what team is this playing georgetown tonight?

[Mike Deane's Seat Belt]

i thought marquette was playing gtown tonight, who is this team?

[Norm]

A tentative team that hasn't made good decisions with the ball. Nothing from DJO, Cubillian Buycks or Fulce tonight.

[MUSig54]

Tonight, we've replaced the Marquette Golden Eagles with Depaul...let's see if anyone notices!

[timinatorx3]

sort of resembles a volleyball game the way G'town is batting around MU shots

[TheDawson]

A team that will still make the tournament no matter what happens? A team that might be a little tired from beating Nova?

Marquette is a ten seed right now... If they win tonight they become an 8 or 9, which of course means they'll play a #1 seed if they win.

I think its better they lose and stay as a 10, because they have a better chance at making a tournament run. Marquette could California first and then play Purdue. Those are both teams they could beat

[Norm]

First game I think we just gave up in this year.

[nyg]

Zar and DJO not having good shooting night, make that terrible.  Free throws are bad also, Acker missed two on a shooting foul, Junior missed two on a shooting foul, Buycks missed two.  

Georgetown has over 40 something points in the paint and Monroe is just a stud coming out of his shell.  We have no one close to contest him, no one close.  Getting killed, killed on boards 40 to 22 with 3 minutes left.

No shame in losing this one, Georgetown playing very well.  Our only blowout loss of the year.  It was a great tournament run and we should be proud of this team.  

[IAmMarquette]

We got whipped. Disappointing, but it happens. Let's see what happens on Sunday.

[skianth16]

This is simply another team that has suffered from a lack of real hafltime adjustments. Very typical of many of our losses. What worked in the first half does not in the second and unfortunately there seems to be little done to correct that.

I think we're probably somewhere in the 7-8 range right now after tonight. Some of it could be determined by the matchups the committee attempts to avoid. Especially when there are only 3 regions we can play in.

[NavinRJohnson]

I will also file this in the category of "No way when this season started did I think we had a chance to be playing on Friday night of the BET."

[chapman]

The jinx continues: five years in a row losing to a team we beat in the regular season.  Everyone but Acker and Hayward played very timid.  A lot of wide open threes being passed up (even a couple by Hayward, but possibly double digits by DJO).  Forced Lazar to put the team on his shoulders and force up the best shot possible, and Acker had to run a marathon to get anything going offensively.  Cubillan and DJO just didn't show up.  Cubillan slow though not terrible defensively while it was still a game, offered nothing at all on offense.  DJO missing on offense and getting blown by or fouling on defense.  Many here said Buycks needed a big game, but he didn't have one, though still probably needed some more minutes.    No answer for Monroe, and he definitely looked like a 1st teamer.  It's been tough for the past four games to keep Lazar out of foul trouble and Fulce didn't stand a chance on Monroe.  Defeinitely gassed in the last 10 minutes when they were slow to everything on defense and no longer had the energy to create a quality shot, instead hoisting up lazy balls that were getting stuffed.  Georgetown's third game as well, but they kept the energy and got to a nice lead and sped things up whenever we wanted to take some time and slow things down...had the lead, looked like they were playing for a championship, and the better team tonight.

Marquette is a ten seed right now... If they win tonight they become an 8 or 9, which of course means they'll play a #1 seed if they win.

Didn't realize you were the selection committee.  We should be anywhere from 7 to 10.  Had we won, probably anywhere from 6-9.  Depends on what other teams do, but it'll be easiest for put us in the 8/9 game given the number of marginal teams making their cases to just sneak in and the number slightly better than marginal teams doing just enough to stay that way.

[OhioGoldenEagle]

Listen to you guys.  Maybe it's a team that's playing it's 3rd game in 3 consecutive days.....against Big East teams.  A team that goes 7 deep.  A team that's tallest guy is 6'6" and playing against/guarding a 6'10" Greg Monroe who I think is the best player in the nation and sure top 3 pick in this June's draft.  I'm not happy about this performance either, but Georgetown, in spite of their lower seeding, is a damn good team.  I wouldn't be at all surprised if they make it to the Final Four.

[texaswarrior74]

The lack of bench and height finally caught up with us....we looked exhausted....no legs....nothing on the shots.....need some bench help for next year very badly....got killed in the paint.....

[ecompt]

Depth shouldn't be a problem next year, the worry is Junior at PG.

[goodgreatgrand]

Put this loss in perspective:

If Gtown wins the BE tourney, we just lost to a #2 seed in the NCAA tournament.

[g0lden3agle]

Depth shouldn't be a problem next year, the worry is Junior at PG.

I called you out in the chat I'll call you out here... Junior is putting in minimal minutes this season after rupturing his Achilles... the jury is FAR from in on him.

[MU111]

I will also file this in the category of "No way when this season started did I think we had a chance to be playing on Friday night of the BET."

+1

[Doctor V]

Depth shouldn't be a problem next year, the worry is Junior at PG.

i bet u never thought youd be saying that before the season...

how about MU being in the 8-9 seed range  ... 10 seems to low, esp with all the weak bubble teams, 7 seems to high- lets just say hopefully its the 4th #1 seed (Duke?), and not Kansas

Maybe its a good thing if WVU wins the BE tourney and Duke and OSU lose, because if they sneak into a #1 seed MU can only be an 8 or 9 in one bracket, since they cant play Cuse, WVU, or in Milwaukee (Kentucky). Maybe that would get MU moved up

Anyway, I guess of the #1 and #2 seeds the only one I REALLY wouldnt wanna see is Kansas
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[chapman]

Depth shouldn't be a problem next year, the worry is Junior at PG.

I'll agree that it's hard to not be concerned about it.  I'd have felt more confident sight unseen than given what we've seen from him.  At the same time, still hard to judge when he plays no more than two minutes at a time and can't really get into the flow of the game.  Just a big question mark.

[ecompt]

Junior shouldn't have been playing at all this season. It's great that he felt well enough to try and come back, but he couldn't play. If you feel confident that he's going to be a good PG next year, fine. I hope you're right. But this was a wasted year.

[NavinRJohnson]

I see a first round matchup against Mizzou with Duke or UK awaiting the winner.

[chapman]

i bet u never thought youd be saying that before the season...

how about MU being in the 8-9 seed range  ... 10 seems to low, esp with all the weak bubble teams, 7 seems to high- lets just say hopefully its the 4th #1 seed (Duke?), and not Kansas

Maybe its a good thing if WVU wins the BE tourney and Duke and OSU lose, because if they sneak into a #1 seed MU can only be an 8 or 9 in one bracket, since they cant play Cuse, WVU, or in Milwaukee (Kentucky). Maybe that would get MU moved up

Anyway, I guess of the #1 and #2 seeds the only one I REALLY wouldnt wanna see is Kansas
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Also agree that Kansas is the only one that would make me cringe.  None are easy, but they're just scary.  UK can lose, and Singler is the only matchup I don't like with Duke (think Cubillan can prevent Scheyer from taking over an not really afraid of the Plumlee brothers against us despite being 6'10").  

[Norm]

I agree this was a wasted year by Cadougan. Buzz's prediction of him making a difference in March did not come true. Maybe he can score a point or two in the NCAA's.

[bradforster]

This team is not a ten seed.  I think we may be in for a pleasant surprise come Sunday.  I still believe MU has a shot at a seven, especially with the great rally at the end of the season.  This is a squad that won 11 of its last 14 games, including seven away from home. 

[Doctor V]

This team is not a ten seed.  I think we may be in for a pleasant surprise come Sunday.  I still believe MU has a shot at a seven, especially with the great rally at the end of the season.  This is a squad that won 11 of its last 14 games, including seven away from home.  

If ND wins tonight, MU is the lowest seed of the 8 Big East teams (maybe a tie with Louisville, but they beat Syracuse TWICE so they are likely gonna get a higher seed)

The committee doesnt look at conference affiliation when selecting the 65 team field, but they do look at it with regards to the seeding, they have to since its in the rules

That said, with all those teams ranked higher than Marquette from the BE, I believe itll be hard to give us a 7 seed. If we do get that itll be because of prohibited matchups

Likely seeds:
Syracuse- 1
West Virginia- 2 (outside shot at a 1)
Villanova- 3 (outside shot at a 4)
Georgetown- 4 (outside shot at a 3 with a win tomorrow)
Pitt- 4 (maybe a 5, mostly due to seeding, but it would be outrageous if the #2 seed in the BE got a lower seed that the #8 seed Georgetown)
Louisville, MU, ND- all somewhere between 7-10. Id guess ND a 7, MU and UL an 8-9
(maybe a 10 due to restrictions)
Anybody see it differently?