#3? (Wade vs. UK, Novak vs. Uconn)
Quote from: 1SE on January 03, 2018, 08:14:03 PM
#3? (Wade vs. UK, Novak vs. Uconn)
I would put this one ahead of Novak's.
Markus' Records (per homer)
52 = most point scored in a single game in MU hisory.
52 - ties the Big East Record for points in a game ... set by MarShon Brooks of Providence a few years ago (Feb 23, 2011 vs ND).
52 = Only player in college basketball to score more than 50 this season.
11 3FG = ties his MU record set against Chicago State in November.
Markus started slow and scored 47 points in the last 28 minutes.
Score 10 of MU's 16 points in OT
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Please rename this thread ... "The second best offense performance in school history"
Late Add ...
This performance was so historic that Homer and Mac interviewed Markus instead of Wojo post game!
Quote from: Sultan of Kookiness on January 03, 2018, 08:18:33 PM
I would put this one ahead of Novak's.
Agreed. Wade locked down number 1 all time performance.
I'm sure there are some other big time single game performances, but I have Howard's at number 2.
Markus outscored Rutgers tonight ....
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400986485
Wade vs. UK is still the best I have ever seen. Not close IMHO.
Howard was better than Novak...but I think rank Novak higher just because of the stage. Beating #2 UConn in MU's first ever Big East game was just more significant than beating an injury riddled Providence.
Quote from: Yukon Cornelius on January 03, 2018, 08:18:56 PM
Markus' Records (per homer)
52 = most point scored in a single game in MU hisory.
52 - ties the Big East Record for points in a game ... set by MarShon Brooks of Providence a few years ago (Feb 23, 2011 vs ND).
52 = Only player in college basketball to score more than 50 this season.
11 3FG = ties his MU record set against Chicago State in November.
Markus started slow and scored 47 points in the last 28 minutes.
Score 10 of MU's 16 points in OT
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Please rename this thread ... "The second best offense performance in school history"
Late Add ...
This performance was so historic that Homer and Mac interviewed Markus instead of Wojo post game!
Markus was purely outstanding.
Quote from: TAMU Eagle on January 03, 2018, 08:40:32 PM
Wade vs. UK is still the best I have ever seen. Not close IMHO.
Howard was better than Novak...but I think rank Novak higher just because of the stage. Beating #2 UConn in MU's first ever Big East game was just more significant than beating an injury riddled Providence.
This is my thinking - UConn game was just so much more consequential. But those are two pretty amazing performances to be in the same breath with.
I'd put Howard at #3, with McNeal against Cincy early in '09 at #4.
Really hard to top Novak in my book. Novak had 41 in regulation, Markus had 42. Novak's game, though, introduced us to the Big East in such a huge, pivotal way. It's close, though, because of how Markus closed out regulation and started OT - not to mention it was on the road.
Both were amazing, spine-tingling performances.
You know what? I simply don't care. It was pure joy to watch incredibly special offensive production in the second half.
I have a theory. At the end of the halftime, Wojo told Markus that Rowsey would begin the half on the bench. 'Grow up some more right now son' he challenged him. And M2N answered the bell.
We always wonder why our defense can't stop a guy who is hot.
Well Providence is a good defensive team who knew who was gonna score and was helpless to do anything about it.
i don't think we need to compare markus' performance to anyone! this was all by itself, an incredible show! all of the others were fantastic as well, but let's just enjoy this one for awhile please
Quote from: Jockey on January 03, 2018, 09:19:36 PM
Well Providence is a good defensive team who knew who was gonna score and was helpless to do anything about it.
I wonder how much their defensive 3pt% rose tonight
Most points by an 18 year old in the history of college sports
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on January 03, 2018, 09:25:00 PM
Most points by an 18 year old in the history of college sports
Homer also said he scored more points as a 17 year old than anyone in the history of college basketball.
Wojo also noted he is six months YOUNGER than Trae Young.
Anybody else catch this? ESPN2 just ran an extended piece on Markus's career night, showing every three, the floaters, the reverses, all of it. Added Sam drilling that late three for good measure. To add to the warm fuzzies, they tacked on "Marquette in the NBA", showing footage from D-Wade, Wesley, JFB, and Jae, in that order. Great pub for MU, and the unmistakable, if unspoken, message that M2N is next.
Quote from: Oldgym on January 03, 2018, 11:19:16 PM
Anybody else catch this? ESPN2 just ran an extended piece on Markus's career night, showing every three, the floaters, the reverses, all of it. Added Sam drilling that late three for good measure. To add to the warm fuzzies, they tacked on "Marquette in the NBA", showing footage from D-Wade, Wesley, JFB, and Jae, in that order. Great pub for MU, and the unmistakable, if unspoken, message that M2N is next.
I get the feeling Fox will sell BE content to ESPN, hey.
I was just about to start a thread with the headline, "Markus getting a ton of love on SportsCenter tonight" before I read Oldgym's post.
About 10 minutes into the telecast, they showed all of his second-half (and OT) baskets and had a running point-counter.
After it was all over, they showed the top MU scoring performances of Wade, Jimmy, Wes and Jae. They effed up Wade - listing his top regular-season performance but not his 41 against Kentucky.
Markus' 52 also was one of the 3-4 stories listed under THE LEAD on the Bottom Line all night.
I guess that kind of stuff will happen when you score 50-effen-2 points in a basketball game!
Quote from: MU82 on January 03, 2018, 11:21:47 PM
I was just about to start a thread with the headline, "Markus getting a ton of love on SportsCenter tonight" before I read Oldgym's post.
About 10 minutes into the telecast, they showed all of his second-half (and OT) baskets and had a running point-counter.
After it was all over, they showed the top MU scoring performances of Wade, Jimmy, Wes and Jae. They effed up Wade - listing his top regular-season performance but not his 41 against Kentucky.
Markus' 52 also was one of the 3-4 stories listed under THE LEAD on the Bottom Line all night.
I guess that kind of stuff will happen when you score 50-effen-2 points in a basketball game!
Wade never had 41 against Kentucky anyways.
Quote from: Jockey on January 03, 2018, 09:19:36 PM
We always wonder why our defense can't stop a guy
;)
Wade is still one of only three players to score a triple double in the tournament, I believe. Tops.
Novak had his big night against a ranked team in MU's Big East debut. Definitely second place here.
Markus ranks third...Until...
Who know what else he does.
Quote from: Oldgym on January 03, 2018, 11:19:16 PM
Anybody else catch this? ESPN2 just ran an extended piece on Markus's career night, showing every three, the floaters, the reverses, all of it. Added Sam drilling that late three for good measure. To add to the warm fuzzies, they tacked on "Marquette in the NBA", showing footage from D-Wade, Wesley, JFB, and Jae, in that order. Great pub for MU, and the unmistakable, if unspoken, message that M2N is next.
I think you are mistaken.
I have been told many, many times here on Scoop that ESPN has a huge bias
against the Big East.
Second place, but awfully, awfully close to being top on the list. Special performance.
Quote from: jsglow on January 03, 2018, 09:14:31 PM
You know what? I simply don't care. It was pure joy to watch incredibly special offensive production in the second half.
Glow, I'm with you! Incredible night for an incredible part of our team.
Sounds like Markus is helping Wojo live up to his promise of building a basketball team we can be proud of.
Guess this ends any talk about Markus having a Haani-like sophomore slump!
Unbelievable performance by Markus and does show the adage about shooters needing to keep shooting is dead on.
Great performance. Ranks #3 for me, slightly behind Novak. If I remember correctly, Novak also had 19 rebounds, so 41 and 19 in the first Big East game against a top 5 team just tops 52 & 1.
The Crowder @WVU game with DJO, Blue, Cadougan suspended for the 1H ranks high for me. This was better though.
#3... Markus only made easy baskets
Awesome game. Not that it matters, but I'd also put it at No. 3, just a hair behind Novak.
Funny story (to me, at least) about the game. I had a conflict, so I recorded the game to watch later. About 5-10 minutes in, I got a text from my son, "Big day for Markus." Arrrrgghh! I hate spoilers when I'm watching a recorded game. Fast forward to 73-79 with a bit over 1:00 on the clock, and Markus has 36 points. I said to my wife, "Maybe he just meant that Markus had a great night, but Marquette didn't win." Needless to say, I loved how the next few minutes played out.
What a fantastic game.
Quote from: StillAWarrior on January 04, 2018, 07:01:34 AM
Awesome game. Not that it matters, but I'd also put it at No. 3, just a hair behind Novak.
Funny story (to me, at least) about the game. I had a conflict, so I recorded the game to watch later. About 5-10 minutes in, I got a text from my son, "Big day for Markus." Arrrrgghh! I hate spoilers when I'm watching a recorded game. Fast forward to 73-79 with a bit over 1:00 on the clock, and Markus has 36 points. I said to my wife, "Maybe he just meant that Markus had a great night, but Marquette didn't win." Needless to say, I loved how the next few minutes played out.
What a fantastic game.
Given the early start, we had to tape delay and were probably 1 hour behind. Cutting out halftime and such, we probably had that down to 20 minutes by the end. Killed Chick that she had to stay off Scoop.
It was fantastic and the great thing is that it very well may see something similar a few more times.
A real chance Markus ends his MU career firmly in the the MU GOAT discussion. Especially if that judgement includes the "big picture" - I'm not sure MU has ever had a better ambassador for the program. What a special young man.
Quote from: jsglow on January 04, 2018, 07:51:17 AM
Given the early start, we had to tape delay and were probably 1 hour behind. Cutting out halftime and such, we probably had that down to 20 minutes by the end. Killed Chick that she had to stay off Scoop.
Everyone had to stay off Scoop near the end. Too many people trying to buy Uggs at once.
Quote from: 1SE on January 03, 2018, 08:14:03 PM
#3? (Wade vs. UK, Novak vs. Uconn)
UCONN was a top five team if memory serves, maybe top 3? It was also the first Big East game ever for MU so the significance was much greater. Providence isn't near that level of competition, plus they were without their best player.
Tony Smith had some amazing performances in what amounted to a one man team.
Quote from: WarriorDad on January 04, 2018, 09:29:33 AM
UCONN was a top five team if memory serves, maybe top 3?
#2
Quote from: Oldgym on January 03, 2018, 11:19:16 PM
Anybody else catch this? ESPN2 just ran an extended piece on Markus's career night, showing every three, the floaters, the reverses, all of it. Added Sam drilling that late three for good measure. To add to the warm fuzzies, they tacked on "Marquette in the NBA", showing footage from D-Wade, Wesley, JFB, and Jae, in that order. Great pub for MU, and the unmistakable, if unspoken, message that M2N is next.
Here is the Marcus clip:
http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=21955018
Quote from: WarriorDad on January 04, 2018, 09:29:33 AM
UCONN was a top five team if memory serves, maybe top 3? It was also the first Big East game ever for MU so the significance was much greater. Providence isn't near that level of competition, plus they were without their best player.
Tony Smith had some amazing performances in what amounted to a one man team.
Big deal. Were they going to score more than 90 points with Bullock? Was Bullock going to guard Markus? In his post game comments Cooley downplayed the significance of Bullock being out.
Quote from: 4everCrean on January 06, 2018, 12:16:26 AM
Big deal. Were they going to score more than 90 points with Bullock? Was Bullock going to guard Markus? In his post game comments Cooley downplayed the significance of Bullock being out.
Yeah, I think they are better with Bullock.
Quote from: 4everCrean on January 06, 2018, 12:16:26 AM
Big deal. Were they going to score more than 90 points with Bullock? Was Bullock going to guard Markus? In his post game comments Cooley downplayed the significance of Bullock being out.
In ranking the performances that is factor to me. Going up against #2 team in nation vs one that has no votes and missing a key player is part of the criteria for me, but only in ranking it. What Howard did the other night was special. The stage it is done on and the quality of the opponent, should matter.