No offense to Buzz...

[JD]

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

[Pakuni]

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??

[JD]

Review the right side of the article....

"just a SMALL tidbit from Espn"

[LloydMooresLegs]

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.

[We R Final Four]

And who could forget that 33-point loss to Florida?

Not Mike Hunt, that is for certain.

[RubyWiscy]

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?

[classof2k]

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.