Super Nova

[tower912]

1.   That is the goal.   5 guys on the floor who can dribble, shoot the 3, know their assignment on defense, always make the right play.   Talking about Jay when they won their championships, they said he doesn't run plays.   He teaches concepts.    It is all read and react with good guards.  And his guys stay for 4 years.   Who would have guessed that Gillespie would be the next Brunson, the next DD.      Wright and Villanova are the goal.    You want a coach like him to make a program like them.   
2.  MU played their worst game of the year.    Looked like a bunch of freshmen and role players getting turned around in circles by the big kids.      Even with size, MU played small.   Even with speed, MU played slow AND out of control.    Our freshman forwards were not ready for the disciplined cuts.
3.   MU switched defenses.    For those calling for the zone.   Wojo even did a line change out of disgust with defensive effort.   
4.   Minutes for Osa and Dexter.   
5.   Symir attacked.    And got blocked.
6.   Simply cannot have a bad shooting night against these guys. 
7.  Nova destroyed MU on mismatches and switches.   MU stood still on offense.    Theo on Gillespie, mismatch for Nova.   Gillespie on Theo, not a mismatch as MU didn't get Theo the ball.   
8.  I was vacillating between wanting Wojo to leave the scrubs in and thinking that the only way that DJ, Dawson, Lewis are going to get better is to play max minutes against the best.    Still haven't made up my mind.  Might have split the difference and got Dexter, Osa, and Symir in more with the seniors sitting down the stretch. 

9.  It was only one.   Merry Christmas to all.   Hope the guys can use the next 10 days productively

[ZiggysFryBoy]

10.  Wojo out.

[cheese ball chaser]

10.  Wojo out.

He does just enough to not get fired, unfortunately.

[WellsstreetWanderer]

I've seen this movie too many times

[Johnny B]

Can there be a game where these guys dont turn it over an absurd amount of times?? 4-17.. Elete nova offense or crap MU D?

[Jockey]

6.   Simply cannot have a bad shooting night against these guys. 
 

We shot 51%.

And still got blown out.

[🏀]

Team needs a mental break.

[NCMUFan]

Well at least we got to see basketball played.  First game of the season for DePaul.

[GoldenWarrior11]

11. Only counts for one loss.

[Jockey]

Team needs a mental break.

They also need to order about a dozen new sets of hands.

[JakeBarnes]

That was just sad. Team basically quit. No real other way to put it.

[NCMUFan]

They play hard and fast, but not smart.

[nyg]

Second game in a row MU shoots 50% and loses.

17 to 4 turnovers is ridiculous. That, along with MU three point defense really hurting.  These turnover problems have to stop.

Put the brakes on Carton and Garcia declaring for NBA draft. 

I think the refs were standing to close to the MU players making them turn the ball over.  Hey, got to blame them for something......

Work hard on ball handling, passing and hustle for loose balls and things will get better. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Woof. Nothing good to say about that game besides Dexter and Oso not looking totally lost in extended minutes.

Took our lumps early. Stole some marquis wins.  I think we win 7 of our next 10. Lose the next one and I'll start panicking

[4everwarriors]

Should be a knee slapper by the time March rolls around, aina?

[Silent Verbal]

Well, duh, Villanova's the goal.  The thing is, Wright was a really good coach at Hofstra before he ever got to Villanova.  Two NCAA Tournament appearances and was his conference's coach of the year.  He made his bones there and learned how to run a program.  Our guy is a stiff.

[mileskishnish72]

We shot 50% from 3, 43% from the line. 17-4 TO's, Theo 2 boards. Koby 2-10.

Just some things that jumped out from the box. Yes, we did look like the JV's. Yes, Nova is the goal.
Yes, the frosh looked unready. Again the formerly vaunted defense has an opponent in the 80's.
Talent-wise, execution-wise, game plan-wise, composure-wise, it was a mismatch.

Perhaps the D will look better against the rest of the league, since we've already had to deal once with X, CRT, SHU & Nova. Perhaps the frosh will blossom. The one factor that's extremely unlikely to change is the coaching. That's the bad news. The good news is that with this start we're not getting set up for the usual Wojo late-season collapse.

[NCMUFan]

If the rest of the team performed like Cain we would have won.  Only bright spot from the game.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

If the rest of the team performed like Cain we would have won.  Only bright spot from the game.

He had a great first half. 

[Bad_Reporter]

Ill help Wojo out here.  He can use this same post game template from a few years back. Only difference is "I dunno, we played Villanova and Xavier once"....


Soft.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cbjD7Yf0f00

[CountryRoads]

Not giving up on the season yet with so many games on the schedule, but if they miss the tournament then it's time to pull the plug and restart. With instant eligible transfers, it won't take as long for a new coach to get a team together.

[pacearrow02]

Woof. Nothing good to say about that game besides Dexter and Oso not looking totally lost in extended minutes.

Took our lumps early. Stole some marquis wins.  I think we win 7 of our next 10. Lose the next one and I'll start panicking

💯!!

I still see no reason we can't scratch out 12-8 or 11-9 conference season very realistically.  Which I think we all would have been happy with before the season started.

[panda]

💯!!

I still see no reason we can't scratch out 12-8 or 11-9 conference season very realistically.  Which I think we all would have been happy with before the season started.

Have you seen us try to defend ?

[pacearrow02]

Have you seen us try to defend ?

I have

[Bad_Reporter]

💯!!

I still see no reason we can't scratch out 12-8 or 11-9 conference season very realistically.  Which I think we all would have been happy with before the season started.

Lovell, is that you?