Lack of Warm-Ups

[mileskishnish72]

It probably was Higgins being there that got to Buzz.

[GGGG]

It had nothing to do with warm ups.  I doubt our routine was any different at LSU when we started 13-0.

[Tugg Speedman]

It honestly isn't a reach to link the worst shooting display I've seen ANYWHERE to not taking shots before the game.  I don't ever remember seeing a team first take the floor and not take shots.  That has a lot to do for starting 2-20 or whatever it was.  Every time you leave the court,  you need to get reacclimated.......I don't care if you've played on the court 1000 times....and last I checked,  the guys don't practice on the BC floor....you need to take some shots and find your range.  I never want to see a MU team start a game without taking shots again.

So by this logic Todd Mayo can never be effect.  He sit on the bench for 15 minutes before he comes into game.

[MUMac]

What you described is something I've noticed at every game I've been to over the last four years.

Ok, and did you hear homer on the radio after DJO's first miss?  He said they watched him hit 10 in a row from the same spot during practice earlier that night (which I think qualifies as "warm ups").  So, they obviously "warmed up" and shot well in practice.

Nope.  It was different and noticeable.  Only Monarch was out when the officials came down the line to shake the coaches hands.  Buzz took some ribbing by the officials just prior to tip off for the tardiness.

MU usually comes out of the locker room at the 2:30-3:00 minute mark, go through a routine that includes lay ups.  They came out with less than 1:00 to go.

The dancing, though, has got to go.  Really looked cocky in front of Vandy's bench.

If I were an opposing team, I would think MU looks arrogant and would want to b!tch slap them - just like Vandy did.

[GGGG]

The dancing, though, has got to go.  Really looked cocky in front of Vandy's bench.

If I were an opposing team, I would think MU looks arrogant and would want to b!tch slap them - just like Vandy did.

I think things went downhill when we started putting last names on the backs of jerseys.  THERE'S NO "I" IN TEAM!!!

[downtown85]

Nope.  It was different and noticeable.  Only Monarch was out when the officials came down the line to shake the coaches hands.  Buzz took some ribbing by the officials just prior to tip off for the tardiness.

MU usually comes out of the locker room at the 2:30-3:00 minute mark, go through a routine that includes lay ups.  They came out with less than 1:00 to go.

The dancing, though, has got to go.  Really looked cocky in front of Vandy's bench.

If I were an opposing team, I would think MU looks arrogant and would want to b!tch slap them - just like Vandy did.

I was sitting just behind the Vandy bench and I can tell you no Vandy player or coach was watching the MU lineup introductions (dancing).  They were huddled around Stallings and listening intently to whatever he was saying.  They seemed very focused on their game plan.  It was a big contrast to what MU was doing.

[dw3dw3dw3]

This thread is the winner for the grasping at straws contest.

[Stretchdeltsig]

Let's not confuse warm ups with shooting.  MU needs to shoot better period.  MU needs to shoot free throws better period.  You cannot win basketball games if you don't shoot well.  Our shooting was awful.  If a team isn't a threat from the outside, teams will defends against layups.  Count how many layups Vander and Co. missed at point blank range. 

[4everwarriors]

I think things went downhill when we started putting last names on the backs of jerseys.  THERE'S NO "I" IN TEAM!!!

But there is ME

[6746jonesr]

While it is always interesting to hear the experts on this board talk about how they used to warm up for games, but I doubt that anything MU does 2-3 minutes prior to the game has anything to do with their performance.  I am sure that most of you know that MU typically has a pretty significant workout/practice on game days.  So, if you want to complain about pre-game activity affecting game performance, I wouldn['t focus on what takes place 2 minutes prior to tipoff.

[Stretchdeltsig]

Again, we are not talking about warm-ups, we're talking about shooting.  MU needs to improve its shooting period.  Games are won by the team that makes the most shots and free throws. 

[Brewtown Andy]

I think if people want to complain (and I am CERTAINLY not one of them) about what Marquette does before games, it's not a lazy layup line minutes before the game starts. I will say that Buzz and the team go through a relatively rigorous shoot around, which Buzz refers to more as a practice, hours before the game.

As for the warming up, Marquette shoots around for a while about an hour before the game, comes out about 30 minutes and does the equivalent to layup lines to warm up. To think, even for a second, that Marquette not warming up minutes before the game has any correlation to the slow start is ridiculous, to put it nicely. Let's be real.

Jimmy Dykes even mentioned on Twitter how professional it was that DJO and Junior were out shooting an hour before tip off.