Butt whoopin

[tower912]

1.  Villanova is defending national champs.  A clinic.
2.  Howard is a keeper.
3.  Study Nova.  What MU needs to aspire to.
4.  A long way to go.  Try to learn something and move on.

[muhoops1]

Normally I'd agree and not that a win was in the cards, but Jesus c'mon.  Nova is human.  This effort sucked.  Our best player is a HS Senior!  Poor effort on D, poor shot selection on O.  Wojo should donate his check this week.  Abysmal.

[GE911]

1.  Villanova is defending national champs.  A clinic.
2.  Howard is a keeper.
3.  Study Nova.  What MU needs to aspire to.
4.  A long way to go.  Try to learn something and move on.

All true points, just sucks to see how far away from being competitive this team is

[GE911]

Normally I'd agree and not that a win was in the cards, but Jesus c'mon.  Nova is human.  This effort sucked.  Our best player is a HS Senior!  Poor effort on D, poor shot selection on O.  Wojo should donate his check this week.  Abysmal.

+1

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Nova's seniors have never lost 2 games in a row.

Their average margin of victory in games after a loss is 18.5.

There was one loss by 9. One by 3. 3 by 20+ and 2 more by 30+.

Wright knows how to use a loss to inspire good play.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

I thought we'd have a chance if we hit 13-15 threes. 3 mins to go and we have 12, and down 22.

Nova is good. Were slightly above average. Move on. Beat SHU on Wed, beat DePaul, and grab 1/3 versus X, Butler and Nova again. That gets us to 4-4, not a bad spot to be with that schedule. Whether this team can do that - who knows?

[Anti-Dentite]

Stank, stunk and stink, last 3 years in a nutshell. I'm ready to move on from the Wojo trainwreck.

[manny31]

#1 Yep, VU is pretty good. MU making them look like world beaters. DePaul lost to them by 3.
#2 Howard is definitely a keeper. At 17 looks to leaps and bounds tougher(mentally if not physically)than our Seniors.
#3 Study VU, aspire to be them. These kids are only around for about 4 years. No amount of studying will....
#4 A long long long long way to go. I think what we have learned is that this MU team is lacking mental and physical toughness at approximately 2.5 positions at any given time.

If you can't tell I was pretty disappointed. This team is not remotely tough enough to compete with the first 5 teams in the BE. I thought it was pathetic. I did like Wojo's fire with the "T"

[tower912]

Nova's seniors have never lost 2 games in a row.

Their average margin of victory in games after a loss is 18.5.

There was one loss by 9. One by 3. 3 by 20+ and 2 more by 30+.

Wright knows how to use a loss to inspire good play.

Wrong thread.  Several people adamantly disagree with these points.

[dw3dw3dw3]

Willing to chalk this one up to catching the champs on the wrong day.  Looking for a strong effort on Wednesday. Pretty much a must win if this team has any dreams of dancing.

[manny31]

I thought we'd have a chance if we hit 13-15 threes. 3 mins to go and we have 12, and down 22.

Nova is good. Were slightly above average. Move on. Beat SHU on Wed, beat DePaul, and grab 1/3 versus X, Butler and Nova again. That gets us to 4-4, not a bad spot to be with that schedule. Whether this team can do that - who knows?

Loss at home to SHU, beat DePaul, and 0-3 vs X, Butler, and VU. 2-6 NIT looking like a pipe dream.

[muhoops1]

Stank, stunk and stink, last 3 years in a nutshell. I'm ready to move on from the Wojo trainwreck.

^^*Like*^^

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Wrong thread.  Several people adamantly disagree with these points.

Just posting facts.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

I thought we'd have a chance if we hit 13-15 threes. 3 mins to go and we have 12, and down 22.

Nova is good. Were slightly above average. Move on. Beat SHU on Wed, beat DePaul, and grab 1/3 versus X, Butler and Nova again. That gets us to 4-4, not a bad spot to be with that schedule. Whether this team can do that - who knows?

And they hit 14 threes. Team was better w Luke on the bench tonight.

[KipsBayEagle]

Normally I'd agree and not that a win was in the cards, but Jesus c'mon.  Nova is human.  This effort sucked.  Our best player is a HS Senior!  Poor effort on D, poor shot selection on O.  Wojo should donate his check this week.  Abysmal.

I'm sorry but could you please explain to me what coaching errors you saw tonight that would require Wojo to give up his paycheck?  What I saw were two teams at vastly different talent levels, not a team that was masterfully coached and one where the coaching was abysmal.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

And they hit 14 threes. Team was better w Luke on the bench tonight.

I thought we would miss Luke a ton next season. Now I'm not so sure.

[warriorfan 14]

Expected to get our butts whooped, and we got our butts whooped.

Cheatham is terrible. I'm starting to lose hope on him this season. Enough is enough, when Duane is healthy he needs to take a large chunk of Cheatham's minutes.

Fischer and Johnson continue to play horrible against major opponents. They put up numbers against mediocre teams but can't get the job done against quality opponents. Just do not make winning plays.

Howard is really good

[LloydsLegs]

Not sure what game you guys watched; 12 point loss = good effort vs. nat'l champs.

[wadesworld]

Wrong thread.  Several people adamantly disagree with these points.

Yup. And still definitely do. In my opinion? We're incredibly overmatched at 4 of 5 positions, completely overmatched when comparing benches, and completely overmatched on the coaching front. If Nova had won by 15 against Butler, they still win this game by 15 tonight. Sorry, but they're simply a better basketball team. Plain and simple.

Some might think our talent is close to theirs I guess. I personally think it's as different as the talent from Marquette to Houston Baptist.

[BallBoy]

Positives
1.  Mu battled back from down 30 to only lose by 12. This will make the Bad Breaks segment. Easy victory against the spread to a push
2.  The guys who can compete against Nova are young. Howard was there and Hauser did well too. While JJJ and Luke struggled the new guard is starting to produce and held their own against Nova.
3.  Howard can shoot
4.  Wojo gets a lot of heat but his guys showed some pride in the end instead of packing it up. Even with the second string they didn't let it end at 20+ loss. I think we can see how limited the team has been and why Buzz likely wanted out of town.

[WarriorFan]

There were a few positives:
a) neither of our freshman sh@t themselves
b) Luke has now proven he doesn't belong
c) Heldt had some nice minutes
d) 3pt percentage was good.

[ecompt]

I thought we would miss Luke a ton next season. Now I'm not so sure.

We are a much better team without him NOW, and if two of the three freshmen can play a lick we'll be much better next year. They didn't quit tonight, and Sam found himself in the second half. Wednesday is the season. Lose, and you're likely looking at 6-12 BE.

[GGGG]

Stank, stunk and stink, last 3 years in a nutshell. I'm ready to move on from the Wojo trainwreck.

If you can't see progress, you are blind.

[Boozemon Barro]

I'm sorry but could you please explain to me what coaching errors you saw tonight that would require Wojo to give up his paycheck?  What I saw were two teams at vastly different talent levels, not a team that was masterfully coached and one where the coaching was abysmal.

Well then our GM should give back their paycheck.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

We are a much better team without him NOW, and if two of the three freshmen can play a lick we'll be much better next year. They didn't quit tonight, and Sam found himself in the second half. Wednesday is the season. Lose, and you're likely looking at 6-12 BE.

Give me Froling and I'm feeling more confident about next season than I was about this one.