Blue hose thoughts

[MuMark]

We won by 18. Line was 17. Played poorly but still beat the spread. Thats encouraging.

Presbyterian had their best three point shooting game in a long time. They have shot 23% on the season

Line was 23.... http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/odds/las-vegas/

[NCMUFan]

I was surprise no fouls were called against Marquette.

[Daniel]

WoJo was not happy with the play today.  No energy.   I thought defense was terrible, lazy on rebounds and 50/50 balls, too many 3s against this team.  We got free throws because they fouled us almost every time we drove to hoop.

All and all, a win. But ugly. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Line was 23.... http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/odds/las-vegas/

Already apologized for my mistake

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

We won, nobody got hurt. Nothing to look at here, just a bad schedule with the holidays, you guys are really undetestimating the imporance of a routine in highly competetive atletics. Move onto Seton Hall.

[WarriorFan]

First and only game I'll make it to this season, and now that I've seen them live I have a few questions:
1.  What do we do when we play a team that is GOOD at shooting 3's?
2.  What do we do when our bigs have to play against bigs?
3.  What do we do when we play against real PG's?
4.  When do we learn how to play against zone?

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Wojo fan, but this team needs to play it's best ball to go .500 in the Big East.  I also was pleased that Wojo was upset in the postgame interview.  He should be.  Team played poorly. 

Also, no-one yet has given credit to Presby... they had a good scouting report and played well to it.  What's the scouting report:
- take the 3... the close out will be late
- swing the ball... the rotation will be late
- get at least one offensive foul on Henry
- get low when boxing out Luke.  Easy to move him.
- quick double teams from behind when a defender is in the passing lane for the outlet pass.
- TC won't shoot
- help on the entry pass (from behind - as above)

[wadesworld]

First and only game I'll make it to this season, and now that I've seen them live I have a few questions:
1.  What do we do when we play a team that is GOOD at shooting 3's?
2.  What do we do when our bigs have to play against bigs?
3.  What do we do when we play against real PG's?
4.  When do we learn how to play against zone?

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Wojo fan, but this team needs to play it's best ball to go .500 in the Big East.  I also was pleased that Wojo was upset in the postgame interview.  He should be.  Team played poorly. 

Also, no-one yet has given credit to Presby... they had a good scouting report and played well to it.  What's the scouting report:
- take the 3... the close out will be late
- swing the ball... the rotation will be late
- get at least one offensive foul on Henry
- get low when boxing out Luke.  Easy to move him.
- quick double teams from behind when a defender is in the passing lane for the outlet pass.
- TC won't shoot
- help on the entry pass (from behind - as above)

For questions 1-3, go and watch the Wisconsin game. We did fine.

How many Big East teams play a lot of zone? I haven't watched much of other teams. Xavier plays a 1-3-1 pretty often. Butler, Georgetown, Providence, and Nova I haven't seen play any. Don't recall SJU, Creighton, SHU, or DePaul playing much in past years.

I don't know how many times I'll have to say it. We're young. You won't see the same team twice this season until at least Big East play, and probably not all season. Sometimes that's a good thing, and sometimes that's a bad thing. Today that's a good thing. We started off losing at home to an okay Belmont team, going to OT at home to a bad IUPUI team, and getting SMOKED to a solid Iowa team. We've ran off 9 straight wins since then.

If people think they can look at one day's performance from this team and project what we're going to do going forward you're wrong.

We have the talent and size. We don't have the experience. Last year we had the experience but not the size and talent. I'll take my chances with having the talent.

[MU82]

Today was a set-up for a lousy effort - Holiday, don't know what the practice schedule was, poor opponent, etc. It was probably especially easy for MU to come out with a sub-par effort because they are so young/inexperienced. Woj was right on regarding his TO comments.

They've been popping down the cupcakes, but Wed. will be a pork chop at least. SHU looked good vs. Wichita and have some guys that can play and who will compete. I'm sure MU will come out with a better effort.

Gotta admit, I too am concerned about how Traci will fare against the better athletes he's going to be seeing in the BE. I wouldn't be surprised if he needs help/relief from time to time. Will be interesting to see how things develop.

I don't like excuses, but I pretty much agree with this.

I draw absolutely no conclusions or even reasonable guesses from today's game. None.

I'm glad the season starts for real Wednesday.

[cheebs09]

My hope for this game was a win and no injuries. With all the breaks, we will be back in a rhythm for Seton Hall. I think being a young team, we play down to the competition. I think we will be much more focused for the Big East.

[We R Final Four]

Most of those had a hand in the face. Not anymore that you can do. They just happened to fall for them.

? Not a lot of hands in the face--you might be thinking of the last game. Today we were slow on rotations and a lot of open 3s.

A lot more we can do other than saying not much we can do about it.

[Skatastrophy]

Already apologized for my mistake

That's now how things work on the internet.

[bradley center bat]

Another win on national tv! 

[Dr. Blackheart]

Out of sorts because of the break, with another cupcake served up. Not much gained from this one.

[VegasWarrior77]

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein  2h2 hours ago
Duane Wilson flourishing in the "Vinnie Johnson" role for Marquette. Averaging 12.6 PPG off the bench. Adds experience & explosiveness.

[MU82]

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein  2h2 hours ago
Duane Wilson flourishing in the "Vinnie Johnson" role for Marquette. Averaging 12.6 PPG off the bench. Adds experience & explosiveness.

I've said much the same in conversations with MU buds.

Our own "Microwave."