Why is everyone so worried?

[ErickJD08]

Honestly, Marquette is the sexy upset picked by guys who watch highlights.  We know who we are.  Bilas knows who we are and we lose when we do not play within ourselves.  Bilas said during the ND game that Marquette is great at the scouting report and executing the report.  We are... most of the time.  Against ND, we got away from that and we lost.  Same deal with Davidson.  If we get paint touches, win the 50/50, be opportunistic, we will advance to the sweet 16 this year again.  If we start jacking up three's and throw silly passes, we will lose... to almost any team in the tourney. 

We know our team.  If we play within ourselves, we are very difficult to beat.

[Markusquette]

We're worried about which team shows up to play this Thursday.  As you outlined, it's unpredictable.

[ErickJD08]

We're worried about which team shows up to play this Thursday.  As you outlined, it's unpredictable.

HA ... very true.  If it helps anyone, we come out prepared and execute more often than not.  I am happy with the draw.

[Groin_pull]

It's amazing how many people here go off the deep end at tourney time. Other fan bases are supremely confident in their team...but not here. We could be playing my high school's JV team, and there would still be people here worried about whether MU could survive and advance.

[Pakuni]

It's amazing how many people here go off the deep end at tourney time. Other fan bases are supremely confident in their team...but not here. We could be playing my high school's JV team, and there would still be people here worried about whether MU could survive and advance.

Your high school JV team has some great shooters, and MU always struggles against teams like that. Also, they're coached by a legend.

[JD]

Eeek, it's hard to agree with ErickJD, but i do in this case.

I was ecstatic when i saw MU's path to the S16.

Who would you rather have?
Davidson, Butler/Bucknell

Or
Northwestern St, Minnesota, UCLA

Or
Valpo, Memphis, TBD

Or
Harvard, Arizona, Belmont

I think i know which one i'd choose, and it happens to be the teams we got paired with.

[🏀]

Yeah, Buzz has got this.

[LON]

Yeah, Buzz has got this.

"Be more athletic than them.  F*ck with them."

[Groin_pull]

Your high school JV team has some great shooters, and MU always struggles against teams like that. Also, they're coached by a legend.

Let's see....MU struggles with teams that are long, athletic, and push the pace. They also struggle against veteran teams that slow the pace and have good spot-up shooters.

Does that about cover it?

[🏀]

Let's see....MU struggles with teams that are long, athletic, and push the pace. They also struggle against veteran teams that slow the pace and have good spot-up shooters. play basketball

Does that about cover it?

Fixed it for you.

[Groin_pull]

Fixed it for you.

+10000000

[JD]

Let's see....MU struggles with teams that are long, athletic, and push the pace. They also struggle against veteran teams that slow the pace and have good spot-up shooters.

Does that about cover it?

Any team seeded higher than 16 seed sounds about right for everyone here...

[Benny B]

Yeah, Buzz has got this.

Wait a second... we're not playing Wisconsin in the 2nd round, are we?

[Groin_pull]

Wait a second... we're not playing Wisconsin in the 2nd round, are we?

Nah, their hair is too long.

[Bocephys]

Nah, their hair is too long.

[Groin_pull]

Poor guy. All he's missing is a red nose and big shoes. Wonder if he does kids' birthday parties?

[tower912]

If the good MU shows up and plays buzzball for 40 minutes, MU wins.    Attack the paint off of the dribble and feed the post.   Davidson isn't athletic enough at guard or deep enough up front to stop MU if MU gets its paint touches and attacks the paint.   Defensively, have one of our 4's guard their big, and one of our 5's guard their 4.    Contest their 3's and rebound.    


Of course, this is the key for most MU games.    The question is whether or not the team does it.  

[bilsu]

I worry, because we probably will not have Big East refs. I have no idea if it will be no blood no foul or if they will call a foul everytime you breathe on the opponent. Normally a lot of fouls would not bother me, because of our depth and we are a better then average free throw shooting team. However, Davidson makes 80% of their free throws. I would be worried even if I was a Louisville fan. They are not likely to lose, if the refs allow them to play the way they have been playing. However, somewhere in 6 games they are going to get refs that want to call fouls. Think how that would effect their defense if their opponent is already in the bonus with 12 minutes to go in half. They will be forced to back off their press. It is even worse for Louisville, because their offense is predicated on their defense.  I still believe we lost to Florida, because the refs called two quick fouls on Crowder and it seemed to me that it threw Crowder's game off and the rest of our team because we had became so dependent of Crowder and DJO.

[Groin_pull]

I worry, because we probably will not have Big East refs. I have no idea if it will be no blood no foul or if they will call a foul everytime you breathe on the opponent. Normally a lot of fouls would not bother me, because of our depth and we are a better then average free throw shooting team. However, Davidson makes 80% of their free throws. I would be worried even if I was a Louisville fan. They are not likely to lose, if the refs allow them to play the way they have been playing. However, somewhere in 6 games they are going to get refs that want to call fouls. Think how that would effect their defense if their opponent is already in the bonus with 12 minutes to go in half. They will be forced to back off their press. It is even worse for Louisville, because their offense is predicated on their defense.  I still believe we lost to Florida, because the refs called two quick fouls on Crowder and it seemed to me that it threw Crowder's game off and the rest of our team because we had became so dependent of Crowder and DJO.

No Big East refs??? Sign me up for that!

[statnik]

Everytime we see a shaky performance, people assume it will be a wake-up call, but it oaks not.  The team plays too lackadaisical, that's why we have turnover issues.

[Montana Warrior]

It's amazing how many people here go off the deep end at tourney time. Other fan bases are supremely confident in their team...but not here. We could be playing my high school's JV team, and there would still be people here worried about whether MU could survive and advance.

If we play like a #3 seed and they play like a #14 seed, we win.  That simple.

[GGGG]

Everytime we see a shaky performance, people assume it will be a wake-up call, but it oaks not.  The team plays too lackadaisical, that's why we have turnover issues.

[nyg]

No stupid fouls 30 feet from basket.

Defense the three, which has been a huge weakness though.

Run them up and down court, they have no bench like MU.

Then its an easy win.  

[RJax55]

If we play like a #3 seed and they play like a #14 seed, we win.  That simple.

If we score more than they do, we win.

[GGGG]

Everytime we see a shaky performance, people assume it will be a wake-up call, but it oaks not.  The team plays too lackadaisical, that's why we have turnover issues.

Except when we played like crap against UWGB and didn't lose for a month after that....or lost at Nova and won four in a row.

This team is capable of playing at a real high level, but when we have clunkers, we have clunkers.