Road wins are X-tra special

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Wow.  Great win.  I said in a thread earlier in the week that we were about to find out what it was like to be the make/break game of the other team's season.  X played out of their minds for the first 15 minutes.  Crowd was crazy.  But MU played composed, like a top 15 team is supposed to.  I felt at the half that we were ok being tied, with X playing so well.  But then X turned it on again.  But our guys kept their heads in the game and eventually our superior talent and shot making carried the day.  They proved something to me today.  On to Butler and I'm ready to "enjoy the ride".

This is a great post.

[MU82]

Bulletin Board material if we see them in NYC? "I felt we played some of our best ball," point guard Quentin Goodin said. "They hit some wild shots. The basketball gods gave them what we call some lucky baskets, but I felt we played good."

If he thinks Markus, Sam and Joey were making "wild shots," apparently Mr. Goodin slept through the film sessions on Marquette.

As I watched the game, I was thinking X was the team making wild shots.

[Marcus92]

MU went 14-25 (56.0%) from 3-point range today, against a team that tried mightily to defend the perimeter. An incredibly impressive performance. The three-headed monster of Howard, Sam and Joey is tough to guard. Just imagine if Jamal or Brendan start to come around.

[CTWarrior]

12.  Refs

Refs were brutal.  Not sure if they helped us or hurt us.  I think only one (maybe two) of the fouls on Theo were real fouls, but we got calls we didn't deserve too.

By the way, I never cared much for Doug Gottleib, but I think that was the best broadcast pair on an MU game this season.  Made several salient points, showed what MU was doing to get the shooters free, and called out the refs.

[MU82]

MU went 14-25 (56.0%) from 3-point range today, against a team that tried mightily to defend the perimeter. An incredibly impressive performance. The three-headed monster of Howard, Sam and Joey is tough to guard. Just imagine if Jamal or Brendan start to come around.

I thought all but 3 or 4 of them were very good looks. Sam beat the buzzer on one, Markus had to take one very closely guarded, and maybe there was another tough 1 or 2, but most were shots that Markus, Sam and Joey have proven over and over and over again they can make at a very high percentage.

[Goose]

MU82
Agreed that X was the team making the wild shots. Not sure what Goodin is smoking, but once there wild shots stopped falling, it was ball game. Truthfully, I think we beat them 9 out of ten times.

[mu_hilltopper]

Bulletin Board material if we see them in NYC? "I felt we played some of our best ball," point guard Quentin Goodin said. "They hit some wild shots. The basketball gods gave them what we call some lucky baskets, but I felt we played good."

On the contrary .. firstly, MU hitting long 3s is the new normal. 

Secondly .. the first ~30+ minutes, Xavier was the lucky one.  Balls bounced their way, rebounds, 50/50 balls, fouls.  Honestly, due to that and the 11 point deficit, I thought MU was cooked.

The tide turned.

[THEbig0]

Well he might have been referencing the three that bounced off the top of the backboard and went in, that was pretty wild.  But that was the only one I saw.

[connie]

Lots of good on this thread.  Lots of tough play on the road.  Happy happy.

[MU82]

It was the second straight game we benefited from T's on the opposition, so that's pretty cool.