St. John's game thread

[Da 'Lanche]

Wow.   After an ugly pile of steamed dog poo for most of the half....we are playing tough enough to persevere through and maybe take a lead into half.  Nice!

[4everwarriors]

MU will kick St. John's mf'in' ass in the second half.

[4everwarriors]

Anyone know if that dude takin' the Greyhound from DC to the Garden ever made to the game?

[Da 'Lanche]

That was comical, Vander

[LloydMooresLegs]

About where I thought we'd be at the end if the first half- pretty typical first half on the road agamist a mediocre to bad team.  

Also, look at the game day article chili posted - SJU really bad in the second half.  

OMG that pass was horrible.  

[Golden Avalanche]

It's moments like that why people have questions up and down the roster.

Pure stupidity.

[Cooby Snacks]

Lol not one of our better inbounds plays.

[Tums Festival]

It seems like we as a team tend to go with layups instead of dunks on breakaways. And it also seems like we get a lot of those breakaways blocked.

[chapman]

We truly need a point guard that can be a scoring threat.

Jinx!  I prefer it too, but nice three by Cadougan there.  Kicked out by Vander after working the offense and waiting until the shot clock down so that was the best shot we'd get; I'll take threes from low percentage shooters in that way.

Defense has tightened up, continue to handily win the rebounding battle and we'll be ok.


Can we just lose our end of half timeouts?  Our out of timeout plays continue to be terrible, might as well not force it.

[beautyschooldropout]

It's pretty obvious Elmore and Patrick are east coast guys.  They can barely hid the fact that they are rooting for St. John's.  I thought these guys couldn't get any worse!  It's making watching a tense game even worse.

[Da 'Lanche]

Okay...deep breath...we withstood the jitters and a hot SJU team in the first half....now bring it home!!!

[mubb34]

Lets get that banner!!!!!!!!!

[mileskishnish72]

How come we don't have any OB plays that lead to bunny ops?

[chapman]

Anyone know if that dude takin' the Greyhound from DC to the Garden ever made to the game?

Guessing he's still delayed in Trenton.  Should get there in time for Thursday's tip.

[cheebs09]

It's pretty obvious Elmore and Patrick are east coast guys.  They can barely hid the fact that they are rooting for St. John's.  I thought these guys couldn't get any worse!  It's making watching a tense game even worse.

I thought this pair did only ACC games. I was shocked the first time we had them, let alone having them 6 times now.

I will never forget Elmore harping about NYC guys on Pitt when we played them in 2008. Also, one of the worst officiated games I can remember.

[chapman]

Key stats:

9 Turnovers, forced 2 (only four fouls committed)
Blocked 4 times
Vander 1-5 with 3 TOs

Outrebounded them 22-14, everyone who has played but Mayo has at least 2 boards
7 assists on 10 made baskets
SJU shooting 33%, 1-10 three (one player is 1-9!), 0 free throw attempts

[Nukem2]

Actually, it's more about using the off hand to allow the basket to act as a shield from the trailing defender.

[Daniel]

MU needs to take it inside - don't settle for outside shots.  Get points, draw fouls.  Let's GO Marquette!  We will be much better int he second half.  Statistics are on our side  Let's GO MARQUETTE!!

[madtownwarrior]

I wish MU would stomp MU in the second half just to here the crap come out of elmore's mouth...

and to win a BE title

[TSmith34, Inc.]

SJU shooting 33%, 1-10 three (one player is 1-9!), 0 free throw attempts

Their tradtional keeps heaving it.

[Daniel]

It seems like we as a team tend to go with layups instead of dunks on breakaways. And it also seems like we get a lot of those breakaways blocked.

Seems like Vander could have dunked for sure - don't think he thought anyone was close enough to block it.  But stuff it anyway.  I don't know if D Wilson could dunk - maybe?

[wardle2wade]

Only positive thing about that horrible pass is Buzz will pull that risky maneuver from his arsenal... Maybe it'll prevent us from blowing a late game possession in the tourney.

#silverlining

[wardle2wade]

This is pretty much where I expected MU to be at the half... i really think we blow this thing open in the second half.  They have a incredibly short bench today. 

[Da 'Lanche]

That is the way to start our 30 minute run to a banner!

[BossplayaOtto]

exactly what we needed to start the 2nd half.  get that trophy boys!