1. No offense to Buzz Williams, but when I looked at Marquette's Big East schedule, I wouldn't have pegged the Golden Eagles to be 2-0 in league play with wins over Connecticut and Georgetown. But that's the scenario following Marquette's overtime victory against the Huskies on New Year's Day and Saturday's 49-48 squeaker against the Hoyas. Marquette lost its top two players (Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom) from last season's team and didn't really replace them with much. Before last week, its best win was against a mediocre Wisconsin squad. And who could forget that 33-point loss to Florida? As always, though, the Golden Eagles are playing great defense under Williams. Georgetown's 48 points were 18 below its season average of 66.
Just a small tidbit from Espn.
http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/notebookweeklywatch130106/pick-n-roll
Quote from: JDuquaine on January 06, 2013, 02:25:42 PM
1. No offense to Buzz Williams, but when I looked at Marquette's Big East schedule, I wouldn't have pegged the Golden Eagles to be 2-0 in league play with wins over Connecticut and Georgetown. But that's the scenario following Marquette's overtime victory against the Huskies on New Year's Day and Saturday's 49-48 squeaker against the Hoyas. Marquette lost its top two players (Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom) from last season's team and didn't really replace them with much. Before last week, its best win was against a mediocre Wisconsin squad. And who could forget that 33-point loss to Florida? As always, though, the Golden Eagles are playing great defense under Williams. Georgetown's 48 points were 18 below its season average of 66.
Just a small tidbit from Espn.
http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/notebookweeklywatch130106/pick-n-roll
Huh??
Review the right side of the article....
"just a SMALL tidbit from Espn"
And this, quoted before the OP quote at the top of the linked page:
Marquette: The Golden Eagles had struggled to win key games outside of their rivalry home game against Wisconsin. That's why if Marquette had a chance to be a player in the Big East, it had to win its first two league games of the season. And it did, beating UConn in overtime and Georgetown -- both at home. Neither was a good-looking game, but Marquette made the right plays.
Quote from: JDuquaine on January 06, 2013, 02:25:42 PM
And who could forget that 33-point loss to Florida?
Not Mike Hunt, that is for certain.
Don't quite get the "No offense to Buzz..." part of the statement. Is this what you call a backhanded insult, the opposite of a backhanded complement?
I think the "no offense" comment was referring to the first sentence - i.e. that there was not an expectation that Buzz's team was capable of starting BE play 2-0.