Loo (British for John) ies thoughts

[MarquetteDano]

Saint John's is not a good team.  They're a dog's breakfast.

A bit strong. I have issues with this team but a #86 rank  (StJ) on KenPom playing on the road is not a lock unless you are a Top 25 team.

[dgies9156]

Bench strength:   Ummmmmm..... Lewis?

Of course SJU was going to make a run.   That is who they are.    Inevitable as death and taxes.     

The plays that frosted me were Koby twice running the baseline after turnovers. 
Cain dribbling up the floor against SJU pressure with no obvious outlet.
Greg being unable to inbound the ball.    Of course, Symir was the only other guard on the floor in that stretch.    Koby and DJ sitting.
The rest was just basketball.    SJU is going to play physical and slap at everything.   MU needed to be stronger corralling rebounds and when they got the ball near the basket.

The problem isn't Lewis and Elliott. The problem is we have NOTHING past those two. Symir sponged minutes and did nothing else. Anyone else... tell me who?

We found in the Buzz era we need about 10 deep to be really good. We're 70 percent of the way there and St. john's press simply wore us out.

St. John's isn't a good team and, sadly, neither are we.

[BM1090]

I thought Anderson coached a very good game today. However, I was surprised he waited so long, down 2, to go for the tie/win.

Also ...

Want to give a little shout-out to Koby. Didn't have one of his better games, but he deserves more than just being mentioned for a few screw-ups.

I mean, he DID hit the winning shot, and it was a beauty.

Reminded me some of Vander's winner against the Johnnies for the BEast title, and of course, Vander's winner against Davidson that made our Elite 8 run possible.

Regarding your first point, they had no timeouts and i think Wojo coming out with Theo up top threw off Dunn.

[Lennys Tap]

We seem to lack the bench strength beyond Greg Elliott to sustain momentum.



Our guys were clearly worn out toward the end of the game. The sloppy ball handling was endemic of it.

1.Lewis is pretty good off the bench.

2. Tired legs (lol).

[MU82]

Regarding your first point, they had no timeouts and i think Wojo coming out with Theo up top threw off Dunn.

Agreed. I believe Spanarkel said that having Theo out there was a mistake, but it seemed to mess them up.

I thought Wojo had a good game too.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401269614

ESPN doesn't have a recap up yet. Why don't you offer your services!?!

[GoldenWarrior11]

As disappointing as it was to cough up a big lead, this was a big win. The potential is there. The team just needs to continue improving every game. Turnovers remain a concern.

[willie warrior]

Blowing a double digit lead in 3 straight second halves is pretty concerning and hope they can clean that up.

Never fear. Wojo has that figured out

[tower912]

The problem isn't Lewis and Elliott. The problem is we have NOTHING past those two. Symir sponged minutes and did nothing else. Anyone else... tell me who?

We found in the Buzz era we need about 10 deep to be really good. We're 70 percent of the way there and St. john's press simply wore us out.

St. John's isn't a good team and, sadly, neither are we.

I love teams that go 9-10 deep.    So we agree.    You limited your initial comment to Greg.    With which I disagreed.   

[Its DJOver]

No such thing as a bad road win, especially somewhere we haven't won in 4 years. Take it and run. Chances we get a make-up/reschedule in the midweek?

[Newsdreams]

No such thing as a bad road win, especially somewhere we haven't won in 4 years. Take it and run. Chances we get a make-up/reschedule in the midweek?

BE road is hard, Creighton @ Butler

[mileskishnish72]

I think Wojo rides the hot hands between Garcia, Lewis, and Theo.   Lewis was better than Garcia today and therefore got more run at the end.    Pretty simple. 

Letting Cain dribble against the SJU pressure?    Oof.

Some one posted earlier this year: When Cain dribbles, bad things happen.
I have been watching since, and it's true.
Dawson should be the press-breaker, not Jamal.

[The Big East]

It was a hard fought game for 40 minutes by both teams. Came down to the last shot and we won.  Classic Big East physical game.

I something positive from all the players on the team today. Our opponent was very tenacious and we can build off this win.

[wadesworld]

It was a hard fought game for 40 minutes by both teams. Came down to the last shot and we won.  Classic Big East physical game.

I something positive from all the players on the team today. Our opponent was very tenacious and we can build off this win.

You sound like a Wojo presser. And those don't sit well around here.

[MUINGB]

I just finished watching...had taped the game.   I thought the first half we were lucky to be ahead by 11 and St John's would come back hard the 2nd.   They did.    They are a tough team...no doubt about that.    Give our guys credit, they came back again and again, could have cashed in but, made some big baskets at the end.    Will take a road win in the big East.     

[tower912]

Yeah, I remember when those were appreciated.

[Silent Verbal]

BE road is hard, Creighton @ Butler

Creighton was playing without Zegarowski.

[Newsdreams]

Creighton was playing without Zegarowski.

Ok make excuses  they blew a huge lead. Besides he is way overrated.

[CrowdOf5]

BE road is hard, Creighton @ Butler

Yep creighton was up 13 with 11:28 left against a 3-7 team... and lost. Take a road W any way you can.

[Shooter McGavin]

Could someone smarter than me explain what Garcia is doing wrong that he keeps getting blocked? I've never seen someone so tall get so many shots blocked down low.

Not an above the rim player despite his height.  No spring in his legs.  Doesn't mean he isn't good.  He brings a lot to the table but he is not overly athletic.

[fjm]

Win! I'll take it!
Great come back by SJU in the second half. Champagne was gonna get his at some point.

Despite how terrible many here think Wojo is, he made the coaching call of leaving Lewis in over Garcia at the end. And made the change of having Theo up top at the end of the game.

Coaching done well.

Coaching done bad is definitely the inbounds and press break.

W!

[Lennys Tap]

Ok make excuses  they blew a huge lead. Besides he is way overrated.

He'd be the best player on our team.

[tower912]

Sarcasm went flying by you, Lenny.

[MU82]

He'd be the best player on our team.

He had the chance to be the best player on the court when MU played at Creighton. Was he even one of the top 5?

[wadesworld]

Imagine the outrage Wojo would get if we didn't have our "best player" (he's Creighton's, in my opinion, who we beat on the road, by the way, even with Zagarowski), grew a lead to 13, and blew it in the last 12 minutes of a game.

Shoot. Wojo's team comes back from down 18 in the second half and we want to leave him in DC because he had the audacity to not sit his team down and chew them out when they started celebrating when he entered the locker room.