Let's hope Dick Strong will buy out Wojo's contract soon....

[duanewade]

I was holding my nose last night.

Juan Anderson bringing up the ball with Carlino?????

OSU full court press and zone completely dictated the game and we never tried to counter it by attacking it or speeding up the game with our athletes????

Speaking of athletes....our two most talented players in Duane Wilson and Deonte Burton who's talent we need to showcase instead ride the bench and then play sparingly in a walk up offense. 

Team has no fight and fumbled dunks and break away lay-ups?????

Defensive breakdowns all night????

Even had the horrible color announcer (who wouldn't shut up) making excuses for Wojo saying we have only 9 scholarship players even though our bench is full of top 100 players and most teams only go 7 to 8 in their rotation. 

Maybe next year we'll have Heldt bring up the ball against a full court zone and keep Duane and Deonte on the bench and bring them in only if we want to catch up and avoid getting totally embarassed like we were last night!!!!!! 

[JakeBarnes]

I was holding my nose last night.

Juan Anderson bringing up the ball with Carlino?????

OSU full court press and zone completely dictated the game and we never tried to counter it by attacking it or speeding up the game with our athletes????

Speaking of athletes....our two most talented players in Duane Wilson and Deonte Burton who's talent we need to showcase instead ride the bench and then play sparingly in a walk up offense. 

Team has no fight and fumbled dunks and break away lay-ups?????

Defensive breakdowns all night????

Even had the horrible color announcer (who wouldn't shut up) making excuses for Wojo saying we have only 9 scholarship players even though our bench is full of top 100 players and most teams only go 7 to 8 in their rotation. 

Maybe next year we'll have Heldt bring up the ball against a full court zone and keep Duane and Deonte on the bench and bring them in only if we want to catch up and avoid getting totally embarassed like we were last night!!!!!! 

I remember my first basketball game.

[Lighthouse 84]

I'd like to think you meant to use teal Duane, but my guess is you couldn't figure out how to do that from your mom's basement.

[willie warrior]

Hooo Boy. Here we go again. Lot's of insight in the above analysis.. Anderson: clueless on D. De. Wilson: standing on perimeter passing the ball around there is not productive. Dua. Wilson: should be getting all Derrick's minutes; he can drive, shoot. is quicker, and a better disher. Bane: has defensive lapses but can provide scoring.

Hope Wojo can sort this out.

[GooooMarquette]

Always entertaining when people post before sleeping off their hangover....

[madtownwarrior]

wow - I was significantly happier with last nights OSU game than last years....

not happy on the Defensive breakdowns - but they can work on that...

getting Fischer should help immensely

getting DU Wilson more playing time should help immensely...

found a new poster to put on ignore

[MU82]

I was holding my nose last night.

Juan Anderson bringing up the ball with Carlino?????

OSU full court press and zone completely dictated the game and we never tried to counter it by attacking it or speeding up the game with our athletes????

Speaking of athletes....our two most talented players in Duane Wilson and Deonte Burton who's talent we need to showcase instead ride the bench and then play sparingly in a walk up offense. 

Team has no fight and fumbled dunks and break away lay-ups?????

Defensive breakdowns all night????

Even had the horrible color announcer (who wouldn't shut up) making excuses for Wojo saying we have only 9 scholarship players even though our bench is full of top 100 players and most teams only go 7 to 8 in their rotation. 

Maybe next year we'll have Heldt bring up the ball against a full court zone and keep Duane and Deonte on the bench and bring them in only if we want to catch up and avoid getting totally embarassed like we were last night!!!!!! 

Somebody is just funnin' us here, right?

I mean ... come on ... in real life nobody can possibly be this dense!

[StillWarriors]

I remember my first basketball game.

Bingo. I had the exact same reaction before I read your post. Too much nonsense in there to even begin to comment on substantively.

[chapman]

I was about to ask why there were so many "complain about the complainers" posts since almost everyone was even-keeled after the game and there weren't really any crazy overreactions. 

Then I read this. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I remember my first basketball game. beer.

FIFY

[Jay Bee]

Can't have any opinion until we reach the 5 year mark (per chicos)

[Groin_pull]

I was holding my nose last night.

Juan Anderson bringing up the ball with Carlino?????

OSU full court press and zone completely dictated the game and we never tried to counter it by attacking it or speeding up the game with our athletes????

Speaking of athletes....our two most talented players in Duane Wilson and Deonte Burton who's talent we need to showcase instead ride the bench and then play sparingly in a walk up offense. 

Team has no fight and fumbled dunks and break away lay-ups?????

Defensive breakdowns all night????

Even had the horrible color announcer (who wouldn't shut up) making excuses for Wojo saying we have only 9 scholarship players even though our bench is full of top 100 players and most teams only go 7 to 8 in their rotation. 

Maybe next year we'll have Heldt bring up the ball against a full court zone and keep Duane and Deonte on the bench and bring them in only if we want to catch up and avoid getting totally embarassed like we were last night!!!!!! 

And the Pinhead Post of the Year goes to....

[T.V. Diener 34]

I've never blocked anybody on Scoop since I've been here ..... until now

[Ellenson Guerrero]

Nothing like the tried-and-true strategy of speeding up the tempo against a team that is deeper and more talented than you...

[Galway Eagle]

I'm guessing this was sarcasm. If not I almost feel bad for the guy who posted this and is getting abused for it. That being said he's clearly a freshmen who was expecting MU to go 40-0 every year he was here... Or it's buzz williams and he's regretting he left so he's hoping Wojo gets bought out.

[reinko]

If tOSU shoots 44% from 3, and we shoot 41%, it's a 2 point game.

Just sayin'

[ChicosBailBonds]

Can't have any opinion until we reach the 5 year mark (per chicos)

You can have all the opinions you want.  I, personally, won't FULLY judge until that time period but will have plenty of in progress opinions along the way. 

[real chili 83]

I was holding my nose last night.

Juan Anderson bringing up the ball with Carlino?????

OSU full court press and zone completely dictated the game and we never tried to counter it by attacking it or speeding up the game with our athletes????

Speaking of athletes....our two most talented players in Duane Wilson and Deonte Burton who's talent we need to showcase instead ride the bench and then play sparingly in a walk up offense. 

Team has no fight and fumbled dunks and break away lay-ups?????

Defensive breakdowns all night????

Even had the horrible color announcer (who wouldn't shut up) making excuses for Wojo saying we have only 9 scholarship players even though our bench is full of top 100 players and most teams only go 7 to 8 in their rotation. 

Maybe next year we'll have Heldt bring up the ball against a full court zone and keep Duane and Deonte on the bench and bring them in only if we want to catch up and avoid getting totally embarassed like we were last night!!!!!! 

Thanks Buzz for posting your thoughts on the game.  How's the new gig treating  you?

[Lennys Tap]

You can have all the opinions you want.  I, personally, won't FULLY judge until that time period but will have plenty of in progress opinions along the way. 

Lots of examples that make FULLY judging after 5 years a fool's errand, too (Wooden, Coach K, etc.). You don't FULLY judge a guy until he hangs up his whistle but you make judgments along the way nonetheless.

[MisterJaylenBrownMU]

Even had the horrible color announcer (who wouldn't shut up) making excuses for Wojo saying we have only 9 scholarship players even though our bench is full of top 100 players and most teams only go 7 to 8 in their rotation. 

There are so many gems to choose from, but this is my favorite.  Because if I know anything about basketball, it's that if you have a bench "full" (all three of them?) of top-100 players, and if that's more than the average NCAA team's rotation, then you get to win every road game against top-20 opponents.

[mileskishnish72]

Thanks for the chuckles, Jake & TAMU.

[79Warrior]

Wade, did you watch the game? Wojo yanked Burton as soon as he chucked up his ill advised three point attempt early in the shot clock. Forget holding your nose, you might do yourself a favor and stop watching.

[NersEllenson]

Nothing like the tried-and-true strategy of speeding up the tempo against a team that is deeper and more talented than you...

+1  Well played.

[GOO]

I'm not going to go back into the original posters history, but I sense a troll on our network trying to get the natives wound up.
Glad we didn't take the bait. 

We performed better than I expected, frankly.  Anything under 20 points to me was better than I would expect.  On the road against a good team, early in the season with a new coach.  I didn't expect too much.

[Ellisium]

I was holding my nose last night.

Juan Anderson bringing up the ball with Carlino?????

OSU full court press and zone completely dictated the game and we never tried to counter it by attacking it or speeding up the game with our athletes????

Speaking of athletes....our two most talented players in Duane Wilson and Deonte Burton who's talent we need to showcase instead ride the bench and then play sparingly in a walk up offense. 

Team has no fight and fumbled dunks and break away lay-ups?????

Defensive breakdowns all night????

One of the best analyses I've read so far.  Juan Andersen bringing up the ball was agonizing.  He had difficulties with the press.  Not to mention, the press wasn't that ferocious either.  Teams are going to watch this tape and play pressure on MU until a solution is found.  This means Derrick Wilson will be controlling the ball, which limits the offense. 

Team played untethered when it came to fundamentals.  This may have been one of the worst performances in terms of fundamentals in a long time.  We shot ourselves in the foot with poor plays.  The missed dunk and Steve Taylor's dribble off the knee were a disgrace.  No excuses there.  That's on the coach.  There definitely seemed to be a lack of discipline, especially on defense.  How do you let a team shoot 65% with an effective FG% of 75%?  Serious Red Flag.  You won't win any games giving that up.   

People seem to be ok that it was closer than expected.  The thing that isn't realized is that Ohio St. is overrated and was a good matchup for Marquette.  Ohio St. made a lot of mistakes that were self inflicted.  They're going to have a tough time in the Big Ten where big men are aplenty.