Beating Bucky ugly

[Goose]

Gutsy win. Not pretty, but a very nice win.

[brewcity77]

I just feel relieved. That was a stressful game. Lots of Bucky fans coming to see the Forum. Just like at the Kohl Center, they left early. Good day. Don't care how, just really freaking happy for that win. We Are Marquette.

[pbiflyer]

Way to fight back when things were slipping away.

Floppy McDickpuncher with 0 points, 0-3 from the line.  Karma.

Floppy McDickpuncher, I love it!

[nyg]

This team won't go far in March if Howard continues taking such a high percent of the team's shots. I sure hope the Hausers take more control (and shots).

Today it was 45% of MU's shots.  At times I say to myself, its better to have him shooting than Sacar and Joe C.  Just the type of player he is and today they won with an off game.  Just like last two previous games with Sam being off. 

[tower912]

Exactly.   If not Markus, whom?   No one else can get their own shot, nobody else can consistently beat their man off the dribble.

[CTWarrior]

Boy, its a lot easier to win when you play defense.  Tonight our defense was good and our defensive rebounding was incredible.  That is why we won.  We don't win in a game in Wojo's first four years playing that way on offense.  Nice, nice win.

[NickelDimer]

Joey outplayed his brother today. It's frustrating how passive Sam is offensively at times when the offense clearly needs him

[jesmu84]

Boy, its a lot easier to win when you play defense.  Tonight our defense was good and our defensive rebounding was incredible.  That is why we won.  We don't win in a game in Wojo's first four years playing that way on offense.  Nice, nice win.

This

[willie warrior]

Must be a nut punch to lose to MU again, aina Badgers?

Speaking of nut punches......

[Archies Bat]

I've been disappointed in the offense this year, but is that because we've been spoiled the last couple years?  I'm debating if my expectations of what this team should look like in a win are off. 

[forgetful]

Exactly.   If not Markus, whom?   No one else can get their own shot, nobody else can consistently beat their man off the dribble.

People are being a bit too harsh on Howard.  Yes, he took some bad shots, but that aggressiveness also got him 15 FT attempts (made 12). We need someone to put pressure on the lane and the defense and he is the only one who can do that. 

Normally he makes 5-6 of the shots he missed.  But if he isn't aggressive and attacking, we don't get those 12 points from the line.

[rocky_warrior]

I'm debating if my expectations of what this team should look like in a win are off.

Agreed to a point. I'm expecting Sam, Joey, and Chartouny to shoot higher % by the end of the year than now. (.448 ,.491. .433 after today).  I'll try to remember to check again to see if that pans out.

[Lennys Tap]

Must be a nut punch to lose to MU again, aina Badgers?

Post of the month!

[jonny09]

Exactly.   If not Markus, whom?   No one else can get their own shot, nobody else can consistently beat their man off the dribble.

This is correct.  100 percent.   Wojo really needs to get some elite athletes in here.  Don't like Markus chucking, but when Wojo took him out for a breather with about 6 left our offense looked absolutely lost

[Mr. Nielsen]

Easy the least amount of Badger fans, I've seen in UW/MU game in Milwaukee.

[warriorchick]

Regarding Davidson: character revealed

I totally agree with the Morrow Man Crush - he was awesome - and the flashes of "holy sh!t" from Joey are spectacular. 

UW is a pretty solid team and that was a much better W than KState was last week.

cut to Guru anger FAPing because it was so close and there were so many red shirts there

Someone needs to change their username to Morrow Man Crush. Seriously.

[CTWarrior]

This is correct.  100 percent.   Wojo really needs to get some elite athletes in here.  Don't like Markus chucking, but when Wojo took him out for a breather with about 6 left our offense looked absolutely lost

But he can still find open people when he breaks the defense down.  He is shooting a lower percentage this year because he is taking lower percentage shots. 

[Newsdreams]

This team won't go far in March if Howard continues taking such a high percent of the team's shots. I sure hope the Hausers take more control (and shots).

Lol

[MUEng92]

This was nearly the game I was worried MU would play. Glad Wisconsin was worse

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Joey outplayed his brother today. It's frustrating how passive Sam is offensively at times when the offense clearly needs him

As someone else pointed out, Sam hauled in 14 rebounds to go with his 12 points.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Judging solely by today, when Happ wasn't in, UW was crapp (extra P added for effect)

Agreed, absolutely unimpressed with anyone else on that team. Happ was awesome and everything ran through him, the rest are just guys at best.

[Archies Bat]

https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2018/12/08/marquette-beats-no-12-wisconsin-74-69-in-ot-howard-has-27/

[warriorchick]

I didn't see anyone else mention this, but after the game the entire team walked around the edge of the entire court (and occasionally climbed into the stands) to high-five, shake hands, and thank the fans for their support.

Very classy move, and just one more reason that I love these guys.

[Lighthouse 84]

This is correct.  100 percent.   Wojo really needs to get some elite athletes in here.  Don't like Markus chucking, but when Wojo took him out for a breather with about 6 left our offense looked absolutely lost

I thought we went on a 7-2 run with M2N out.

[tower912]

I didn't see anyone else mention this, but after the game the entire team walked around the edge of the entire court (and occasionally climbed into the stands) to high-five, shake hands, and thank the fans for their support.

Very classy move, and just one more reason that I love these guys.

But there were streamers and confetti, so they weren't being classy enough.