Slow starts

[D'Lo Brown]

It was only a matter of time before a slow start bit Marquette in the butt.

On Tuesday, MU trailed 17-8 eight minutes into the contest and the deficit reached double digits (21-10) a short time later.

It has been a common theme:

Xavier (Jan. 26) -- Trailed 28-21 with 9:11 left
DePaul (Jan. 23) -- Trailed 16-12 with 11:41 left
Providence (Jan. 20) -- Trailed 23-14 with 8:22 left
Seton Hall (Jan. 12) -- Trailed 10-4 with 16:28 left
Creighton (Jan. 9) -- Trailed 14-5 with 14:51 left
St. John's (Jan. 1) -- Trailed 13-5 with 16:14 left

MU has shown unbelievable comeback ability this season, but I fear this could come back to haunt them in the BE or NCAA tourney.

I don't think it's necessarily the worst thing at this point. I like seeing these guys suddenly starting to perform well in games that enter crunch time. Maybe it's just superstition, but, I don't think that coasting through games would be as good of practice for the tournament.

Of course it would have been nicer to win, don't disagree with you on that. But it wasn't the worst way to lose.

[tower912]

I agree.   However, I think Joey is gassed.   

Bump

[NickelDimer]

Bump

Yeah you were out front on this. Today he didn’t even looked gassed as much as not mentally with it. Maybe it’s cause and effect. BB has earned some of his minutes until he works through it

[tower912]

Joey has been amazing.   But it is normal for a freshman averaging 29 minutes a game to hit a lull.    IMO, that is all this is.   The week off after DePaul should help him reset.   

[Newsdreams]

Just think that teams take him seriously now and make great effort to stop both Hausers

[MUMountin]

Just think that teams take him seriously now and make great effort to stop both Hausers

Agreed.  Regardless of whether the freshman wall is legit or not, I think that at this point of the season opponents now have a book on Joey and can game plan for him better, so he isn't getting the same sort of looks as he was previously.