"Massive Implications"
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/xavier/xaviersports/2023/02/14/big-east-basketball-standings-no-16-xavier-visits-no-11-marquette/69898114007/
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It is a big one tonight. Thoughts?
Screw them for picking that picture to pair with the article, unless they wanted to highlight Nunge fouling.
... the next game is always the most important...
Quote from: Goose on February 15, 2023, 06:12:29 AM
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It is a big one tonight. Thoughts?
Agreed Goose, huge game. Kolek will eat them alive. SOTG
First place for another week. Unbelievable this season.
With Omax off his game, intrigued with the idea of starting Gold. Not likely to happen....why mess with a winning formula. I'd be ok with a very short leash for Omax instead.
Hoping "good" Joplin shows up tonight. That is always fun to watch.
Going in to Omaha with almost a week off should be fun too.
At this point, we are playing for seeding. Wow.
You taking the grand kids to Real Chili for a post game snack? Start em young!
Bring home a W!
That is the most boring, vanilla preview I can imagine. Almost painful to read.
Quote from: brewcity77 on February 15, 2023, 06:43:11 AM
That is the most boring, vanilla preview I can imagine. Almost painful to read.
Is it well researched?
Or excellent?
Quote from: real chili 83 on February 15, 2023, 04:21:55 AM
"Massive Implications"
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/xavier/xaviersports/2023/02/14/big-east-basketball-standings-no-16-xavier-visits-no-11-marquette/69898114007/
Thanks for posting. Excellent article .
They must have a bad marketing team with an article like that
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I think we bring home the win tonight. Should be a great time. Wish you were down here for it.
This game is ENORMOUS and it's IMPERATIVE we drop the hammer. How's everybody feeling and holding up??
Muggsy
I am jacked up and could not be happier to see MU playing this big of game on 2/15.
Quote from: Goose on February 15, 2023, 08:00:33 AM
Muggsy
I am jacked up and could not be happier to see MU playing this big of game on 2/15.
I'm ready to go right now! Been up since 4:30.
Court storm?
Quote from: MuggsyB on February 15, 2023, 07:57:54 AM
This game is ENORMOUS and it's IMPERATIVE we drop the hammer. How's everybody feeling and holding up??
Oh that's right. We have a game today. Maybe I will watch some of it, but
not while
Jeopardy is on. Who are we playing?
Quote from: Goose on February 15, 2023, 06:12:29 AM
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It is a big one tonight. Thoughts?
I went grocery shopping this morning and my total was exactly $77.77!!! That's gotta be a sign we're gonna beat Xavier and get Owens to commit.
Have to say Omax over Gold.
Omax is a two year starter at MU and this is a big game.
But then again, I am only the arm chair head coach.
Quote from: Juan Anderson's Mixtape on February 15, 2023, 08:30:02 AM
I went grocery shopping this morning and my total was exactly $77.77!!! That's gotta be a sign we're gonna beat Xavier and get Owens to commit.
Got my Wordle on second guess. Good sign.
Saving one guess for Nattie.
Quote from: MuggsyB on February 15, 2023, 07:57:54 AM
This game is ENORMOUS and it's IMPERATIVE we drop the hammer. How's everybody feeling and holding up??
Feel really optimistic about it and I think MU knocks 'em out early like UCONN did to us where the game was between 10-20 pretty much the whole way. That's just my gut feeling though and Xavier is a very formidable opponent.
It doesn't quite match the magnitude of the '09 UCONN game, but this is one of the bigger regular season games in the last 20 years IMO. It's awesome to know that the latest iteration of the Big East can still have prime time matchups like this.
Quote from: CountryRoads on February 15, 2023, 08:53:26 AM
Feel really optimistic about it and I think MU knocks 'em out early like UCONN did to us where the game was between 10-20 pretty much the whole way. That's just my gut feeling though and Xavier is a very formidable opponent.
It doesn't quite match the magnitude of the '09 UCONN game, but this is one of the bigger regular season games in the last 20 years IMO. It's awesome to know that the latest iteration of the Big East can still have prime time matchups like this.
The very fact that we are very much in the fight for first place rather than struggling late in a season and hoping to just hang on is
huge. .
Feeling good about this one. Heading down to Fiserv after work. Heading to Omaha on Sunday.
Go Warriors!
Quote from: real chili 83 on February 15, 2023, 08:49:04 AM
Got my Wordle on second guess. Good sign.
Saving one guess for Nattie.
Wordle Fail
Quote from: NCMUFan on February 15, 2023, 08:36:28 AM
Have to say Omax over Gold.
Omax is a two year starter at MU and this is a big game.
But then again, I am only the arm chair head coach.
Agreed. Even when not at his best, OMax's size and mobility defensively creates issues for other teams. Xavier can be prone to turning the ball over, and OMax's presence defensively at the point when applying some extended pressure can hinder X getting into its half-court offensive flow. That offense is solid even without Freemantle, so disrupting it from the start could have a significant impact.
Interesting to see the article cite Kunkel as a potential impact player. I was thinking this morning that I suspect MU will devote a lot of focus to Boum, which could free up Kunkel as a wild card who could step up. Colby Jones is very capable offensively, but he is such a Swiss Army knife type player that he is not typically in attack mode as a scorer other than in stretches. I expect some high low action where X will look to go over the top of the defense to Nunge. We also need to keep Hunter off the offensive boards. He isn't the offensive player Freemantle was, but he does the dirty work and is also a better defender than Freemantle.
Should be a great game. Warriors by 8.
Hope I can feel Fiserv rocking all the way in MO.
I really hope Oso and Omax break-out a bit tonight while Kam drains triples. I cannot stand Nunge. We need to subdue that guy.
Quote from: tower912 on February 15, 2023, 06:21:54 AM
... the next game is always the most important...
For the most part. Exception being had to head against the team battling with you for first place. We control our destiny. Good place to be.
Quote from: MuggsyB on February 15, 2023, 08:04:14 AM
I'm ready to go right now! Been up since 4:30.
Whenever my family points out how obsessed I am with MU hoops and how nutty I get on game day I tell them about this guy named Muggsy. (I don't know you Muggsy but thanks for the coverage!)
Quote from: Juan Anderson's Mixtape on February 15, 2023, 08:30:02 AM
I went grocery shopping this morning and my total was exactly $77.77!!! That's gotta be a sign we're gonna beat Xavier and get Owens to commit.
That was just for a dozen eggs
Hoops
Muggsy pushes my excitement level to new heights.
Quote from: Goose on February 15, 2023, 10:22:55 AM
Hoops
Muggsy pushes my excitement level to new Jimmy Mac heights.
FIFY
Dr. B
Jimmy Mac had a big night against X at the BC many years ago. I believe he set the single game blocked shots record. My wife loves shots being blocked and she was going crazy. Unfortunately I think it was in a losing effort.
Quote from: lawdog77 on February 15, 2023, 10:20:22 AM
That was just for a dozen eggs
Marquette came out with its own egg brand, The Golden Eagle, for the game. Each fan gets one and on the Shell it says "X marks the spot".
Quote from: Goose on February 15, 2023, 10:33:34 AM
Dr. B
Jimmy Mac had a big night against X at the BC many years ago. I believe he set the single game blocked shots record. My wife loves shots being blocked and she was going crazy. Unfortunately I think it was in a losing effort.
Great memory although I was just trying to not trigger Muggs about height jokes.
Go Warriors!!! Have fun with the family. Your granddaughter is a cutie and smart as she was a bit suspicious of me.
My granddaughter is shooting for the Jumbotron appearance record held by the Benny Clan. Competition is good as it creates a lifetime of memories so I will be looking for yours tonight. My grandson still is perplexed why Markus would leave a place like Marquette for Italy.
Quote from: MuggsyB on February 15, 2023, 07:57:54 AM
This game is ENORMOUS and it's IMPERATIVE we drop the hammer. How's everybody feeling and holding up??
Made it as far as Kenosha. Torn between continuing on or turning around and going home. Kenosha will do that to you.
You can make it to Real Chili for lunch! Keep going!
It's so much fun to be this excited for a game! Going to be there with most of the crew including one 2nd gen MU Grad and a prospective MU Frosh for next Fall. I'm hoping that the win (by 11) and the atmosphere at the Fiserv seal the deal vs other contenders for my "going to be Frosh". Ring Out Ahoya.......(loudly)!!!
Quote from: real chili 83 on February 15, 2023, 08:49:04 AM
Got my Wordle on second guess. Good sign.
Saving one guess for Nattie.
We know you cheat
Quote from: MuggsyB on February 15, 2023, 09:34:37 AM
I cannot stand Nunge. We need to subdue that guy.
Is it because of his height?
Quote from: TSmith34, Inc. on February 15, 2023, 01:13:45 PM
Is it because of his height?
No....I like a lot of big people. For some reason he irritates me kind of in a Timmieish way.
Quote from: MuggsyB on February 15, 2023, 03:26:16 PM
No....I like a lot of big people. For some reason he irritates me kind of in a Timmieish way.
He's an incredibly gifted and talented colllege basketball player?
Quote from: Hoops92 on February 15, 2023, 10:16:38 AM
Whenever my family points out how obsessed I am with MU hoops and how nutty I get on game day I tell them about this guy named Muggsy. (I don't know you Muggsy but thanks for the coverage!)
Thank you for the compliment Hoops. Hopefully we're 100% focused and ready to go!
Quote from: BrewCity83 on February 15, 2023, 11:45:56 AM
You can make it to Real Chili for lunch! Keep going!
Why?
Looks like Desmond Claude (19 min per game) is also out for X.
Quote from: CountryRoads on February 15, 2023, 03:35:10 PM
Looks like Desmond Claude (19 min per game) is also out for X.
Source?
And when you say, "also" are you referring to the previously mentioned speculation about Boum? Or are you talking about something else?
Quote from: StillAWarrior on February 15, 2023, 03:43:50 PM
Source?
And when you say, "also" are you referring to the previously mentioned speculation about Boum? Or are you talking about something else?
Boum is playing.
Claude is out per the X board he didnt even travel.
First time in Goolsby's since 1987.
Quote from: tower912 on February 15, 2023, 03:55:06 PM
First time in Goolsby's since 1987.
It hasn't changed a bit, has it?
A few. more TV's
Quote from: tower912 on February 15, 2023, 04:09:23 PM
A few. more TV's
Your 1987 split beer is the cause of the floor stickiness.
Couldn't afford to spill beer.
https://twitter.com/AdamJBaum/status/1625985827267280900
If Boums ankle is even a little hampered. Him and Kunkel gonna have to guard us for a near 40 minutes
Here come the "I really wish we would beat them at full strength" comments. unnatural carnal knowledge that, get the W by any means baby
Quote from: Tha Hound on February 15, 2023, 04:47:04 PM
Here come the "I really wish we would beat them at full strength" comments. unnatural carnal knowledge that, get the W by any means baby
Just blow them out. I hope they give Boum the same treatment Jrue Holiday gave old man CP3 in the NBA Finals. Your ankle hurts? Sweet. Have fun dealing with Stevie and Sean hounding you all over the court. Pressure and be physical.
Quote from: StillAWarrior on February 15, 2023, 03:43:50 PM
Source?
And when you say, "also" are you referring to the previously mentioned speculation about Boum? Or are you talking about something else?
A random guy on the internet.
And sorry I meant Freemantle.