MU/XU game thread

[CountryRoads]

They look solid today. Oso is really improving.

[MuggsyB]

Maybe that triple opens up the floodgates.  Good start from our guys.

[Afroman]

Mmmm boy.

[MUeng]

Anyone better than dickey Simpkins? This guy has been a delight all year

[DoctorV]

Very good start.

Little to complain about with the effort so far.

MU had looked very controlled offensively and that's fun to watch, excellent defensively.

Let see when X run comes and how it's handled

[brewcity77]

Love the Violence defense. Shortens the shot clock and gets teams to make mistakes. Solid start so far. And making some shots!

[DoctorV]

Tyler, to his credit, has looked much better.

Oso has been a revelation.

That Tyler to Oso combo gonna look real nice for years to come, need those two on the same page for great basketball for years at MU!

[cheebs09]

Anyone better than dickey Simpkins? This guy has been a delight all year

I've really grown to enjoy his ridiculousness.

[MuggsyB]

Stevie!

[Pakuni]

There's so much hatred for our best pg since diener. Dude leads the league in assists. And we hate him lol

1. Nobody hates him.
2. Markus spent time at the point
3 Good things happen when you're not taking bad shots

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

[#UnleashSean]

1. Nobody hates him.
2. Markus spent time at the point
3 Good things happen when you're not taking bad shots

1. Ehhhhh
2. Markus was a great player, Markus was an absolutely awful pg. You cam be both.
3. I'm not sure if I've seen kolek take a bad shot. I've seen him miss quite a few, I've never looked up and said "wow that was a bad shot"

[jesmu84]

There's so much hatred for our best pg since diener. Dude leads the league in assists. And we hate him lol

Majority here only care about scoring. Except for Markus - then it was a bad thing.

[willie warrior]

FFS Lewis follow your shots.

[Afroman]

Justin should follow his shot.

[21Jumpstreet]

Sit Morsell until he decides to get back to the effort and mentality he had to start the year. Everyone else, keep workin!

[#UnleashSean]

Majority here only care about scoring. Except for Markus - then it was a bad thing.

For real, if everyone would take a look at what our offensive sets look like with kolek touching the ball vs when he doesn't, man oh man is there a huge difference.

[MuggsyB]

We should be up at least 10.  Some concern that they are getting to the offensive glass and the FT line. 

[Milkshakes]

There's so much hatred for our best pg since diener. Dude leads the league in assists. And we hate him lol

I don't hate him at all. I think he is solid. I just think with his ability to move with the ball that when he gets to the paint he has to shot the layup more often. He is in position, he will draw fouls, it will open passing lanes. Got to keep um honest.  If he learns to do that consistently I just think he will be even better. 

[Pakuni]

1. Ehhhhh
2. Markus was a great player, Markus was an absolutely awful pg. You cam be both.
3. I'm not sure if I've seen kolek take a bad shot. I've seen him miss quite a few, I've never looked up and said "wow that was a bad shot"

1. Facts. Criticism does not equal hate.
2. This makes no sense. What you're really trying to say is that Markus wasn't a certain type of narrowly defined point guard. Neither was Iverson. But he played the point.
3. Three of his four missed threes against UCLA were contested shots. One hit the side of the backboard.  For him, especially now, a contested three is a bad shot.

[Pakuni]

Majority here only care about scoring. Except for Markus - then it was a bad thing.

Nobody complained about the defense the last seven years.

[MuggsyB]

We can't ask for better shots.

[#UnleashSean]

1. Facts. Criticism does not equal hate.
2. This makes no sense. What you're really trying to say is that Markus wasn't a certain type of narrowly defined point guard. Neither was Iverson. But he was lplayed the point.
3. Three of his four missed threes against UCLA were contested shots. One hit the side of the backboard.  For him, especially now, a contested three is a bad shot.

2. No, Markus was a bad point guard. It's why in his 4 years, he only ever played it on his senior year. And was bad.

3. Koleks 4 shots.... 1 open corner rimmed out, 1 open top of key of back iron, 1 step back open top of key, off front, 1 corner contested off backboard. ????

[MuggsyB]

Gotta shake it off.  Missed three WIDE open threes and a 1 footer.  Then the can't happen pick 6 by Morsell.  Have to refocus to close the half.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Morsell