Please Calm Down

[real chili 83]

This is different because this was the most important game we've played all year and might as well never got off the plane. This team, these seniors, I'm sickened.

This was our best chance to accomplish something this season. Now it's 6 wins or the season's a bust.

And yes...winning at MSG is bigger than making a Final Four.

Brew, I politely disagree.  Yes, a win would have made a statement.  However, if we win our next 2, 3, 6 games.....that will matter most.  Thats what counts this time of year (March).

Yep, tonight smarts, bot it is not a reflection of this team's capabilities.

[MUMac]

Yes, no need to panic.  We get to rest. We already played ourselves to a 2 or 3 seed.  Guys got a little too cocky with awards and need to get back to making baskets and getting stops.

Yep.  I think the tourney will be fun to watch.  I know the BE tourney is a big thing, just not that big to me.  Louisville had a good game plan.  MU will learn from it.  

Jae has to remember, he is more important on the floor than on the bench.  Silly fouls need to go away.  Today will remind him of that.

To all who are compelled, jump off the bandwagon.  Just don't come back on, then.

[madtownwarrior]

no fucking chance at a 2 seed, highly unlikely a 3 seed now...

Yes, no need to panic.  We get to rest. We already played ourselves to a 2 or 3 seed.  Guys got a little too cocky with awards and need to get back to making baskets and getting stops.

[MountainCreekHouse]

The entire regular season doesn't mean sh!t if you can't translate it into the post-season.  These players better man up because that was just embarrassing.  We have so much talent and so much potential to be great and we blow it because we can't hold on to the ball?  Please, I am wasting my time.  I wait for this game with anticipation all week and this is what I see?  I don't mind many things but to waste my time?  How dare you.

I don't get mad over losing property or money very much, but if you are going to waste my time then get out of my face. The petulance all over this board is well earned.

[StillWarriors]

Depending on the draw, we'll be lucky to get back to the sweet sixteen.

No one should have considered the Sweet Sixteen a given even before tonight. Other than maybe the one seeds, it isn't a given for anyone, and still an accomplishment to get there. Granted, it would be disappointing not to get there this year.

[MUBurrow]

I guess the reason I'm so surprised about the massive overreaction and hair pulling at this was that I didn't really see anything tonight I didnt already know.  Before tonight, we had seen our propensity for turning it over, that we were small up front and subject to getting outrebounded.  Both just happened all night tonight.  

People have been alluding to national championships and other things we dont speak of far too liberally in the past week or so - and nights like tonight show why those things are best whispered and not shouted. We have been very good all year but it would take something special, and an elevation of play we havent seen up to this point this year, to be great.

[MUMac]

I think we saw just how valuable Jae is.  Can't have him on the bench or playing oft because of silly fouls.  He never got into his rhythm.  He is typically the glue. 

[MerrittsMustache]

I was disgusted with Marquette's performance tonight but I'm in a much better mood after reading these boards. My team might have lost a basketball game but at least I didn't completely lose my mind and all perspective like so many of the posters on here. Thanks for the pick me up, Scoopers!

[MattyWarrior]

I disagree,as the players were pointing to New york as a way to prove to everyone they can play with anyone and win the BEast title. Truly dissapointing, we should be rolling with a double bye. Way to much hype

[brewcity77]

Brew, I politely disagree.  Yes, a win would have made a statement.  However, if we win our next 2, 3, 6 games.....that will matter most.  Thats what counts this time of year (March).

Yep, tonight smarts, bot it is not a reflection of this team's capabilities.

2? No. 3? No. 6? Yes.

At the end of the season, you are measured by your accomplishments. Did you win your league? No. Did you win your conference tourney? No. Did you make the Final Four? If so, it will still be viewed as inferior to Wade in 2003 because they also won the league and he went on to superstardom. So all that's left to truly put a stamp on this season is winning the NC. Which I don't expect. Considering our weaknesses and the likelihood that we would have to beat at least 2 of UNC, UK, KU, and Duke, I don't see it.

That's why tonight mattered. This weekend could have put a stamp on the season that even the 2003 team couldn't do. Every other accomplishment outside of the NC has now passed us by.

[MountainCreekHouse]

I think we saw just how valuable Jae is.  Can't have him on the bench or playing oft because of silly fouls.  He never got into his rhythm.  He is typically the glue. 

He is without a doubt the emotional leader of the team.  Take George Washington out of that boat and that army doesn't even think about crossing the Delaware.

[MUMac]

I disagree,as the players were pointing to New york as a way to prove to everyone they can play with anyone and win the BEast title. Truly dissapointing, we should be rolling with a double bye. Way to much hype

Really?  They said that?  Or did you make that one up?  I am guessing the latter, as I don't think they felt they had to prove anything to anyone.  Absurd comment.

[cheebs09]

2? No. 3? No. 6? Yes.

At the end of the season, you are measured by your accomplishments. Did you win your league? No. Did you win your conference tourney? No. Did you make the Final Four? If so, it will still be viewed as inferior to Wade in 2003 because they also won the league and he went on to superstardom. So all that's left to truly put a stamp on this season is winning the NC. Which I don't expect. Considering our weaknesses and the likelihood that we would have to beat at least 2 of UNC, UK, KU, and Duke, I don't see it.

That's why tonight mattered. This weekend could have put a stamp on the season that even the 2003 team couldn't do. Every other accomplishment outside of the NC has now passed us by.

And the 03 team was inferior to the 1977 and 1974 teams. I would be satisfied with a Sweet 16. Very happy with an Elite 8 because I think we have that talent, and thrilled with a Final Four. Once you hit the second weekend it is all a crapshoot, heck the first weekend is a crapshoot. The tourney is so random that you need a lot of luck in order to advance to the Sweet Sixteen unless you are a UK or UNC, much less winning the whole thing.

[brewcity77]

And the 03 team was inferior to the 1977 and 1974 teams. I would be satisfied with a Sweet 16. Very happy with an Elite 8 because I think we have that talent, and thrilled with a Final Four. Once you hit the second weekend it is all a crapshoot, heck the first weekend is a crapshoot. The tourney is so random that you need a lot of luck in order to advance to the Sweet Sixteen unless you are a UK or UNC, much less winning the whole thing.

Which only reinforces my point of why tonight and this weekend were so important. Because now it's all up to match-ups and the SC and officiating and dumb luck. I agree with everything you said there. And that is exactly why tonight should hurt more than losing in the NCAAs. Because we aren't supposed to win that. But this tourney? This weekend? That was ours for the taking.

[MattyWarrior]

We should have had the team just walk out and take a team crap on the decal at the start of the game

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

He is without a doubt the emotional leader of the team.  Take George Washington out of that boat and that army doesn't even think about crossing the Delaware.

+1

There goes his chance to have his number/jersey/cornrows retired!

On the plus side, my Friday is now free!

[ATL MU Warrior]

We should have had the team just walk out and take a team crap on the decal at the start of the game

That would only have made it slipperier

[NavinRJohnson]

We have a crappy game tonight and people want us to find a new point guard.

For the record, I have been wanting us to find a new point guard for a while now. He works hard and does what he can, but if we get into any sort of half court game next week, we're done.

[MerrittsMustache]

Which only reinforces my point of why tonight and this weekend were so important. Because now it's all up to match-ups and the SC and officiating and dumb luck. I agree with everything you said there. And that is exactly why tonight should hurt more than losing in the NCAAs. Because we aren't supposed to win that. But this tourney? This weekend? That was ours for the taking.

If MU won the BET but lost in the 1st Round of the NCAA Tourney, no one would care about winning the BET.

[muwarrior97]

I was disgusted with Marquette's performance tonight but I'm in a much better mood after reading these boards. My team might have lost a basketball game but at least I didn't completely lose my mind and all perspective like so many of the posters on here. Thanks for the pick me up, Scoopers!

Amen

[Dawson Rental]

Yep.  I think the tourney will be fun to watch.  I know the BE tourney is a big thing, just not that big to me.  Louisville had a good game plan.  MU will learn from it.  

Jae has to remember, he is more important on the floor than on the bench.  Silly fouls need to go away.  Today will remind him of that.

To all who are compelled, jump off the bandwagon.  Just don't come back on, then.

A+

[madtownwarrior]

JR would have done that but he was too busy turning the ball over...

We should have had the team just walk out and take a team crap on the decal at the start of the game

[WellsstreetWanderer]

DJO did the same on two consecutive possessions in the second half.

[MakeItRain11]

We should have had the team just walk out and take a team crap on the decal at the start of the game

Marquette - The only team in the country to take a team dump on the court. That would rival Happy Gilmore for being the only player to take off his skate and try to stab somebody.

[Dawson Rental]

Which only reinforces my point of why tonight and this weekend were so important. Because now it's all up to match-ups and the SC and officiating and dumb luck. I agree with everything you said there. And that is exactly why tonight should hurt more than losing in the NCAAs. Because we aren't supposed to win that. But this tourney? This weekend? That was ours for the taking.

That you ever thought that is a tribute to this team whether you realize it or not.  The reality is this team should never have been able to sniff, let alone finish in second place for the regular season.  Unfortunately, the award for a season of really hard work gets down to abuse when they don't continually exceed reasonable expectations.