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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: Herman Cain on February 25, 2021, 06:47:36 AM

Title: JS Article on UNC Game
Post by: Herman Cain on February 25, 2021, 06:47:36 AM
Solid article by Ben Steele on UNC game.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/marquette/2021/02/24/marquette-north-carolina-february-24-dean-smith-center/4570297001/
Title: Re: JS Article on UNC Game
Post by: MU82 on February 25, 2021, 07:55:17 AM
Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham newspapers owned by the same company (McClatchey). Here is their article on the game ...

UNC takes step back, blasted by Marquette in return of coach Steve Wojciechowski

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article249482565.html?ac_cid=DM393223&ac_bid=-442585168

Mostly about UNC losing, of course, but a couple good MU snippets ...

Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski, who played at and served as an assistant coach for Mike Krzyzewski at Duke, had been a part of big wins at Carolina before, but he said he didn't mention the past to his team.

"I know it's a great story line because of my history with North Carolina and Duke, but I didn't try to talk about that much because this game is about our program and our team and Marquette," Wojciechowski said. "But it's a great place to win. Obviously, the history of North Carolina is not lost on our guys, playing in the Dean Dome against a Hall of Fame coach, a lot of talented players. Our guys were abundantly aware of that."

And they weren't fazed by it. The Golden Eagles made a little history of their own, handing UNC its biggest deficit of the season when the score was 45-27 just before halftime.

Carolina could not defend Marquette freshman Dawson Garcia, who scored a game-high 24 points and added a game-high tying 11 rebounds.

"Dawson was a man tonight," Wojciechowski said. "I've been around a lot of freshmen that have played in the Dean Dome that have not come anywhere close to what he did tonight. He was a man."
Title: Re: JS Article on UNC Game
Post by: 94Warrior on February 25, 2021, 01:12:23 PM
A direct quote from Wojo in Ben Steele's article:

"We haven't always been the best preparation team"

Remind me again, who's job is it to prepare the team to play???

That is all. 
Title: Re: JS Article on UNC Game
Post by: tower912 on February 25, 2021, 01:18:43 PM
That was said in his post game zoom presser.   You aren't wrong, but I also heard the implication that sometimes the players aren't as attentive as they should be. 

Title: Re: JS Article on UNC Game
Post by: cheebs09 on February 25, 2021, 02:24:33 PM
Quote from: tower912 on February 25, 2021, 01:18:43 PM
That was said in his post game zoom presser.   You aren't wrong, but I also heard the implication that sometimes the players aren't as attentive as they should be.

I think that's my biggest worry with Wojo. The fact each team seems to make the same mistakes, I worry his way of communicating certain things just doesn't get through.
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