MU (DJO, Vander and Wes Matthews) in today's Wall Street Journal

[jaybilaswho?]

MU getting credit for starting the 3 point goggles in todays WSJ. Always trend settin.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704893604576200631584014292.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsFifth

While some teams don't even know where the goggles came from or what the gesture means, others are fully aware. Marquette's players started to mark three-pointers with goggles for their Jan. 10 home game against Notre Dame after Wesley Matthews, a Marquette alumnus now with the Trail Blazers, called Johnson-Odom, a Marquette junior guard, and told him about the latest trend in Portland. "He made sure that we did it," Johnson-Odom said.

When it comes to the goggles, the Golden Eagles are more fanatical than other teams. Because they were early adopters, Johnson-Odom said he expects the fad to endure past this season in Marquette. His teammates wear the goggles after every made three-pointer—and he says students on campus like to flash the goggles on campus. He says he's looking forward to the NCAA tournament, when the three goggles will be on display for everyone to see—even if Marquette's coach, Buzz Williams, pretends not to notice. "He knows that we're doing it, but he doesn't pay attention to it," Johnson-Odom said.

[reinko]

I look forward to after MU's loses (in the final game of course) in the NCAA tourney with a poor 3 pt. shooting effort, this will get bumped and some jag with 9 posts will say something like. "Sure didn't help tonight.  Rabble. Rabble. Rabble."

[ChicosBailBonds]

Will Tom Oates give us credit for this or claim we ripped it off?

[Marquette84]

Do our Big Heads wear Goggles?  Could be the next big trend.

[NickelDimer]

Love it!  Had no idea MU was at the root of it in the NCAA.

[Tugg Speedman]

From the end of the article ...

The goggles may have the look of tomfoolery, but most coaches don't seem to mind that their kids are doing it. In fact, the sight of players having such fun might be considered a recruiting tool.

"What happens is the players here are known," said Kentucky's Calipari. "People know who Wall is, who DeMarcus Cousins is, who Josh Harrellson and Darius Miller are. That's what it's about. If that's what happens, that's great."

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So Calipari thinks it will help recruiting?  He should know as he has the biggest payroll in college basketball.

[MerrittsMustache]

Will Tom Oates give us credit for this or claim we ripped it off?

He'll claim MU ripped it off from a Madison native whose parents both attended UW.

[🏀]

From the end of the article ...

The goggles may have the look of tomfoolery, but most coaches don't seem to mind that their kids are doing it. In fact, the sight of players having such fun might be considered a recruiting tool.

"What happens is the players here are known," said Kentucky's Calipari. "People know who Wall is, who DeMarcus Cousins is, who Josh Harrellson and Darius Miller are. That's what it's about. If that's what happens, that's great."

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So Calipari thinks it will help recruiting?  He should know as he has the biggest payroll in college basketball.

He's got to pay someone to take the ACT for his recruits.

[APieperFan3]

I look forward to after MU's loses (in the final game of course) in the NCAA tourney with a poor 3 pt. shooting effort, this will get bumped and some jag with 9 posts will say something like. "Sure didn't help tonight.  Rabble. Rabble. Rabble."

Reinko's avatar deserves some props.

[ErickJD08]

Did Wes know that gesture would result in a technical? 

It's a trick question.... NO ONE WOULD KNOW BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST CALLS THIS SEASON.

[reinko]

Just created this one, based off a Trailblazer template...

[groove]

Just created this one, based off a Trailblazer template...

sweet great job.

[lab_warrior]

Just created this one, based off a Trailblazer template...

I might just replace the safety poster in the lab here with that. 

[Skatastrophy]

Just created this one, based off a Trailblazer template...

Better post it to facebook before Crispy claims it as his own.

[reinko]

Better post it to facebook before Crispy claims it as his own.

Good call.   

[astanle1]

I thought it was Rudy Fernandez of the Trail Blazers who came up with the shooting goggles around December of this year... could be wrong though.

[Skatastrophy]

I thought it was Rudy Fernandez of the Trail Blazers who came up with the shooting goggles around December of this year... could be wrong though.

Read the article.