Blah Demons

[tower912]

1.  Sacar had tired legs today.  Getting a scalp wound while getting called for a charge was adding insult to injury.
2.  Stop feeding Theo in the post.   Unless he is all alone under the basket, there is a better option somewhere.
3.  Depaul hit a crap ton of long twos.  The sabermetricians all threw their calculators and protractors at the wall.   Weakly.
4.  It sure seemed like DePaul got a lot more O boards than MU.  Will have to see the stats.   
5.  I like the zone change up.   Not sure it is a good zone.   But making DePaul think can only help MU.  Changed the flow.
6.  Koby could have nosed us in front, missed the FT, then shot a terrible 3.   
7.  Other than Markus, MU only made 3 shots from farther than point blank range.
Symir had the shot clock beater from the foul line, his 3, and Cain's 3.  Think about that for a minute.
8.  Charlie Moore caught his own air ball.  What is the rule on that now?
9.  How many 'fouling up 3' scenarios can you have in a short stretch?
10.  On a day of other teams falling prey to trap games, MU dodged a hailstorm of bullets. 
11.  Grab, run, rest for a week.

[forgetful]

I believe that in the last 3 MU games. The team that had the higher eFG% has lost. The game was won in all three at the FT line. FTs matter.

[PGsHeroes32]

Win.

That's what counts.

Free throws mattered again.

6-4.

[JWags85]

11.  Grab, run, rest for a week.

This team is GASSED. Markus especially has been fading late. Getting a week off is gonna be huge. Stealing the last 2 has been fantastic. Back in contention, take the time and get right

[tower912]

I believe that in the last 3 MU games. The team that had the higher eFG% has lost. The game was won in all three at the FT line. FTs matter.

Don't tell JB.  Or mention free throws.

[forgetful]

Also, MU only home team to win today in the BE. Road underdogs won in all three other games. The BE is brutal.

[Elonsmusk]

Survive and advance. Wow. Our FT defense continues to shine.

Believe we scored approximately 14 of our last 16 points at line. Refs definitely made up for some bad calls on us earlier in game, putting Markus and Koby on line on touch fouls down stretch.

Wasn't a must win by any means but sure didn't want to lose this one.

[bananahammock]

Cain post feeds to Theo must be banned!

Team battled back. Needed W.

[Mods, Delete me please. 8/26/2020]

9.  How many 'fouling up 3' scenarios can you have in a short stretch?

I think we can safely say Wojo is in the "foul up 3" camp.  Chose not to against Providence, lost.  Chose to foul against Gtown, Xavier, today against Depaul... wins.  Glad he didn't foul up 4 today like he did v Xavier... still scratching my head at that one. 

[nyg]

MU 29 for 35, with Markus missing a front end.

DePaul, 12 for 23. 

[tower912]

Cain post feeds to Theo must be banned!

Team battled back. Needed W.

Testify.

[Afroman]

Johnson, Torrence and Cain all did good things off the bench. They combined for 21 points, nine rebounds, three steals and two assists.

[shoothoops]

1.  Sacar had tired legs today.  Getting a scalp wound while getting called for a charge was adding insult to injury.
2.  Stop feeding Theo in the post.   Unless he is all alone under the basket, there is a better option somewhere.
3.  Depaul hit a crap ton of long twos.  The sabermetricians all threw their calculators and protractors at the wall.   Weakly.
4.  It sure seemed like DePaul got a lot more O boards than MU.  Will have to see the stats.   
5.  I like the zone change up.   Not sure it is a good zone.   But making DePaul think can only help MU.  Changed the flow.
6.  Koby could have nosed us in front, missed the FT, then shot a terrible 3.   
7.  Other than Markus, MU only made 3 shots from farther than point blank range.
Symir had the shot clock beater from the foul line, his 3, and Cain's 3.  Think about that for a minute.
8.  Charlie Moore caught his own air ball.  What is the rule on that now?
9.  How many 'fouling up 3' scenarios can you have in a short stretch?
10.  On a day of other teams falling prey to trap games, MU dodged a hailstorm of bullets. 
11.  Grab, run, rest for a week.

They couldn't stay in front of Moore. Zone was fine, a bit late, and as DePaul had someone FT line, need to collapse there a bit. Saved the game. A win is a win. Let there be cake.

[Pakuni]

Given what went down the in the rest of the conference today, I don't feel at all blah about getting an ugly win.

[Jay Bee]

8.  Charlie Moore caught his own air ball.  What is the rule on that now?

High school at least... if it's a bona fide shot, you're good. Can grab your own air ball if you truly sucked it up on the shot attempt.

I believe that in the last 3 MU games. The team that had the higher eFG% has lost. The game was won in all three at the FT line. FTs matter.

True re: eFG%. Very rare streak. FT rate matta, no one has said otherwise... but, in a couple of those a miserable outing from a % perspective was helpful for the other team.

Nonetheless,

#FTsNoMatta

In our loss to Butler, we shot 'only' 68.8%... that was absolutely elite offense.

[PointWarrior]

Gritty win - congrats Wojo and team.

[Shooter McGavin]

Survive and advance. Wow. Our FT defense continues to shine.

Believe we scored approximately 14 of our last 16 points at line. Refs definitely made up for some bad calls on us earlier in game, putting Markus and Koby on line on touch fouls down stretch.

Wasn't a must win by any means but sure didn't want to lose this one.

Not trying to be antagonist but this was a must win game if we want to finish as an upper echelon team in the Big East, get a good seed in the tournament and do some damage.  Losing at Villanova is not a must win game in this scenario.

Losing to DePaul is not a must win game in the scenario of being an average team with a 12 seed and one and done.

[Jay Bee]

Not trying to be antagonist but this was a must win game if we want to finish as an upper echelon team in the Big East, get a good seed in the tournament and do some damage.  Losing at Villanova is not a must win game in this scenario.

Losing to DePaul is not a must win game in the scenario of being an average team with a 12 seed and one and done.

So let me get this straight.. we won this game, so it's possible that we win multiple games in the NCAA tourney.

Had we lost, we were 100% losing our first NCAA tourney game?

Whew, big win then I guess hey

[Jables1604]

Who was the guy that posted a few months ago how he wished Marquette had DePaul's program this year?

[Dr. Blackheart]

MU moves into sole possession of 4th place.  This was a War of Attrition. Need the rest as MU's legs are tired.

[Shooter McGavin]

So let me get this straight.. we won this game, so it's possible that we win multiple games in the NCAA tourney.

Had we lost, we were 100% losing our first NCAA tourney game?

Whew, big win then I guess hey

NCAA seed,  NET ranking.  Not a hard concept.  Losing to DePaul also indicates bigger issues.  Glad we won.

[PGsHeroes32]

NCAA seed,  NET ranking.  Not a hard concept.  Losing to DePaul also indicates bigger issues.  Glad we won.

Your statement made it sound like a first round loss was a gurantee though.

Hence his comment.

[Shooter McGavin]

Your statement made it sound like a first round loss was a gurantee though.

Hence his comment.

No, just more likely. 

[tower912]

MU moves into sole possession of 4th place.  This was a War of Attrition. Need the rest as MU's legs are tired.

but these are kids playing games twice a week.  They can't have tired legs.

[Elonsmusk]

BTW - Props to Wojo on switching to the Zone D and primarily sticking with it. DePaul was not nearly as effective against our zone today.