Pitt Synopsis?

[brewcity77]

Hey guys, in the Virgin Islands on honeymoon and have wi-fi for a few hours. Seeing Van as SOTG I surmise we won but can't access ESPN. Can someone give me a rundown of the game?

[warriorchick]

Hey guys, in the Virgin Islands on honeymoon and have wi-fi for a few hours. Seeing Van as SOTG I surmise we won but can't access ESPN. Can someone give me a rundown of the game?

You are on your honeymoon and your primary focus right now is the basketball game?

[brewcity77]

You are on your honeymoon and your primary focus right now is the basketball game?

I have Internet for the first time in days and am not wasting it while she checks her own social media. It's a miracle she even convinced me to go in mid-February.

[EnderWiggen]

You are on your honeymoon and your primary focus right now is the basketball game?

My wife and I watched Jae dominate WV on our honeymoon     Good times.

[4everwarriors]

Ya outta be sprinklin' that fire.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

MU got better players and grew balls since the Georgetown game.

[bilsu]

MU played very well. I really thought we would lose this game, but MU led almost the entire game. Jumped out to a 5-0 start and I think, but it was tied at 7. Mu got the lead to 10 and Pitt scored 7 quick points. MU went on run at end of half to take a 13 point lead at half. Led by as much as 17 in second half. They did not look good the last two minutes as Pitt pressed them to try to get back in game and MU turned it over at least  3 times in the last two minutes. Gardner and Otule were on the floor twice together for one or two plays. Blue's jumper was on and what I liked most about it is that he appeared to have perfect form on everyone. Now go back and pay attention to your bride.

[EnderWiggen]

Hey guys, in the Virgin Islands on honeymoon and have wi-fi for a few hours. Seeing Van as SOTG I surmise we won but can't access ESPN. Can someone give me a rundown of the game?

Here's the ESPN summary:

MILWAUKEE -- Marquette coach Buzz Williams wanted to celebrate the 18th-ranked Golden Eagles' latest win that moved them back into a first-place tie in the Big East. Then, remembering there was still nearly a month until NCAA Selection Sunday, he decided against it.

Vander Blue scored 19 points to lead Marquette past No. 16 Pittsburgh 79-69 on Saturday for its 23rd straight home win -- the fourth-longest active streak in the country.

"I want to be really excited and I want to dance in the locker room," Williams said. "I can't. Because then I won't work tomorrow. And if we don't work tomorrow and don't figure out a way to find a way to beat Seton Hall (on Tuesday), then we've lost the impact of what this positive work was.

"I guess from a program selfishness standpoint, can we be tough enough that over the next 29 days, can we exhaust every opportunity to improve? Exhaust every opportunity to see where we will be at the end? And along the way, never become satisfied with where we're at."

Blue, Marquette's leading scorer, was 7 of 8 from the field and 3 for 4 from the free throw line to go with six rebounds for the Golden Eagles (18-6, 9-3). On Monday, Blue made just three shots and scored seven points in a 63-55 loss at No. 15 Georgetown, which is also 9-3 in league play.

"I had sort of a weird feeling about how I played at Georgetown," Blue said. "I felt like we could've got that one there. That was a big one. ... I just wanted to make sure I was mentally and physically there right out of the gates to give us the boost and energy that we needed to win. I was just thinking, take what was given to me, don't force anything and just play with unbelievable energy."

Marquette shot 57 percent (26 for 46) and also won the teams' previous meeting this season, 74-67 in overtime at Pittsburgh on Jan. 12.

"I think if I were to say our best performance on the road in Big East play would be at Pitt, and I thought our best performance at home in a Big East game thus far would be Pitt," Williams said. "I think they're one of the top two or three teams in our league."

Lamar Patterson scored 19 points to lead Pittsburgh (20-6, 8-5), which entered the game fifth in the nation in scoring defense (54.4 ppg). Tray Woodall added 10 points and eight assists for the Panthers, who lost for just the second time in their last nine games.

"There were three things we wanted to do," Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon said. "Hold them under 40 percent defensively; we didn't come close to that. We wanted to keep them off the free-throw line; we certainly didn't come close to that. Then obviously the rebounding, we got out-rebounded, so simply put, the 10-point loss is really pretty easy to see."

Davante Gardner finished with 14 points for Marquette and scored 10 of his team's 11 during a key stretch late in the game.

Gardner started his scoring spree when he tipped in his own miss to give the Golden Eagles a 63-50 lead with 6:35 to play.

Woodall missed a 3-pointer but Pittsburgh got the offensive rebound. The Panthers also got the rebound on a miss by Talib Zanna, and then Dixon was called for his first technical of the season with 6:05 to play.

"That was my first one in I don't know how long," Dixon said. "I congratulated them on that. There was no bad language. I'll be sure to pass that onto my mom."

Gardner made both free throws, and after a 3-pointer by Patterson, he sank two more from the line to give Marquette a 67-53 lead with 5:45 remaining.

Fifteen seconds later, Patterson turned the ball over and then received a flagrant foul call. Derrick Wilson made one free throw, Gardner was fouled, and made two more free throws for a 70-53 lead with 5:13 left.

After a free throw by Patterson, Gardner capped his offensive outburst with a layup off a pass from Jamil Wilson for Marquette's biggest lead, 72-54, with 4:14 to go.

Pittsburgh scored eight of the next 10 points and got within 74-62 on a layup by Woodall. But the Panthers missed their next three shots and fell behind, 76-62, on a dunk by Jamil Wilson with 2:00 to go.

In the first half, a jumper by Trent Lockett gave Marquette a 28-18 lead with 7:19 to go.

Pittsburgh responded by scoring the next seven points to trim the deficit to 28-25 after a layup by James Robinson with 5:37 left.

But that's as close as the Panthers would get, as Marquette scored 11 of the final 13 points of the half for a 42-29 lead at the break.

"I thought we got the ball around the basket and didn't finish well," Dixon said. "We normally finish those, but for whatever reason, we didn't. I don't know what that reason was."

[jsglow]

Here's the ESPN summary:

MILWAUKEE -- Marquette coach Buzz Williams wanted to celebrate the 18th-ranked Golden Eagles' latest win that moved them back into a first-place tie in the Big East. Then, remembering there was still nearly a month until NCAA Selection Sunday, he decided against it.

Vander Blue scored 19 points to lead Marquette past No. 16 Pittsburgh 79-69 on Saturday for its 23rd straight home win -- the fourth-longest active streak in the country.

"I want to be really excited and I want to dance in the locker room," Williams said. "I can't. Because then I won't work tomorrow. And if we don't work tomorrow and don't figure out a way to find a way to beat Seton Hall (on Tuesday), then we've lost the impact of what this positive work was.

"I guess from a program selfishness standpoint, can we be tough enough that over the next 29 days, can we exhaust every opportunity to improve? Exhaust every opportunity to see where we will be at the end? And along the way, never become satisfied with where we're at."

Blue, Marquette's leading scorer, was 7 of 8 from the field and 3 for 4 from the free throw line to go with six rebounds for the Golden Eagles (18-6, 9-3). On Monday, Blue made just three shots and scored seven points in a 63-55 loss at No. 15 Georgetown, which is also 9-3 in league play.

"I had sort of a weird feeling about how I played at Georgetown," Blue said. "I felt like we could've got that one there. That was a big one. ... I just wanted to make sure I was mentally and physically there right out of the gates to give us the boost and energy that we needed to win. I was just thinking, take what was given to me, don't force anything and just play with unbelievable energy."

Marquette shot 57 percent (26 for 46) and also won the teams' previous meeting this season, 74-67 in overtime at Pittsburgh on Jan. 12.

"I think if I were to say our best performance on the road in Big East play would be at Pitt, and I thought our best performance at home in a Big East game thus far would be Pitt," Williams said. "I think they're one of the top two or three teams in our league."

Lamar Patterson scored 19 points to lead Pittsburgh (20-6, 8-5), which entered the game fifth in the nation in scoring defense (54.4 ppg). Tray Woodall added 10 points and eight assists for the Panthers, who lost for just the second time in their last nine games.

"There were three things we wanted to do," Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon said. "Hold them under 40 percent defensively; we didn't come close to that. We wanted to keep them off the free-throw line; we certainly didn't come close to that. Then obviously the rebounding, we got out-rebounded, so simply put, the 10-point loss is really pretty easy to see."

Davante Gardner finished with 14 points for Marquette and scored 10 of his team's 11 during a key stretch late in the game.

Gardner started his scoring spree when he tipped in his own miss to give the Golden Eagles a 63-50 lead with 6:35 to play.

Woodall missed a 3-pointer but Pittsburgh got the offensive rebound. The Panthers also got the rebound on a miss by Talib Zanna, and then Dixon was called for his first technical of the season with 6:05 to play.

"That was my first one in I don't know how long," Dixon said. "I congratulated them on that. There was no bad language. I'll be sure to pass that onto my mom."

Gardner made both free throws, and after a 3-pointer by Patterson, he sank two more from the line to give Marquette a 67-53 lead with 5:45 remaining.

Fifteen seconds later, Patterson turned the ball over and then received a flagrant foul call. Derrick Wilson made one free throw, Gardner was fouled, and made two more free throws for a 70-53 lead with 5:13 left.

After a free throw by Patterson, Gardner capped his offensive outburst with a layup off a pass from Jamil Wilson for Marquette's biggest lead, 72-54, with 4:14 to go.

Pittsburgh scored eight of the next 10 points and got within 74-62 on a layup by Woodall. But the Panthers missed their next three shots and fell behind, 76-62, on a dunk by Jamil Wilson with 2:00 to go.

In the first half, a jumper by Trent Lockett gave Marquette a 28-18 lead with 7:19 to go.

Pittsburgh responded by scoring the next seven points to trim the deficit to 28-25 after a layup by James Robinson with 5:37 left.

But that's as close as the Panthers would get, as Marquette scored 11 of the final 13 points of the half for a 42-29 lead at the break.

"I thought we got the ball around the basket and didn't finish well," Dixon said. "We normally finish those, but for whatever reason, we didn't. I don't know what that reason was."

Okay now, that ought to be enough recovery time.  Back to your wind sprints brew.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Hey guys, in the Virgin Islands on honeymoon and have wi-fi for a few hours.

There is a joke somewhere in there...

[brewcity77]

Thanks all...great to hear of the win. Sounds like I'm less and less alone in my Big East title dreams 

Now...back to sailing, snorkeling, and Oceanside dining.

[MuMark]

Classic......

MU got better players and grew balls since the Georgetown game.

[MU82]

Hey, brew. Hope you're having fun. After my wife and I got married, near the end of our 10-day honeymoon in the Poconos, my parents stopped for a visit. People say: "Are you crazy? You took your parents on your honeymoon?" No. We did what honeymooners do for 6, 7, 8 days and then we spent part of day 9 with my parents. I mean, does everybody who honeymoons spend 24 hours of every day canoodling?

As for the game ... the lads played very well. They took care of the ball, played sound defense and Buzz had an outstanding plan. Of course, if we shoot 40% instead of 56%, who knows if we win. When you make shots, everything seems so much better. Even the defense operates better when the shots are falling. Not a single guy played badly.

[real chili 83]

Brew, kinda curious.  Sultan hasn't posted much in a while.  Is he with you?   

Safe travels.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Brew, kinda curious.  Sultan hasn't posted much in a while.  Is he with you?   

Safe travels.

He must have gotten a time out after his bizarre super-aggressive internet tough guy routine after the Georgetown game.

[real chili 83]

Just went back and red his last couple of posts. 

He did sorta pop a bolt.  Hope all is well.

[tower912]

He is no longer listed as a member.   Or maybe I am looking in the wrong place.

[real chili 83]

He is no longer listed as a member.   Or maybe I am looking in the wrong place.

Last active, 2/16.

[tower912]

Last post I could find was from 2/12, Fat Tuesday.   Maybe he gave Scoop up for lent. 

[LloydMooresLegs]

Hopefully just a brief time out. 

[mileskishnish72]

The Virgin Islands just sounds wrong for a honeymoon.

[Hards Alumni]

I'll give you a summary.

MILWAUKEE - Marquette shot the lights out on Saturday.  The Golden Eagles shot 56.5% from the floor, which is amazing because they usually can't hit a shot to save their lives.

[warriorchick]

The Virgin Islands just sounds wrong for a honeymoon.

It is only called the "Virgin Islands" on the inbound signs.

[Lighthouse 84]

The Virgin Islands just sounds wrong for a honeymoon.

It was a great place for a honeymoon.  We spent 6 days in St. Thomas and one on St. John.  If I was doing it again, I'd reverse that though.

[MU82]

It was a great place for a honeymoon.  We spent 6 days in St. Thomas and one on St. John.  If I was doing it again, I'd reverse that though.

My wife and I went there on our bazillionth honeymoon last year and did just what you say: 5 nights in St. John and 2 in St. Thomas. Was a fantastic place to go.