Ugly Win? Trust me

[tower912]

1.  At halftime, I was trying to figure out how MU was in the game, getting nothing from Lewis, Cain, Carton, Theo.   Good Lord.
2.  2 fouls in the first 3 minute for the freshman starting for the first time.   Sigh.
3.  Second half DJ is what everybody wants.   Hero ball.
4.  So many fouls.
5.  So many turnovers.
6.  So much missing Theo's post defense.  Garcia and Lewis looked like freshmen trying to guard a fifth year senior without fouling.   Oh, wait.
7.  I appreciate Perez' effort.  He still needs a conscience.
8.  Greg is better starting.
9.  Clearly a goaltend early in the first minute of the second half against Lewis.  Hand came up on the rim.
10. Painful on the eyes.  Painful to the heart.  Moving on.

[5DollarPitcher]

Alright all the REAL Marquette fans get in here. Spray the water bottles! Seashells and balloons. If this game made you anything but ECSTATIC your degree is now null and void and you are no longer a fan.

[rocky_warrior]

7.  I appreciate Lopez' effort.  He still needs a conscience.

Perez?

[Shooter McGavin]

Thank God we won.  No matter how low this program goes I don't want to lose twice to DePaul in the same year.

[Miss Katie’s]

I'm just here for Tower's thread titles. 

[rocky_warrior]

Better than the the last time we played @ DePaul (a L)

[tower912]

Perez?

Doh.  Will fix it.   Stupid fast phone fingers.

[TallTitan34]

DJ murdered a guy.

[CountryRoads]

2nd year in a row we've played them at their place without their best player.

[NolongerWarriors]

Better than the the last time we played @ DePaul (a L)

MU might have played worse this game.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Perez?

Flashback to the NCAA tournament game v. Stanford

[cheebs09]

That was the equivalent of a USF-DePaul game in the old Big East. Bad basketball and irrelevant. That

[Blackhat]

Just win baby!  I'll take it

[rocky_warrior]

MU might have played worse this game.

Really?
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=401168381

And on that note, I already had completely forgotten Jayce.  What a year...

[MU82]

Alright all the REAL Marquette fans get in here. Spray the water bottles! Seashells and balloons. If this game made you anything but ECSTATIC your degree is now null and void and you are no longer a fan.

I'm ECSTATIC that my life is rewarding enough that I don't have to spend countless hours on the interwebs mocking Marquette fans who dare not root for Marquette to lose.

[5DollarPitcher]

I'm ECSTATIC that my life is rewarding enough that I don't have to spend countless hours on the interwebs mocking Marquette fans who dare not root for Marquette to lose.

We're all on the same hamster wheel buddy.

[MU82]

We're all on the same hamster wheel buddy.

If you say so, pal.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Awwww, good to see you two getting along!

[willie warrior]

Awwww, good to see you two getting along!

Great picture of a Wojo-Dukiet fan copying up to him.

[TheREALwrk]

Not sure how you can even appreciate Perez's effort. At one point it seemed the offense was running through him.... And Dawson was rolling his eyes.

Want Dawson to even consider a transfer? Keep giving Perez a bunch of touches - shows how incompetent the coach is.

[MU82]

Not sure how you can even appreciate Perez's effort. At one point it seemed the offense was running through him.... And Dawson was rolling his eyes.

Want Dawson to even consider a transfer? Keep giving Perez a bunch of touches - shows how incompetent the coach is.

Did you see Dawson rolling his eyes? Neither did I.

But I do agree about the offense running through Perez for a short stretch last night. After the third time they fed him, I laughed and made some wisecrack about that apparently being Wojo's new offensive game plan. Thankfully, it didn't continue.

[panda]

Not sure how you can even appreciate Perez's effort. At one point it seemed the offense was running through him.... And Dawson was rolling his eyes.

Want Dawson to even consider a transfer? Keep giving Perez a bunch of touches - shows how incompetent the coach is.

To be fair, I think everyone rolls their eyes when Perez shoots. Although it happens so quickly, it's hard to catch.

[MU82]

The thing about last night's ugly win is that if we were having a good season, many of us would say, "It was ugly, but one sign of a good team is being able to win when you're not at your best."

But when mediocrity has set in - when we go through a season in which we rarely are at our "best" - it's just another ugly game, one we happened to win because our incompetent opponent has been a clown program for decades.

So while I am still "happy" (for lack of better term) that we won, because I hate losing, I'm certainly not celebrating the win. (Though I have no problem with the players celebrating briefly in the moment.)

A few other observations ...

++ Lewis got called one offensive foul for "hooking" his defender and he could have been called for it at least 2 other times. He needs to get out of the habit. Next season, when hopefully we are decent again, it is going to cost us possessions, perhaps even a huge possession in a winnable game against a good team.

++ DJ has as much talent as any player in the Big East. It's not realistic to expect him to be go-go-go for 40 minutes - even Jordan took possessions off, even LeBron takes possessions off - but he needs to be more active more of the time. Perhaps a full offseason and preseason will help him (and others) with his conditioning and consistency. If he can take that next step, he can be a first-round draft pick.

++ Didn't know Koby could dunk. I can't remember another by him, though maybe I'm just forgetting. I certainly can't remember another "F-U dunk" like that from him.

++ I love Elliott's energy and look forward to him being one of our leaders next season. Ideally, he will be a 20 mpg instant-offense kind of guy rather than a big-minutes starter. That means Wojo (if he's still the coach) needs to bring in somebody who earns the starting spot over Greg.

++ Dawson already is a good college player. I am looking forward to seeing how good he can be next season.

++ Good on Theo for giving it a go. He was missed.

++ We finished with "only" 14 turnovers but it seemed like more.

[tower912]

In another year, posters would be up in arms about a high major playing 6 straight road games and not playing a home game for 4 weeks.    They would also be celebrating a 3-3 6 game road trip.   

[MU82]

In another year, posters would be up in arms about a high major playing 6 straight road games and not playing a home game for 4 weeks.    They would also be celebrating a 3-3 6 game road trip.

But it ain't another year. And, big picture of this season, there is no reason to celebrate.

Little picture, though, I prefer each time we win to each time we lose.