Fulce +24
EWill +10
Cadougan -6I do feel like pointing out, however, that the worst +/- of the game belongs to one Jerry F'ing Smith at -21.
Quote from: Ready2Fly on March 02, 2010, 11:15:38 PM
Fulce is coming around almost exactly the same time that Butler did last year. I don't think he'll be as good, but man do we need contributions like that down the stretch in the worst way! I would give SOG to Fulce because when Hayward went out with two, I thought a five point halftime deficit was reasonable. Turned out to be a ten point lead. Then when Jimmy went out with three early, I thought the same thing again. Turned out to be a TWENTY THREE point lead. Fulce went out, and the 'ville went on an 8-0 run. His plus-minus this game must be through the roof. Anyone have that stat?
No complaints about DJO though, it was a toss-up between those two.
I had the exact same thought about the similarity of Fulce's emergence with Butler's last year. Jimmy was huge for us down the stretch, and it carried right on over into this year. A little reliable depth inside should be a huge boost for the team over the remainder of the season. It's great to see that confidence grow game to game.