Ox

[Clam Crowder]

My god what a player...guy is a STUD. I wish we could've won for him after he played barely able to walk...unbelievable

[KenoshaWarrior]

Lets hope injury is not serious

[MURFC]

Lets hope injury is not serious

Hopefully, just a contusion.  I am having flashbacks to his knee injury from last season.

[nyg]

He had a terrible first half, but in the second he fouled out two Cincy bigmen, made two game tying free throws in regulation and then another tying one in OT.  All on the road in a hostile environment, where the fans were really on his case.  

[Logi4three]

During post-game Buzz said (sarcastically) that the ref told him the ball knocked DG down.  He followed it up with saying he heard a lot of things from refs today that he has never heard before.  Sounds pretty pissed.

[MU82]

Gardner looked gassed most of the last 10 mins of regulation and OT.

[MerrittsMustache]

During post-game Buzz said (sarcastically) that the ref told him the ball knocked DG down.  He followed it up with saying he heard a lot of things from refs today that he has never heard before.  Sounds pretty pissed.

I was actually thinking the refs were having a pretty good game...and then they had about 3-4 botched calls in crunch time. End of the day, MU got beat.

[77ncaachamps]

Does he hold the MU record on fouls tallied on opposing players?

[jsglow]

He was also getting manhandled inside.  With all that he showed great heart and determination in the second half after playing poorly in the first.

[buckchuckler]

Another great game by DG.  He is a beast.  Vander also compeltely willed this team back into the game.  Both guys came up huge today.  Team just came up a little shy. 

[Wade for President]

Just got back from the game and this is the first thread I'm reading.  Beastly effort by the big man tonight.  Dude simply strapped us on his back.  The fans (primarily students) were horrible, and downright embarrassing.  The "You Are Fat" cheers motivated the big man.

Talked with DeDe's mom after the game, and she was absolute irate at how they were treating him (rightfully so) - many were applauding when he went down. 

Spent some time with Ox after the game, and he said he was fine.  He was in great spirits and took some pics with my 4 yr old son.  Can't remember being more proud of an MU player in such a ridiculously loud and hostile environment.

Big Sheesh (trying to see how many nicknames I can squeeze in one post) is quickly becoming one of my all time favs @ MU. 

[AirPunches]

Nice post and thanks for sharing. Heard the chants too and it's unfortunate his mom had to hear it. Character revealed for Davante.

[setyoursightsnorth]

Good to see him be the better person. I'm sure many of us would have snapped. That fan section was awful. The Refs essentially decided the game. The announcers were terrible, but he showed his character, as did the rest of the team with that second half performance. As much as I would have loved a win and as much as this loss hurts, the team did great and showed great poise.

[BCHoopster]

Devante is such a great free throw shooter, is it time for Buzz to set-up a play around the free throw line for Devante to take a shot there?  Once in awhile you have to try and
get him a different look?  What do you think?

[Knight Commission]

His game reminds me of Lovette's but tracking to be our best offensive post player since Damon Key

[Goose]

No doubt he is tough down low but needs to get in much better shape. If he could be jump better or quicker it would help him a great deal. He has chance to be very, very good college player and hope he makes strides on getting in better shape.

[bilsu]

I was actually thinking the refs were having a pretty good game...and then they had about 3-4 botched calls in crunch time. End of the day, MU got beat.

The style of the game called  was horrible for MU. The refs allowed Cincy contiunuously push MU players in the back on rebounds up until the time of the double technical. That is one of the reasons they destroyed us on the offensive boards at the start of the came. The other two were that Cincy is a better rebounding team  and it  seemed like the few times we had position the ball bounced long.

[GGGG]

No doubt he is tough down low but needs to get in much better shape. If he could be jump better or quicker it would help him a great deal. He has chance to be very, very good college player and hope he makes strides on getting in better shape.

I'm not really sure how much better shape he can get in.  I mean, he has been in the program since summer of 2010 right?  Two and a half years? 

[MU82]

Good to see him be the better person. I'm sure many of us would have snapped. That fan section was awful. The Refs essentially decided the game. The announcers were terrible, but he showed his character, as did the rest of the team with that second half performance. As much as I would have loved a win and as much as this loss hurts, the team did great and showed great poise.

Darn refs. If only they could have hit a 3-pointer for us in the first half or made a few of the free throws we missed, we'd have won!

[4everwarriors]

I'm not really sure how much better shape he can get in.  I mean, he has been in the program since summer of 2010 right?  Two and a half years? 

Gotta do more push-aways.

[Bricky]

Devante is such a great free throw shooter, is it time for Buzz to set-up a play around the free throw line for Devante to take a shot there?  Once in awhile you have to try and
get him a different look?  What do you think?

I like the idea. I remember the game against Seton Hall there were gasps from the crowd when he took a jumpshot from the free throw line. But the guy is a proven free throw shooter and he may be a hotter midrange shooter than Jamil. The only reason I see for him staying on the block is to draw fouls.

[setyoursightsnorth]

Darn refs. If only they could have hit a 3-pointer for us in the first half or made a few of the free throws we missed, we'd have won!

It seemed to me that Cincy was getting every call. The Jwilson foul on the box out? What was that? Vander getting fouled on the 3's? There were botched calls by the refs, but in the end, scoring 13 points in the first half was our fault. But the refs left their fingerprints all over the game, that you cannot deny.

[BM1090]

It seemed to me that Cincy was getting every call. The Jwilson foul on the box out? What was that? Vander getting fouled on the 3's? There were botched calls by the refs, but in the end, scoring 13 points in the first half was our fault. But the refs left their fingerprints all over the game, that you cannot deny.

The call on Wilson was absoultely awful. I was clapping when I heard the whistle because I was sure it was going the other way.

Vander falls on pretty much every three he takes so I don't expect him to get many calls.

[Goose]

Sultan

I disagree. He definitely could dedicate himself to a stricter off season program. The kid has more upside in him and would hate to see him not take full advantage of it. Know I am minority here on DG but think at times his liabilities outweigh the positives.

[mr.MUskie]

Gardner looked gassed most of the last 10 mins of regulation and OT.

When he went down I kind of had the feeling he was just staying down to get a breather.  He wasn't holding anything like it hurt him.  Could have had the wind knocked out, but my first thought was that he just figured that as long as he was down there may as well milk it.