MU +7.5 @ Creighton

[Dish]

Total is 148.5.

[tower912]

82-68.

[brewcity77]

Easier to slow the pace than speed it up. Keep the possessions in the 60s and we have a shot. Go into the 70s and we're in trouble.

[mileskishnish72]

First impression is lay/over. I'll sleep on it.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Will be interesting to see how we defend Creighton. Lots of small, speedy, and crafty guards/wings with the best PG in the conference leading them. My thought is a man to man. John will obviously have to take Bishop. I think they try to use Koby's size to slow down Zegarowski. My thought is that they stick Garcia on Ballock with the hope that his height makes up for his lack of speed and allows him to at least get a hand in Ballock's face. Carton on Mahoney and Cain on Jefferson.

On the flip side, we have to be able to make Creighton pay for going small. We have to use our size, back them down in the post, and force their smaller players to commit fouls and get them out of the game.

The game is winnable but I certainly don't feel confident.

[YoungMUFan4]

Think MU needs to slow the pace to have a chance.

[Dr. Blackheart]

MU can't play any worse than last season's game at Creighton. Perhaps as bad a defensive effort as I have seen live from a MU team. We got this one, though.

[MarquetteMike1977]

ESPN News has MU as a 7 point underdog and over under 149 as of 12:30 am

[WarriorFan]

Wojo's teams have lost all but one of their first conference road games.. (providence OT win being the exception)

It doesn't even really matter how good the opponent is, Wojo teams usually lose their first conference road game.

[mu_hilltopper]

Wojo's teams have lost all but one of their first conference road games.. (providence OT win being the exception)

It doesn't even really matter how good the opponent is, Wojo teams usually lose their first conference road game.

Not sure why they even bother playing the game besides a glamourous trip to Omaha.

[brewcity77]

Marquette has won four of their last five in Omaha. So by that logic, 80% chance of a victory tonight.

[vogue65]

Slower pace = fewer turnovers.
Faster pace = another loss.

[wadesworld]

Marquette has won four of their last five in Omaha. So by that logic, 80% chance of a victory tonight.

Which is wild to me because I still have PTSD from Creighton's first BE game (I think). If my memory is correct it was a later tip on NYE, I had a horrible case of the flu all day, stayed up to lay on the couch to watch us get completely run out of the gym. Think that was McDermott's senior year? At Creighton has scared me since. Feels like this game is the toughest game of our season, as I think Nova just plays a style we are more comfortable with.

[The Sultan]

Which is wild to me because I still have PTSD from Creighton's first BE game (I think). If my memory is correct it was a later tip on NYE, I had a horrible case of the flu all day, stayed up to lay on the couch to watch us get completely run out of the gym. Think that was McDermott's senior year? At Creighton has scared me since. Feels like this game is the toughest game of our season, as I think Nova just plays a style we are more comfortable with.

Yep.  Late tip on NYE.  Buzz's last year and they got run out of the gym.

[MU82]

Wojo's teams have lost all but one of their first conference road games.. (providence OT win being the exception)

It doesn't even really matter how good the opponent is, Wojo teams usually lose their first conference road game.

McDermott teams have lost all but two of their home games to Wojo.. (last season, and Wojo's first season being the exceptions)

It doesn't even really matter how good Marquette is, McDermott teams usually lose their home games to Wojo.

[mu_hilltopper]

Time to watch the last few minutes of this .. down 5 with 9 seconds.

https://youtu.be/prEvRjy6B64?t=4293

[brewcity77]

Yep.  Late tip on NYE.  Buzz's last year and they got run out of the gym.

That Creighton team was savage. McDermott obviously, but Wragge, Mahnigat, Chatman, Gibbs, they just had guys that could rain threes. Such a bad matchup for Buzz's offensively challenged squad.

[Shooter McGavin]

The sheer joy on the Creighton fans faces before that sequence was priceless.

[Miss Katie’s]

Time to watch the last few minutes of this .. down 5 with 9 seconds.

https://youtu.be/prEvRjy6B64?t=4293

Thanks for the memories!

[The Sultan]

Three things about that sequence:

1. All Creighton had to do was throw a weak ball into the lane, someone would have touched it and the game would have ended.

2.  I don't remember this, but the announcer seemed to think that Creighton would get a do-over on the inbound.

2.  I do remember that Ners got a short vacation because he was so insistent that Wojo made a mistake by having Markus inbound the ball.

[MU82]

Time to watch the last few minutes of this .. down 5 with 9 seconds.

https://youtu.be/prEvRjy6B64?t=4293

Love seeing this every time.

I couldn't get this game at home so I was just watching the scoreboard. At halftime, I finally said, "I've got to go watch this," and I went to a local watering hole. It was a weeknight and there were only three others at the bar -- a young couple and the bartender.

I tried to be on my best behavior, though I did react to a few big plays, both those that were good for Marquette and were bad for us, with an "Oh!" or a clap. I was pretty restrained, though.

When Sam hit that shot, I jumped up, screamed, "YES!" and raised both hands into the air. "INCREDIBLE!" The young couple laughed a little but when they and the bartender watched the replay, they went, "Wow!" And then Markus took over in OT, and I was enjoying it immensely. The bartender, who stopped several times to watch, asked, "Who is that guy? He is amazing." That whole hour or so is something I won't forget.

What stood out for me ...

1. Had Chartouney made his first layup attempt, we almost surely would have lost.

2. The Creighton inbounder literally could have just flipped the ball to Theo and let him score a layup. I actually faced a similar situation while coaching last season, and that's what I told my player to do. The opposing kid was so surprised to get the ball that she didn't even try a shot, but it wouldn't have mattered if she had made a layup. So thanks for teaching me a lesson, McDermott & Co.!

3. Joey tried hard to get a hand on that long pass -- just instinct. Thankfully, his feet got a little tangled up and he couldn't.

4. Theo was tremendous in OT.

5. As Sultan said, Ners insisted for weeks that Wojo had screwed up even though the play was drawn up perfectly in just a matter of seconds and without benefit of a time-out, executed perfectly, Markus threw a perfect pass, Sam made the perfect shot, and we earned a huge win. It became just another chapter in the crazy Book of Ners.

6. Although I just said Sam's shot was perfect, I STILL think the ball was on the tip of his finger when time expired. I've already paid off the refs!

We Are Marquette!

[Silent Verbal]

That Creighton team was savage. McDermott obviously, but Wragge, Mahnigat, Chatman, Gibbs, they just had guys that could rain threes. Such a bad matchup for Buzz's offensively challenged squad.

I'm one of the biggest Buzz slurpers there is, but if anyone ever catches me saying, "Buzz's teams never got blown out in conference," just kindly refer me to this debacle.  We must've been down about 30 at halftime when I turned the game off and went out to the bars.  Can't remember if I started drinking before that, but I sure needed one.

[Galway Eagle]

Time to watch the last few minutes of this .. down 5 with 9 seconds.

https://youtu.be/prEvRjy6B64?t=4293

It's weird, I watched that and rather than feel happy I just got even more hopeful that Nova destroys Virginia in their game

[Newsdreams]

Time to watch the last few minutes of this .. down 5 with 9 seconds.

https://youtu.be/prEvRjy6B64?t=4293

Too bad the cancer took over in overtime. All kidding aside I didn't remember Chartouny's impact on this OT win.

[BM1090]

What in the world was the out of bounds call at 48 seconds left in OT? We won so I forgot all about that, but that was a clear and obvious call that they just missed even after going to the monitor.