Marquette End of Game Situations

[jesmu84]

Someone else posted that we're 5-0 in 1 possession games this season. Marquette is 3-1 in 1 possession games this season. Not only that, but we've shut down Ben Simmons and Kris Dunn with the game on the line. Gotta feel good about our chances on the defensive end to win with this group. I think that falls to the players executing and the coaches doing a good job of planning and leading.

[Shark]

Belmont? 

[jesmu84]

Belmont? 

Correct. Updated. Goes to show you should never rely on other people's information - or your own poor memory.

[brewcity77]

We are 5-1 in games that are either one possession or go to overtime

[wadesworld]

Belmont? 

Shoot forgot that was a 1 possession game (and wasn't able to watch it so never saw the end). My 5-0 included the 2 overtime wins.

[mu03eng]

What were we last year? I feel like, especially in the early to mid conference season, we were on the bad end of a lot of one possession games.

[jsglow]

We are 5-1 in games that are either one possession or go to overtime

Indicative of some very solid coaching down the stretch.  Last night they stopped perhaps the best guard in the country.  Raftery saying "They're in trouble!' at the 7-8 second mark.  It's not that a good shot was missed.  The Friars didn't get a good shot.  Best defensive possession of the season so far.

[bilsu]

Indicative of some very solid coaching down the stretch.  Last night they stopped perhaps the best guard in the country.  Raftery saying "They're in trouble!' at the 7-8 second mark.  It's not that a good shot was missed.  The Friars didn't get a good shot.  Best defensive possession of the season so far.

I think it is more an indication of player toughness. Coaches can call timeouts and set up plays, but none of that matters, if players do not execute. Look at Providence on their last possession. MU players executed their defense and Providence failed to execute whatever their coach wanted them to do. I do think a coach is asking to lose when he calls a timeout to set up the last play. I think it gives the advantage to the defense as their coach will remind them who is likely to take the last shot. You also risk losing the ball on the inbounds play, which happened to Oklahoma in their three overtime loss to Kansas.

[DaCoach]

No question our peak defense is better than our peak offense. The improvement in this team will be contingent on our ability to maintain that high level of intensity we executed on the final possession im the Providence game. Consistency wins games.

[MuMark]

Most stat guys say that winning a high percentage of very close games is mostly luck.

[MU82]

No question our peak defense is better than our peak offense. The improvement in this team will be contingent on our ability to maintain that high level of intensity we executed on the final possession im the Providence game. Consistency wins games.

It's not realistic to think we can maintain the final-moments-of-close-game intensity for an entire game. I would happily settle for us maintaining the kind of intensity we showed pretty much all game against Providence.

I loved the way we went to the floor for loose basketballs, contested most shots, hustled up and down the floor, etc.

Do that from here on out, and cut down the turnovers a little, and we will win a LOT more games than we lose the rest of the way.

If we have a letdown against St. John's, we easily could lose. We are not good enough to "meander" our way through a game. I think Providence looked like they were doing that at times.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Crean was better at game prep, but pissed his pants once the opening tip was over.  Wojo still struggling at game prep (match ups) but does well within game.  Buzz did both well, but had brain cramps at times.  Deane was great in game, but was drunk pre-game (and post). KO good at both pre and in game but only on defense. Rick was good at both, but couldn't handle running a program.  Hank was good at practice and a genius at offense but was not a leader on the sideline.  Al was a genius at all facets, but knew how to delegate as a visionary.  He trusted Hank and Rick to executing his details, but his genius was within a game.  He saw what no one else saw down to the minute detail way ahead of time. The untold story is he sweated the details as a perfectionist.  He was a conductor.

[bilsu]

Most stat guys say that winning a high percentage of very close games is mostly luck.

Then Buzz's last year was really unlucky.
Obviously there is some luck. A missed shot bounces out to a player who then hits the three is something you cannot control. However, skill comes in from being able to execute and having the player that can hit the critical shot. For example MU won three straight overtimes games mostly on the back of Butler a few years ago. Obviously, Butler has shown in the NBA that he was no fluke.

[Buzz Williams' Spillproof Chiclets Cup]

What were we last year? I feel like, especially in the early to mid conference season, we were on the bad end of a lot of one possession games.

Last year MU was 3-4 in games that were decided by one possession (3 pts) or less, or that went to overtime.

Beat Georgia Tech in Orlando, Creighton at home, and won at Seton Hall.
Lost at DePaul, at St. John's, Georgetown at home (OT), Butler at home (OT).

MU also lost at Xavier by 4.

[mileskishnish72]

Great post, Black.

[Dawson Rental]

Crean was better at game prep, but pissed his pants once the opening tip was over.  Wojo still struggling at game prep (match ups) but does well within game.  Buzz did both well, but had brain cramps at times.  Deane was great in game, but was drunk pre-game (and post). KO good at both pre and in game but only on defense. Rick was good at both, but couldn't handle running a program.  Hank was good at practice and a genius at offense but was not a leader on the sideline.  Al was a genius at all facets, but knew how to delegate as a visionary.  He trusted Hank and Rick to executing his details, but his genius was within a game.  He saw what no one else saw down to the minute detail way ahead of time. The untold story is he sweated the details as a perfectionist.  He was a conductor.

Dukiet?

[tower912]

Bad at everything but the piano. 

[Dawson Rental]

Bad at everything but the piano.

I heard he was pretty good at yelling.

[keefe]

Dukiet?

I was blissfully flying F 16s in Misawa Japan in those pre-internet days. I heard that time was worse than awful.