Season Endings

[wadesworld]

Honest question, how many high level coaches are not wound up tight?  I mean, seriously.  It's not like Coach K, Cal, Roy, Izzo, Beard, Self, Boeheim, Pittino (when he was coaching college), Huggins, Donovan (when he was coaching college), Buzz, Bruce Pearl, Bo Ryan (when he was on the sidelines), etc. are the coolest, calmest dudes in the world sitting over there on the sideline.

Few, Jay Wright, and Tony Bennett are by and large fairly calm on the sidelines, but they have no issue ripping into a ref when they see fit (and up until the last half decade or so they all had the label of guys who "couldn't win the big game").

I'd say coaches who are NOT wound up tight as can be on the sidelines are the exception, certainly not the rule.

[BrewCity83]

The key for Wojo is to find a way to get his players to play loose and have fun.  Wojo can stay tight, the veins in his forehead and neck can rupture for all I care, if he can take the pressure off the kids. 

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

They might annihilate us, but I'd rather take my chances against Dayton than one of the other #1 seeds.  Their only win over a tourney team was St. Mary's (ESPN 8 seed).  They also beat Richmond (ESPN first 4 out).

Lol i would love Dayton.  4th or 5th place team thus year in the BE

[brewcity77]

Lol i would love Dayton.  4th or 5th place team thus year in the BE

I think this place would explode when the Flyers beat us by 20.

[NickelDimer]

Lol i would love Dayton.  4th or 5th place team thus year in the BE

So no to crack.

[5DollarPitcher]

Lol i would love Dayton.  4th or 5th place team thus year in the BE

This is a quality take.

[panda]

Lol i would love Dayton.  4th or 5th place team thus year in the BE

Lol

[WellsstreetWanderer]

The key for Wojo is to find a way to get his players to play loose and have fun.  Wojo can stay tight, the veins in his forehead and neck can rupture for all I care, if he can take the pressure off the kids.

Boy, I sure hope he did something to loosen them up... Make basketball fun again

[bilsu]

Mike Deane ring a bell?  And his resume upon his firing was stronger than Wojo's.

Not really. He had a losing record his last year and did not want to work hard at recruiting.

[bilsu]

I am not sure MU actually faded this season. Looking at the results, I think it was more of a reflection of how the schedule played out. We started out 1-3 losing to three teams that swept us. We swept two teams Xavier and Georgetown. We split with Villanova, St. John's, Butler and DePaul. The four teams we split with were all home wins and road losses. 3 of the four we played at home first. In all of MU games the wins were bigger or the losses were less in games at the Fiserv, which clearly shows MU was much better at home.
                   
                        Home margin         Road margin
Villanova              +5                           -1
St. John's            +14                          -2
Butler                  +19                         -4 OT
DePaul                 +4                           -1

All four of these road losses were close games. Assuming the home court advantage is 4 points, MU would of won all four of these road games, if they were played at the Fiserv.

Switch the home and away games around in these four home and homes and it would not look like MU faded at the end of the season.

Other Big East games
                             Home             Away
Creighton                -8                  -17
Providence             -1 OT               -12
Seton Hall                -9                   -14
Xavier                    20                       2 OT
Georgetown            21                      4

[Silkk the Shaka]

I am not sure MU actually faded this season. Looking at the results, I think it was more of a reflection of how the schedule played out. We started out 1-3 losing to three teams that swept us. We swept two teams Xavier and Georgetown. We split with Villanova, St. John's, Butler and DePaul. The four teams we split with were all home wins and road losses. 3 of the four we played at home first. In all of MU games the wins were bigger or the losses were less in games at the Fiserv, which clearly shows MU was much better at home.
                   
                        Home margin         Road margin
Villanova              +5                           -1
St. John's            +14                          -2
Butler                  +19                         -4 OT
DePaul                 +4                           -1

All four of these road losses were close games. Assuming the home court advantage is 4 points, MU would of won all four of these road games, if they were played at the Fiserv.

Switch the home and away games around in these four home and homes and it would not look like MU faded at the end of the season.

Other Big East games
                             Home             Away
Creighton                -8                  -17
Providence             -1 OT               -12
Seton Hall                -9                   -14
Xavier                    20                       2 OT
Georgetown            21                      4

Getting smoked wire to wire by Seton Hall at our own barbecue, finishing the DePaul game limp-dicked with a deer-in-the-headlights look, and coming out totally flat/lifeless @ St. John's says otherwise.

[panda]

I am not sure MU actually faded this season. Looking at the results, I think it was more of a reflection of how the schedule played out. We started out 1-3 losing to three teams that swept us. We swept two teams Xavier and Georgetown. We split with Villanova, St. John's, Butler and DePaul. The four teams we split with were all home wins and road losses. 3 of the four we played at home first. In all of MU games the wins were bigger or the losses were less in games at the Fiserv, which clearly shows MU was much better at home.
                   
                        Home margin         Road margin
Villanova              +5                           -1
St. John's            +14                          -2
Butler                  +19                         -4 OT
DePaul                 +4                           -1

All four of these road losses were close games. Assuming the home court advantage is 4 points, MU would of won all four of these road games, if they were played at the Fiserv.

Switch the home and away games around in these four home and homes and it would not look like MU faded at the end of the season.

Other Big East games
                             Home             Away
Creighton                -8                  -17
Providence             -1 OT               -12
Seton Hall                -9                   -14
Xavier                    20                       2 OT
Georgetown            21                      4

I'll take whatever you're having!

[Viper]

Getting smoked wire to wire by Seton Hall at our own barbecue, finishing the DePaul game limp-dicked with a deer-in-the-headlights look, and coming out totally flat/lifeless @ St. John's says otherwise.

word.

[WhiteTrash]

I am not sure MU actually faded this season. Looking at the results, I think it was more of a reflection of how the schedule played out. We started out 1-3 losing to three teams that swept us. We swept two teams Xavier and Georgetown. We split with Villanova, St. John's, Butler and DePaul. The four teams we split with were all home wins and road losses. 3 of the four we played at home first. In all of MU games the wins were bigger or the losses were less in games at the Fiserv, which clearly shows MU was much better at home.
                   
                        Home margin         Road margin
Villanova              +5                           -1
St. John's            +14                          -2
Butler                  +19                         -4 OT
DePaul                 +4                           -1

All four of these road losses were close games. Assuming the home court advantage is 4 points, MU would of won all four of these road games, if they were played at the Fiserv.

Switch the home and away games around in these four home and homes and it would not look like MU faded at the end of the season.

Other Big East games
                             Home             Away
Creighton                -8                  -17
Providence             -1 OT               -12
Seton Hall                -9                   -14
Xavier                    20                       2 OT
Georgetown            21                      4

Kind of like how the Germans won WW II

[MU82]

Yeah ... I'm having trouble finding many positives about the way each of the last two seasons ended.

The best I can do is ... Hey, at least nobody on the team got the coronavirus.

[GooooMarquette]

Yeah ... I'm having trouble finding many positives about the way each of the last two seasons ended.

The best I can do is ... Hey, at least nobody on the team got the coronavirus.

Would they even be able to get tested if they had symptoms? Maybe we can leave it at "nobody on the team that we know of tested positive."

😉

[tower912]

Because they weren't within 6 feet of anybody on defense.

[bilsu]

Would they even be able to get tested if they had symptoms? Maybe we can leave it at "nobody on the team that we know of tested positive."

😉

As far as we know, no Big East basketball player has tested positive. I am not sure they would tell us if someone did.

[MU82]

Because they weren't within 6 feet of anybody on defense.

Funny man.

Woulda been even funnier if you didn't use teal!