Kenpom jumps mu 8 spots to 38th, one defensive weakness vs Seton Hall

[auburnmarquette]

MU actually jumped one spot to 45th during other games being played (keep in mind mu is now 0-4 against teams currently in the ap top 10, with only the Georgia loss outside the top 10), then jumped all the way to 38th after the win. Makes mu a 10-seed by that measurement, with the 8 teams behind us making the tournament.

The defense was the best in years except for one glaring weakness. Another 80% allowed from the free throw line, giving us the 5th worse defense in the country at 77.4% of free throws made. When Wojo can learn to come up with a scheme to hold our opponents below 70% on their free throws made then I will accept him as our coach.

[VegasWarrior77]

Looks like our opponents make all the easy free throws!

[wadesworld]

The student section sucks, ai?na?

[brewcity77]

When I looked earlier today, Pomeroy had us finishing 17-13 (8-10). After the SHU win, he has us 19-11 (10-8). I know they're meaningless, but that would definitely have us safely on the inside of the field.

[auburnmarquette]

Definitely would have us in! Appreciate the comment in meaningless :-)

[VegasWarrior77]

Jon Rothstein‏Verified account @JonRothstein
Marquette with a needle moving win at home against Seton Hall. Golden Eagles pound Pirates by 20. This win will carry major weight on Selection Sunday.

8:29 PM - 9 Jan 2018

[brewcity77]

Jon Rothstein‏Verified account @JonRothstein
Marquette with a needle moving win at home against Seton Hall. Golden Eagles pound Pirates by 20. This win will carry major weight on Selection Sunday.

8:29 PM - 9 Jan 2018

Nice, especially considering how he spent the morning talking about great teams winning on the road and that was why Seton Hall was a team to watch.

They still are, but he definitely didn't expect us to beat them.

[MU82]

Can we lobby to get Rothstein on the committee?

Bilas too, while we're at it. He's practically our publicity director!