So....What are we ranked on Monday - 1/6/2025?

[GoldenEagles03]

Waking up every day is far from a guarantee. Actually a 1 in 200,000 chance that you die every day. Wild stuff. Yet here we are talkin sports. So guesses are fun and don't take anything as a guarantee.

Whatever. I'm drunk. But the moral of the story is that you're right, tonight was a very close game and in very surprised MU pulled it out in the last minute or so.

It was actually close for much longer than it should've been.  It was a game of runs for 25 minutes caused largely by some poor officiating, but people don't like talking about poor officiating on here so I'll leave that alone.

[lawdog77]

Waking up every day is far from a guarantee. Actually a 1 in 200,000 chance that you die every day. Wild stuff. Yet here we are talkin sports. So guesses are fun and don't take anything as a guarantee.

Whatever. I'm drunk. But the moral of the story is that you're right, tonight was a very close game and in very surprised MU pulled it out in the last minute or so.

This is impossible. One cannot die every day.

[Jay Bee]

This is impossible. One cannot die every day.

How dare you dismiss reincarnation!

[TSmith34, Inc.]

It was actually close for much longer than it should've been.  It was a game of runs for 25 minutes caused largely by some poor officiating, but people don't like talking about poor officiating on here so I'll leave that alone.

Ummm, nope

[fjm]

It was actually close for much longer than it should've been.  It was a game of runs for 25 minutes caused largely by some poor officiating, but people don't like talking about poor officiating on here so I'll leave that alone.

I do agree the officiating was poor. Same with providence game for sure.

[GoldenEagles03]

I do agree the officiating was poor. Same with providence game for sure.

Yup.  We were running away with it in the 1st half and they whistled Oso for a really cheap 1st foul and he got a 2nd shory after.  Completely altered the game.  Oh well.

[brewcity77]

It was actually close for much longer than it should've been.  It was a game of runs for 25 minutes caused largely by some poor officiating, but people don't like talking about poor officiating on here so I'll leave that alone.

I guess it depends on your definition of close, but Marquette went ahead 24-19 on an O-Max three with 7:03 left in the first half and it was never again a single-possession game. Seton Hall was never within two possessions in the second half. At no point after that O-Max three did Marquette not have a firm grasp on the game.

[Goose]

The game was never in question, IMO.

[JakeBarnes]

It was actually close for much longer than it should've been.  It was a game of runs for 25 minutes caused largely by some poor officiating, but people don't like talking about poor officiating on here so I'll leave that alone.

We must have lost then. Marquette never wins close games.

[GoldenEagles03]

We must have lost then. Marquette never wins close games.

They haven't won a single close result yet this season.  Not sure why scoopers have such a hard time agreeing with that.

Marquette was clearly the better team last night and the game was kept close longer than it should have because of officiating.

That game should have been over in the 1st half.

[Uncle Rico]

They haven't won a single close result yet this season.  Not sure why scoopers have such a hard time agreeing with that.

Marquette was clearly the better team last night and the game was kept close longer than it should have because of officiating.

That game should have been over in the 1st half.

And that's why our seeding has been hurt

[JakeBarnes]

And that's why our seeding has been hurt

Not to mention the effects of the closed door  scrimmages that will haunt us into next season

[MU82]

It was actually close for much longer than it should've been.  It was a game of runs for 25 minutes caused largely by some poor officiating, but people don't like talking about poor officiating on here so I'll leave that alone.

You predicted it would be close. So even though Marquette led by double-digits for all but a few seconds of the last 17 minutes, and even though we ended up winning by 14 -- double the betting line -- you're now so invested in your prediction that you'll keep insisting it was close (or at least closer than it should have been).

When you're a 7-point favorite, exactly how close should a game be and for exactly how long?

[Goose]

Golden

The game was not close and never in doubt. It felt more like a 20 point blowout than a close game.

[brewcity77]

T-Rank measures Game Score. That tells you how much a team had any given game in control adjusted for competition, regardless of final result. The Seton Hall game was our fourth highest game score of the season at 96.0. The only more dominant performances were Baylor, Georgia Tech, and Creighton.

Once we made that run in the first half, it was never in doubt.

[Uncle Rico]

T-Rank measures Game Score. That tells you how much a team had any given game in control adjusted for competition, regardless of final result. The Seton Hall game was our fourth highest game score of the season at 96.0. The only more dominant performances were Baylor, Georgia Tech, and Creighton.

Once we made that run in the first half, it was never in doubt.

Anyone that thinks that game was ever in doubt doesn't know ball

[4everwarriors]

Ur dam write, hey?

[Goose]

Rico

That is a big group.

[Uncle Rico]

Rico

That is a big group.

The numbers don't lie and neither does the eye test.

[Goose]

Rico

Is your memory as sound in everyday life as it is on scoop posts? If so, impressive.

[Uncle Rico]

Rico

Is your memory as sound in everyday life as it is on scoop posts? If so, impressive.

Only in important stuff

[Goose]

Always remember the eye test never lies.

[GoldenEagles03]

Golden

The game was not close and never in doubt. It felt more like a 20 point blowout than a close game.

After Marquette scored the opening points I never felt like they were going to lose that game, but it took a Joplin prayer to be up by more than 4 points at half.  Closer than it shoulda been because of the stripes.

[MU82]

After Marquette scored the opening points I never felt like they were going to lose that game, but it took a Joplin prayer to be up by more than 4 points at half.  Closer than it shoulda been because of the stripes.

Attaboy.

[UWW2MU]

After Marquette scored the opening points I never felt like they were going to lose that game, but it took a Joplin prayer to be up by more than 4 points at half.  Closer than it shoulda been because of the stripes.

I really get tired of all the snarky back and forth on this board and do my best to ignore it and move on and avoid piling on anyone.

That being said, this statement really stood out to me.  You're basically saying "If only we hadn't scored as much as we did, the game would have been closer"     I mean, seems a bit ridiculous.  No?