Holding (Fi) serv at home in an Un X-citing game

[tower912]

1.   Who was worse offensively, Morrow or Sam?    Good Lord.   
2.  Sacar had himself a half.    And then they didn't run that set again until there was 5:50 to go in the second half.     
3.  Xavier is not good.   If Morrow and Sam show up, MU should win in Cincinnati.
4.  MU's defense is so much better this year.   Except for too many fouls today. 
5.  MU's defensive rebounding is very good.   It sure is nice to have a lot of tall guys. 
6.  Joey continues to fill that stat sheet.   Kicked his brother's butt today. 
7.   Other than rebounding, not a banner day for MU players playing the 5.   
8.  Markus doing Markus things.   Fans grumbling and mumbling,  another 26 and 8.
9.  64 points from Markus, Joey, and Sacar.    6 from everybody else.  Take them any way you can get them. 
10.  52 points allowed.     Nice.   
11.  On to Omaha. 
12.  C'mon, Symir. 

[Dish]

TCB'd today. Xavier is the worst team in the Big East this year. Good win, no one injured, let's get Creighton.

[Tha Hound]

Didn't play great today and still won in a blowout. Pretty X-citing times if you ask me.

[JakeBarnes]

#4 was due to a really tight whistle everywhere. So it goes. Luckily minimal effect on the result.

[Herman Cain]

Lot of NBA attention in the crowd. That usually leads to a less than stellar performance, as the kids get out of the proper flow.

Delighted to get the win though on national TV broadcast.

[muwarrior69]

1.   Who was worse offensively, Morrow or Sam?    Good Lord.   
2.  Sacar had himself a half.    And then they didn't run that set again until there was 5:50 to go in the second half.     
3.  Xavier is not good.   If Morrow and Sam show up, MU should win in Cincinnati.
4.  MU's defense is so much better this year.   Except for too many fouls today. 
5.  MU's defensive rebounding is very good.   It sure is nice to have a lot of tall guys. 
6.  Joey continues to fill that stat sheet.   Kicked his brother's butt today. 
7.   Other than rebounding, not a banner day for MU players playing the 5.   
8.  Markus doing Markus things.   Fans grumbling and mumbling,  another 26 and 8.
9.  64 points from Markus, Joey, and Sacar.    6 from everybody else.  Take them any way you can get them. 
10.  52 points allowed.     Nice.   
11.  On to Omaha. 
12.  C'mon, Symir.

Is it possible to have the same monkey on your back as a fellow team mate?

[JakeBarnes]

Did we ever find out why the ref went to Jae?

[NCMUFan]

Wow, to the point of calling a Xavier game unexciting? 
What next, a yawn for beating Villanova?

[PGsHeroes32]

Wow, to the point of calling a Xavier game unexciting? 
What next, a yawn for beating Villanova?

No, because while Nova is down. They are still a quality team this year

[tower912]

You thought it was exciting?    I thought it was a game where X slowed it down and made it a slog, but MU's defense really put the screws to them.    A solid win at a slow, ugly pace.    One that in other years MU may have lost.     Workmanlike.   But not exciting. 

[JakeBarnes]

You thought it was exciting?    I thought it was a game where X slowed it down and made it a slog, but MU's defense really put the screws to them.    A solid win at a slow, ugly pace.    One that in other years MU may have lost.     Workmanlike.   But not exciting.

I will take workmanlike ugly wins by 18. Always.

I do agree that when it got down to 12, Marquette usually folded in previous years. Our defense has added a lot to this team.

[NCMUFan]

It was a smart game plan by Xavier.  Pretty obvious to you, me and maybe everyone else that it was Xavier's game plan to drive, get to the line, get MU in foul trouble and extend the game as long as possible.  Only way to beat us.  I still thought it was exciting.  Never know when MU will freeze.  Let's see how MU does at Xavier.

[wadesworld]

TCB'd today. Xavier is the worst team in the Big East this year. Good win, no one injured, let's get Creighton.

They might be the worst team in the BE. But they already won at DePaul and had Seton Hall on the ropes.

[tower912]

X was still physically tough.   Just not enough pieces. 

[Cheeks]

They might be the worst team in the BE. But they already won at DePaul and had Seton Hall on the ropes.

They had plenty of open looks, but didn't hit.  They are capable if even 1/2 of those misses start to fall in knocking someone off.

[tower912]

They had plenty of open looks, but didn't hit.  They are capable if even 1/2 of those misses start to fall in knocking someone off.

Well, yeah.   They had 37 misses, including 13 from 3.   If they hit 18 more shots, including 6 from 3, they are going to beat a lot of people.   

[warriorchick]

We won.

I snagged a Gruber Law T-shirt.

It's all good.

[Cheeks]

Well, yeah.   They had 37 misses, including 13 from 3.   If they hit 18 more shots, including 6 from 3, they are going to beat a lot of people.

KenPom predicts we win at Xavier 73-72 after today's game.  Nothing will be easy on the road.

[MU82]

8.  Markus doing Markus things.   Fans grumbling and mumbling,  another 26 and 8.

I actually was very encouraged watching Markus create for others today. He had a half-dozen very pretty assists -- drive and dishes, accurate lead passes, etc -- and could have had a dozen assists or more if Ed could make a layup without traveling or a couple other Warriors made layups.

I have been one saying that Markus has not yet shown a great ability to make his teammates better. Today showed he does have some of that ability, and I'd like to see him build on it.

I absolutely am not saying he should not be Markus. He is a scorer first, and that's how it should be. But if he gets better at recognizing when a teammate has a better opportunity than he does, it will make him more difficult to defend, will make his teammates love him even more, and will make us a more dangerous offensive team.

[UWW2MU]

Today's game was a very weird one from my perspective. I don't know if it was the early start time, the slow pace of play, the over zealous refs, or what but I had a hard time getting loud as a fan today.  I noticed many others were the same way, the place was pretty quiet for a BE game.  Only a couple decent decibel moments I could think of.  Walking out of there I didn't feel like we won by almost 20 points!   

I'm thinking Saturday against the Hall will be much better in this regard.

[jsglow]

I actually was very encouraged watching Markus create for others today. He had a half-dozen very pretty assists -- drive and dishes, accurate lead passes, etc -- and could have had a dozen assists or more if Ed could make a layup without traveling or a couple other Warriors made layups.

I have been one saying that Markus has not yet shown a great ability to make his teammates better. Today showed he does have some of that ability, and I'd like to see him build on it.

I absolutely am not saying he should not be Markus. He is a scorer first, and that's how it should be. But if he gets better at recognizing when a teammate has a better opportunity than he does, it will make him more difficult to defend, will make his teammates love him even more, and will make us a more dangerous offensive team.

This.  Head up the whole game.  Made his teammates better today.

[Jay Bee]

I actually was very encouraged watching Markus create for others today. He had a half-dozen very pretty assists -- drive and dishes, accurate lead passes, etc -- and could have had a dozen assists or more if Ed could make a layup without traveling or a couple other Warriors made layups.

I have been one saying that Markus has not yet shown a great ability to make his teammates better. Today showed he does have some of that ability, and I'd like to see him build on it.

Markus has a top-110 assist rate in the nation at 28.9%. That's good for #3 in the BEast among 64 players averaging 16 mins per team game or more. He was under 20% in each of his first two years. The idea that he has not been showing he can make his teammates better is silly.

[We R Final Four]

1.   Who was worse offensively, Morrow or Sam?    Good Lord.   

I can live with Sam missing shots and having an off night. I'd take that all day over Ed 'throwing' one handed 10' jumpers at the basket. Ed has 10 rebs today. That's his $. He can putback misses and is very good at using the rim as protection on his reverse layups. There was a reason STJ was begging Joe to throw it into Ed in the post. No reason to double, and sometimes a single team seems to be overcommittment.

[VegasWarrior77]

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[barfolomew]

One last tidbit about the X game, in Jeopardy! format:

Answer:
Presbyterian, Bethune-Cookman, and Charleston Southern


Question:
Who are three teams that scored more points against MU than Xavier did?