For all his struggles, he stepped up, big time, at the end and drained four straight free-throws. Hats-off to the kid. That was awesome.
agreed. Good for him...
Very happy with Vander today, pretty good performance by him over all. What a great win!
Very clutch. Especially with how much the announcers were bagging on his FT abilities at the end.
Good all-around game, solid D, most points he's scored in 3 weeks, and nice rebounding. Of course, 4/4 FTs in the final minute iced this one away. Glad to see him come through, especially with Junior struggling.
7 rebounds too
Jimmy Mac just gave him "player of the game"
Hopefully, this will be a huge confidence boost for the kid. Awesome job in the clutch.
Huge FTs for him at the end.
We needed him today, too. Mayo a down game. Mayo was actually tentative today, first time I've seen him pass up 3s. I know it may cost us with some mistakes here and there, but I like Mayo to be very aggressive.
Monster dunk on the alley oop too. Almost reminded me of a tomahawk dunk Doc Rivers had...back in the day. ;)
I admit it, Vander was huge in the final minute. Beyond clutch. He had to be because Todd had one of those days when he played like a freshman. Gklad it was over for two reason: MU won, and I didn't have to listen to Doris Burke whining about the technical foul.
Quote from: WarriorHal on January 28, 2012, 01:46:48 PM
Hopefully, this will be a huge confidence boost for the kid. Awesome job in the clutch.
Not sure. I thought seeing them hitting his first shot by the ball some how stopping on the top of the rim and dropping in would set him up for a good game. Then, he blew a layup, went up weak drive, went 1 and 1 from the line, blew a lay up and then travelled. Happy he hit some FTs at the end. It's got to make him feel good. But his problem is not confidence. He just isn't good around the rim.
Buzz in his post game radio comments was so proud of Blue. Said he is staying with his guys. He has so much confidence in him and things like this happen. Was also asked about Gardner and he responded that he was laid up in the locker room like a whale at Sea World.
Quote from: real chili 83 on January 28, 2012, 01:52:25 PM
Monster dunk on the alley oop too. Almost reminded me of a tomahawk dunk Doc Rivers had...back in the day. ;)
V. Louisville - the bball highlight off my 4 years (sad really)
Quote from: 21Jumpstreet on January 28, 2012, 01:59:57 PM
Buzz in his post game radio comments was so proud of Blue. Said he is staying with his guys. He has so much confidence in him and things like this happen. Was also asked about Gardner and he responded that he was laid up in the locker room like a whale at Sea World.
LOL at the Gardner comment...good old Buzz. Great job by Blue at the end. Definitely the biggest points and super clutch. We've lost too many games because of missed free throws so that was huge.
Quote from: ErickJD08 on January 28, 2012, 01:57:06 PMNot sure. I thought seeing them hitting his first shot by the ball some how stopping on the top of the rim and dropping in would set him up for a good game. Then, he blew a layup, went up weak drive, went 1 and 1 from the line, blew a lay up and then travelled. Happy he hit some FTs at the end. It's got to make him feel good. But his problem is not confidence. He just isn't good around the rim.
Immense clutch performance at the end, and you can't even appreciate the kid stepping up. What is your problem with Blue? Did he sleep with your girlfriend/wife/daughter? Are you the guy that got punched for calling him Vander Orange?
He had a very good game. Was he the only guy to miss a layup today? Did anyone come to him and give him an outlet pass when he traveled? Blue played great. Best he's played in quite awhile. Enjoy it, give him his due, and quit being an assclown just for the sake of it. Your idiocy reflects poorly not just upon yourself, but on the site as a whole, and online Marquette fans as a whole.
I liked that he took that step-back jumper that rimed out. That is a good shot, and if they start to fall, makes our offense incredibly potent.
Quote from: ErickJD08 on January 28, 2012, 01:57:06 PM
Not sure. I thought seeing them hitting his first shot by the ball some how stopping on the top of the rim and dropping in would set him up for a good game. Then, he blew a layup, went up weak drive, went 1 and 1 from the line, blew a lay up and then travelled. Happy he hit some FTs at the end. It's got to make him feel good. But his problem is not confidence. He just isn't good around the rim.
are you suggesting that he didn't have a good game? Does he only have a good game of he never misses a shot? You are a clown.
Your mindless hate says more about you that it does Vander.
Quote from: real chili 83 on January 28, 2012, 01:52:25 PM
Monster dunk on the alley oop too. Almost reminded me of a tomahawk dunk Doc Rivers had...back in the day. ;)
Would that be the one against Louisville on the alley-oop from Terrell Schlundt?
Quote from: ErickJD08 on January 28, 2012, 01:57:06 PM
Not sure. I thought seeing them hitting his first shot by the ball some how stopping on the top of the rim and dropping in would set him up for a good game. Then, he blew a layup, went up weak drive, went 1 and 1 from the line, blew a lay up and then travelled. Happy he hit some FTs at the end. It's got to make him feel good. But his problem is not confidence. He just isn't good around the rim.
He went 2/5.... Second best shooting percentage on the team for the day. Grabbed seven rebounds. Two assists. One turnover (the aforementioned travel.).
Apparently hitting his first shot *did* set him up for a good game.
Quote from: The Maestro on January 28, 2012, 02:13:50 PM
Would that be the one against Louisville on the alley-oop from Terrell Schlundt?
Where his hand was near the top of the backboard? That was an unbelievable play on a Nationally Televised game. To the youngun's, during that era, ESPN was a nothing. NBC had the game of the week. One game. MU/Louisville, Doc makes that play. Unfortunately, that was the only highlight that day.
Clutch free throws at the end for Blue those are tough for him and the ally-oop slam was sick! He has so much potential
Quote from: brewcity77 on January 28, 2012, 02:07:19 PM
Immense clutch performance at the end, and you can't even appreciate the kid stepping up. What is your problem with Blue? Did he sleep with your girlfriend/wife/daughter? Are you the guy that got punched for calling him Vander Orange?
He had a very good game. Was he the only guy to miss a layup today? Did anyone come to him and give him an outlet pass when he traveled? Blue played great. Best he's played in quite awhile. Enjoy it, give him his due, and quit being an assclown just for the sake of it. Your idiocy reflects poorly not just upon yourself, but on the site as a whole, and online Marquette fans as a whole.
i thought he got shoved on that travel ....
erickdj is an a-hole welcome to ignore...enuff is enuff
Quote from: godzilla on January 28, 2012, 02:49:06 PM
Why doesn't the poster have a right to not like Blue? Maybe he realizes he's not a good kid. You CAN be a fan of MU and not be able to stomach Vander Blue and the kind of person he is. And if Blue "slept" with his girlfriend/wife/daughter, it was probably a sexual assault. Whether you know it or not, you are defending a really bad guy.
What the f*ck are you talking about????? This is ridiculous! You and Erickdj are an absolute embarrassment. You should be ashamed of yourself posting garbage like this.
Quote from: ATL MU Warrior on January 28, 2012, 02:10:30 PM
are you suggesting that he didn't have a good game? Does he only have a good game of he never misses a shot? You are a clown.
No, but apparently you have a low bar for a "good game". He was average. Poor before the free throws at the end. I guess people are just used to 4 point performances and average defense. The only clown is Vander while driving. Just watch what he has been doing the last month of basketball. Hitting four clutch free throws does not cured his inability to create and finish on the offensive end. Get over it.
Quote from: godzilla on January 28, 2012, 02:49:06 PMWhy doesn't the poster have a right to not like Blue? Maybe he realizes he's not a good kid. You CAN be a fan of MU and not be able to stomach Vander Blue and the kind of person he is. And if Blue "slept" with his girlfriend/wife/daughter, it was probably a sexual assault. Whether you know it or not, you are defending a really bad guy.
Why, because your niece told you so? ::)
Listen, maybe he is, maybe he isn't. I've heard reports both ways. I'm pretty sure people say the same about me. Some like me, some don't. And I bet there are people that like you, and others that don't. Just because one person told you they don't like him or he has a bad rep doesn't make it so.
He had a good game today. He deserves any of the plaudits he gets. And frankly, this incessant pissing and moaning about everything Vander does is both irritating and hypocritical. If Vander had Junior's statline today, there'd be 37 threads about how god-awful he is and that he should never play again. Yet I don't see a single one about Junior. Or Mayo, when he has bad games.
For some reason, people get all up on their high horse about one guy. It's lame and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who's sick of it. Little more than annoying trolling.
Quote from: ErickJD08 on January 28, 2012, 02:58:08 PM
No, but apparently you have a low bar for a "good game". He was average. Poor before the free throws at the end. I guess people are just used to 4 point performances and average defense. The only clown is Vander while driving. Just watch what he has been doing the last month of basketball. Hitting four clutch free throws does not cured his inability to create and finish on the offensive end. Get over it.
derp.derp.derp.derp.derp.
Quote from: LloydMooresLegs on January 28, 2012, 02:01:05 PM
V. Louisville - the bball highlight off my 4 years (sad really)
At least I had Doc's shot v Notre Who my freshman year. But that game against Louisville was to this day one of the most amazing games I have ever seen in person.
Two guys getting near chico's level of annoying and inching ever closer to ignore.
He was clutch in the end. We won. Keep it to bball.
Quote from: tower912 on January 28, 2012, 03:01:07 PM
Two guys getting near chico's level of annoying and inching ever closer to ignore.
+ infinity.
As brew stated, it really is getting old and stale. It is a shame a couple of idiots continue to ruin it. They demonstrate more about themselves with each passing post.
Quote from: ErickJD08 on January 28, 2012, 02:58:08 PM
No, but apparently you have a low bar for a "good game". He was average. Poor before the free throws at the end. I guess people are just used to 4 point performances and average defense. The only clown is Vander while driving. Just watch what he has been doing the last month of basketball. Hitting four clutch free throws does not cured his inability to create and finish on the offensive end. Get over it.
You are a basketball retard if you don't think Vander had a good game. 9 points...7 rebounds...4-4 clutch free throws. Excellent defense in the second half....hell, he should have played more in the first half with the crap defense they played. You have made it pretty clear the only way you think that a player can impact a game is through scoring....the above only proves that.
Quote from: Freeport Warrior on January 28, 2012, 03:02:02 PM
He was clutch in the end. We won. Keep it to bball.
Yeah, Erick, let's keep it to basketball.
Unless you want to discuss your failed 'swearing translator' venture you tried to pimp here. Must have been tough when youswear.com did it for free.
Quote from: The Maestro on January 28, 2012, 02:13:50 PM
Would that be the one against Louisville on the alley-oop from Terrell Schlundt?
Yep!
Life is good. All is well.
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on January 28, 2012, 03:05:01 PM
You are a basketball retard if you don't think Vander had a good game. 9 points...7 rebounds...4-4 clutch free throws. Excellent defense in the second half....hell, he should have played more in the first half with the crap defense they played. You have made it pretty clear the only way you think that a player can impact a game is through scoring....the above only proves that.
Yep, that defines erik. That is all he's got. As I stated to him earlier, it is obvious he doesn't have a complete knowledge of basketball. His posts continue to support that comment. He is the worst kind of fan and much worse as a poster. A vendetta that blurs his ability to say anything positive about Vander without following it up with 10 negatives.
If we took a vote with two options - Bring Chico's back and ban erik or keep Chico's banned and keep erik, it would likely be unanimous with the former.
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on January 28, 2012, 03:05:01 PM
You are a basketball retard if you don't think Vander had a good game. 9 points...7 rebounds...4-4 clutch free throws. Excellent defense in the second half....hell, he should have played more in the first half with the crap defense they played. You have made it pretty clear the only way you think that a player can impact a game is through scoring....the above only proves that.
The tying three pointer near the end of the big second half run also came from Blue pushing the ball on the break and kicking it to Jae for a perfectly set up jumper. Key play. He's great in transition. If he ever puts it together in the half court he'll be a stud.
Quote from: godzilla on January 28, 2012, 02:49:06 PM
Why doesn't the poster have a right to not like Blue? Maybe he realizes he's not a good kid. You CAN be a fan of MU and not be able to stomach Vander Blue and the kind of person he is. And if Blue "slept" with his girlfriend/wife/daughter, it was probably a sexual assault. Whether you know it or not, you are defending a really bad guy.
Why don't you give us your name and your niece's name and we can all play judge and decide what kind pf people you are?
Ridiculous.