NCAA Tournament Open Thread

[Herman Cain]

Izzo handled the loser interview well. He will be back.

[Warrior_2002]

Ahh, they are praying. Cut the feed! Cut the feed!!

Lol I thought the same thing.  All this hype waiting for Beard to get to the locker room for like 10 minutes.  First thing they do is pray so they cut back to the desk, awkward.

[Dr. Blackheart]

wonder who the refs will be for the championship

Wymer and Stephens by deduction. Don't know third (Ayers?).

[Dr. Blackheart]

Beard giving his best Buzz "ah shucks" impressions in the pressers.

[Norm]

Texas Tech plays defense like Wisconsin - foul every possession and dare the refs to call it. They are longer and more athletic so it works well.

[Jockey]

Texas Tech plays defense like Wisconsin - foul every possession and dare the refs to call it. They are longer and more athletic so it works well.

No they don't.

[CountryRoads]

What's impressive about Texas tech is they did not start one player who was a top 100 recruit. Of the eight players who played, only 1 was ranked in the top 100.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Mooney is damn good.  Another Chicago suburban kid passed over (ND Prep).

[Cheeks]

Beard giving his best Buzz "ah shucks" impressions in the pressers.

Buzz's interview the other day in studio at A&M was filled with that...he adopted a new accent and everything. 

[Billy Hoyle]

Mooney is damn good.  Another Chicago suburban kid passed over (ND Prep).

A lot of people passed him over if he ended up at the Air Force Academy then a newly D1 South Dakota. This board would have melted down if a guy with a 59 from ESPN were signed by a Wojo. Kevin Menard probably had a higher ranking. Credit Mooney for his hard work leading to his development and the coaches at USD and TTU for cultivating his talent.

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/171278/matt-mooney

As for when he transferred:

Q: You mentioned offers you have. Are you able to talk about that at all — some of the schools that have offered you scholarships, at this point?

A: Yeah. Right now, schools I'm going to take visits to that want me and have offered me would be University of South Dakota, Colgate, Penn in the Ivy League, University of New Hampshire and Louisiana-Lafayette. There's some other schools in the mix, but those are probably the ones I'm narrowing it down to, at this point.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/niles/sports/ct-mgc-matt-mooney-air-force-academy-bullying-tl-0420-20150421-story.html

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Lol I thought the same thing.  All this hype waiting for Beard to get to the locker room for like 10 minutes.  First thing they do is pray so they cut back to the desk, awkward.

[cheese ball chaser]

A lot of people passed him over if he ended up at the Air Force Academy then a newly D1 South Dakota. This board would have melted down if a guy with a 59 from ESPN were signed by a Wojo. Kevin Menard probably had a higher ranking. Credit Mooney for his hard work leading to his development and the coaches at USD and TTU for cultivating his talent.

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/171278/matt-mooney

As for when he transferred:

Q: You mentioned offers you have. Are you able to talk about that at all — some of the schools that have offered you scholarships, at this point?

A: Yeah. Right now, schools I'm going to take visits to that want me and have offered me would be University of South Dakota, Colgate, Penn in the Ivy League, University of New Hampshire and Louisiana-Lafayette. There's some other schools in the mix, but those are probably the ones I'm narrowing it down to, at this point.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/niles/sports/ct-mgc-matt-mooney-air-force-academy-bullying-tl-0420-20150421-story.html

Mooney is Mooney because of Texas Tech. He wouldn't have developed into the player he is now in the Marquette program.

[Dr. Blackheart]

A lot of people passed him over if he ended up at the Air Force Academy then a newly D1 South Dakota. This board would have melted down if a guy with a 59 from ESPN were signed by a Wojo. Kevin Menard probably had a higher ranking. Credit Mooney for his hard work leading to his development and the coaches at USD and TTU for cultivating his talent.

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/171278/matt-mooney

As for when he transferred:

Q: You mentioned offers you have. Are you able to talk about that at all — some of the schools that have offered you scholarships, at this point?

A: Yeah. Right now, schools I'm going to take visits to that want me and have offered me would be University of South Dakota, Colgate, Penn in the Ivy League, University of New Hampshire and Louisiana-Lafayette. There's some other schools in the mix, but those are probably the ones I'm narrowing it down to, at this point.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/niles/sports/ct-mgc-matt-mooney-air-force-academy-bullying-tl-0420-20150421-story.html

I keep hearing from some on the board how Wojo is recruiting Chicago. I wouldn't have minded a graduate transfer Mooney over Joseph C. Yet, we keep getting misses or excuses why not good fits for MU.

I guess Nojel Eastern, Evan Landreaux wouldn't have been good fits either. Seemed to play good roles for Purdue from the Chicago burbs too. Oh well.  All is good.

[Cheeks]

I keep hearing from some on the board how Wojo is recruiting Chicago. I wouldn't have minded a graduate transfer Mooney over Joseph C. Yet, we keep getting misses or excuses why not good fits for MU.

I guess Nojel Eastern, Evan Landreaux wouldn't have been good fits either. Seemed to play good roles for Purdue from the Chicago burbs too. Oh well.  All is good.

Do we know if Wojo tried to get Mooney?  Or the others you mention? 

[brewcity77]

Do we know if Wojo tried to get Mooney?  Or the others you mention?

Not Mooney or Boudreaux. Marquette did offer Eastern.

[Cheeks]

Not Mooney or Boudreaux. Marquette did offer Eastern.

Offer vs inquiry

I read some comments here and I believe some posters think our staff stiff arms prospects as a point of amusement.

[MU82]

If Wojo can duplicate that, I won't complain.

Of course we all claim we would say that ... but seriously, getting to the FF so often without winning it, I wonder how that would sit with some of the tougher graders on Scoop.

As for Beard, many (probably most) Scoopers would have said that us hiring somebody with his resume -- only 1 season at a mid-major -- would have "proven" that we can't attract the big boys. They would have ripped Marquette for not hiring an "established" coach. And they would have lamented that he couldn't sign any top-100 recruits.

We're a funny group. We want everything all ways all the time ... and that's understandable, I guess, because that's what fans are. And sure, I include myself in that group. Although I am more optimistic, more patient and less extreme than many, I still very much want to win, and although I back Wojo I do wonder if he'll be able to get us where we all want to go. I think he can but until we take a major step, I won't know he can.

[warriorfred]

Ahh, they are praying. Cut the feed! Cut the feed!!

I found that funny as well.  "Make it stop!"

[brewcity77]

Offer vs inquiry

I read some comments here and I believe some posters think our staff stiff arms prospects as a point of amusement.

We offered him June 28, 2015. We didn't get him. Numerous sources on Twitter (Scout, Bullseye, Verbal Commits) reported it. Not a big deal either way, but he had an offer and went elsewhere. I wasn't saying it as a point of debate, just clarifying the answer to your question.

[Cheeks]

We offered him June 28, 2015. We didn't get him. Numerous sources on Twitter (Scout, Bullseye, Verbal Commits) reported it. Not a big deal either way, but he had an offer and went elsewhere. I wasn't saying it as a point of debate, just clarifying the answer to your question.

I'm talking about the others

[brewcity77]

Don't think the other two were offered or inquired about that I remember.

[Billy Hoyle]

I found that funny as well.  "Make it stop!"

I actually found it being respectful. Prayer is something solemn that doesn't need to be broadcast.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Mooney is Mooney because of Texas Tech. He wouldn't have developed into the player he is now in the Marquette program.

Um Mooney was one of the top two grad transfers last offseason. If anything, Mooney is Mooney because of South Dakota.

[MUEng92]

I just discovered I was born on Tony Bennett's 1st birthday.  I'm rooting for Virginia tonight.

[MUEng92]

What was the O/U on number of times the shot clock buzzer sounds?  I think we are at 4 or 5 already