DePaul Thoughts

[tower912]

1.  When Luke bricked those two free throws, deep in my heart, I knew. 
2.  Early foul trouble for Luke completely disrupted the flow in the first half.
3.   JJ and Wally earned the starts with their play against X, but many struggled to figure out their roles tonight. 
4.  Sacar with the 3, but why was he in at the end?
5.   I don't know if it was a plan of Wojo's, or something he went to after Luke got in trouble, but the substitution patterns and player combinations in the first half were puzzling, to say the least.    For the first time in ages, I couldn't figure out a MU coach's substitution plan. 
6.  Nice bounce back game for Duane.   
7.  I deleted the rant that was going to go here.   Let me instead just say that I felt like I was watching a Detroit Lion's game at the end. 

[warriorfan 14]

3 thoughts:

1. when are we going to be good again? serious question and could be it's own thread

2. based on what i have watched, i won't be disappointed when this season is over

3. wojo has not done a very good job. just disappointed. thought we would see some progress but we really aren't any better than last year. at least we beat wisconsin.......

[DiehardMU]

Yup, those two missed FTs by Luke were just like a TO... coupled with all of the other TOs at the end.  Tried too hard to force it down low.

Also had no clue what Wojo was doing with some of the sub patterns.  Seemed like a good run with Cheatham, JJJ, Duane, Luke, and Henry until the end with all of the TOs.

[nyg]

OK, I'll start it.

MU with an NBA lottery pick, a potential NBA player and top 100 recruits, loses to a 6-12 (0-6BE) starting a WALK-ON at home. Those thinking NCAA, start praying for an NIT bid.

Thought when they made comeback, it was because Cohen now relagated to the bench since he has regressed and JJJ playing so much better. 

MU again bombarded on offensive boards, 16 to 6, yes, 16 to 6. 

Fischer missing those free throws and then 4 turnovers was just brutal and punched them in the gut.

MU was 4-14 in BE last year, do they even make 6-12 this year?

Real gut rancher loss for the team, but they have to look in mirror, that full court Depaul layup was just, well.....

[Mutaman]

Who was supposed to be guarding Garrett at the end? Obviously not Luke.

[CTWarrior]

8.  We need a PG. 

I shouldn't post after losses.  I'm thinking that Henry is leaving so we aren't going to be better next year, then Fischer will be gone they year after that.  I'm starting to worry that we're years away.

[muhoops1]

I don't understand why we are such a poor shooting team.  Honestly, what is it about the BMOH that makes dude in MU jerseys throw up bricks?

[tower912]

Who was supposed to be guarding Garrett at the end? Obviously not Luke.

Cheatham was supposed to be guarding Garrett.   He and Luke switched on the high pick.

8.   Rebounding.   

[mileskishnish72]

I feel your pain, CT.

[willie warrior]

Who was supposed to be guarding Garrett at the end? Obviously not Luke.

Cheatham was, but they switched on the pick.

[CountryRoads]

Disappointing game from Cohen and carter again. I know some on here have high expectations for cohen, but I think this is about as good as he is going to get. Also, his defense against the other teams "best" player was way overstated. He doesn't have the confidence to make winning plays. Well, maybe against Stetson he does. Maybe he'll have 18 meaningless points in the first half again on 6 threes. What a joke.

[Shark]

9. This team kinda sucks. That's about all we need to dive into.

[RJax55]

Tower, you're seeing a coach that is grasping at straws right now with a young team. And, unfortunately he's never been in this position before.

Also, I wonder what NBA scouts think that when MU needs a hoop or is in late-game situations, Duane is the go-to. In Big East play, Henry's lack of athleticism is really starting to show.

[mugrack]

Marquette needs to hire Jean Lent Ponsetto to make this program better.

[nyg]

Disappointing game from Cohen and carter again. I know some on here have high expectations for cohen, but I think this is about as good as he is going to get. Also, his defense against the other teams "best" player was way overstated. He doesn't have the confidence to make winning plays. Well, maybe against Stetson he does. Maybe he'll have 18 meaningless points in the first half again on 6 threes. What a joke.

I think Cohen has regressed to the point he will be on the bench.  You saw it tonight with him not starting and he played terrible.  He had two fouls early, missed a wide open shot and another terrible turnover.  JJJ and Anim got his minutes and look for that in the future.

[79Warrior]

Tower, you're seeing a coach that is grasping at straws right now with a young team. And, unfortunately he's never been in this position before.

Also, I wonder what NBA scouts think that when MU needs a hoop or is in late-game situations, Duane is the go-to. In Big East play, Henry's lack of athleticism is really starting to show.

he also needs to stop pretending to be a guard.

[MUfan12]

Sliding further into irrelevance.

It could be another 2-3 years before MU makes the tournament.

[tower912]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400840240

Box score

[Herman Cain]

Obviously a disappointing game. I thought the team in general played hard.  Lots of good  individual efforts but we couldn't put it all together. We have to regroup and win on the road versus the Johnnies. 

[Afroman]

My favorite part was Travis Diener yukking it up in the huddle during the timeout after Marquette went up by two.

[ChuckyChip]

Anyone else surprised to see HE on the bench for the last DePaul possession? 

[muwarrior97]

1.  When Luke bricked those two free throws, deep in my heart, I knew. 
2.  Early foul trouble for Luke completely disrupted the flow in the first half.
3.   JJ and Wally earned the starts with their play against X, but many struggled to figure out their roles tonight. 
4.  Sacar with the 3, but why was he in at the end?
5.   I don't know if it was a plan of Wojo's, or something he went to after Luke got in trouble, but the substitution patterns and player combinations in the first half were puzzling, to say the least.    For the first time in ages, I couldn't figure out a MU coach's substitution plan. 
6.  Nice bounce back game for Duane.   
7.  I deleted the rant that was going to go here.   Let me instead just say that I felt like I was watching a Detroit Lion's game at the end.

AND Sandy has completely disappeared over the last month, his shot is broke too

[GoldenWarrior11]

Marquette needs to hire Jean Lent Ponsetto to make this program better.

This was the first time I smiled since the end of the game. 

If I can smile now, more smiles will eventually come - in time...

[brandx]

Cheatham was supposed to be guarding Garrett.   He and Luke switched on the high pick.


Several times in the game and Luke got burned each time.

[GoldenWarrior11]

Caught the end of the Virginia Tech/Notre Dame game.  I am confident that Virginia Tech will make the NCAA tournament sooner than we will. 

Let that sink in...