Hey South FloridaWritten by: noreply@blogger.com (Rob Lowe)You've gone from the basement to guaranteeing a win? No wait,
not one win but four in a row? Dominique Jones, you are one helluva player but c'mon.
No seriously. Look, we realize that you are perpetually one of the
worst teams in
conference, so the rivalry isn't quite there. Not to mention that you don't exactly count in any of the rivalry categories one would expect between a Jesuit university in "The Good Land" and a large public school in Tampa. So not many people may care, even if it seems like
every game we play is competitive (and ugly).
And don't think we've forgotten about the
stinkbomb we laid last year at your crappy gym.
But now South Florida is all uppity, having defeated
Pittsburgh at home and then
Georgetown on the road. South Florida is 5-6 in conference this year, and should honestly be
considered a dangerous team to play.
We know South Florida has the dynamite 6'4 guard, Dominique Jones, who
dropped 46 pts on Providence and 37 on Pitt. Jones isn't a Rosario-type gunner. He's more
more efficient than Lazar in
about the same possessions. Plus, all indications are that 6'10 Center
Augustus Gloop-christ could return. This would be on top of their 6'11 C/F player
Jarrid Famous. USF has great size, a fantastic guard, and has beaten some good teams. USF has legitimate designs on an NCAA tourney berth, and we're in the way.
Marquette fans are stuck between being either wrongly unconcerned with South Florida or fearing them because we remember all the ugly games against you, and we remember losing last year. But we've faced
bigger teams than you, and
better teams in
tougher places to play.
Regardless, despite the uncertainty about this season, it turns out that Marquette has a decent chance at making the NCAA tournament. But none of that happens unless Marquette wins this Saturday evening. So USF, welcome to Our House in
balmy Milwaukee, and the only Saturday night BIG EAST game of the year. Marquette fans recognize the implications of this game, and it's almost a sellout. We do the big game fan support well, including the Milwaukee version of pre-gaming that will have all those fans ready for you.
Marquette wins 88-76. We're predicting a fairly offensive game with both teams doing well on eFG%, minimal turnovers, and both teams getting to the line a lot. In the end, however, this will boil down to Marquette shooting well at home. Go home unhappy, Bulls.
Media UpdatesMarquette's
preview of the game. Way too much good content, including game notes, ticket info, Joe Fulce channeling Al Green, and over 15 min of media availability from Buzz and the players. Great content that you need to go check out, but we'll pick just this.
http://www.youtube.com/v/c8tztoIuxqA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1That's right. Couldn't be more important.
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