Crushing, self-inflicted, disaster.

[Viper]

Numbnuts, a 29% 3-point shooter goes 4-6.  Reminiscent of Butler with guy shooting way above their season average.

guys go off on Marquette because the D is trash.

[panda]

You might want to look into this a bit more. Our resume is built on good wins and zero to few bad losses. If we all of a sudden take on four more meh to bad losses, our resume isn't very good.

T Ranks projections have an 18-14 MU out and not particularly close (fourth team out) if they lose the next three, win one in the BET, and then lose in the quarterfinals.

That said, I am pretty confident we win Saturday and this discussion won't matter.

I dropped the SJU game as that most likely won't be played. They are solidly in on Trank even while losing out.

[Viper]

Hard to believe this team beats Villanova twice and loses twice to a chump team like Creighton.

word

[nyg]

No sweat. Marquette is solidly in regardless of what happens down the stretch.

So, MU would lose 7 out of its last 9, to include Depaul, have a 9-10 BE record and still get an NCAA bid.

I don't know about that.  Probably not going to lose three in a row anyway. 

[panda]

So, MU would lose 7 out of its last 9, to include Depaul, have a 9-10 BE record and still get an NCAA bid.

I don't know about that.  Probably not going to lose three in a row anyway.

I'm not including the SJU game as that will most likely not be made up. 9-9 in conference given those circumstances = no sweat.

[Elonsmusk]

Up 5 with 4 to play and Shaka chose not to put Kolek in to run the show and close it out.

Instead he tried to let Lewis and Morsell do too much and they both failed.

That's a season altering decision to not go to the floor general with a lead.

Butler, @DePaul, St. John's

Those are all realistic games we could and may lose.  Danger zone for Marquette but the season is still in their control and they should embrace it...will they?

This.

[The Sultan]

I'm not including the SJU game as that will most likely not be made up. 9-9 in conference given those circumstances = no sweat.

The last game of the season is March 5 v SJU.

[GoldenEagles03]

I'm not including the SJU game as that will most likely not be made up. 9-9 in conference given those circumstances = no sweat.

Considering they are currently 9-7 and have 3 games left they can't finish 9-9.

They could however finish 9-10, very realistically.  It will be a sweat.  Better pack the arena next Saturday because Butler just smacked us in the mouth once and they'll do it again.

[MUBurrow]

the "season doesnt matter cuz pre season expectarions were low" ppl are weirdos. i dont get the logic at all. any season only matters depending on pre season expectation???  whatever the players and coaches dont think like that.

Its not just based on preseason expectations, but its based on the team I've watched throughout the season.  This is a "win a couple you shouldn't, lose a couple you shouldn't" team if there ever was one.  And I like this team a lot!  But its hard for me to get too beat up over this one.  On the road, against a good team, and the plays that killed us down the stretch were turnovers from the two oldest guys on the team and a missed bunny from our fringe first round NBA-er.  Other than that I am also curious to hear more about why Kolek sat the whole second half, that's a "horses you rode in on" loss and you take your lump and move on. 

[panda]

The last game of the season is March 5 v SJU.

My bad - I thought I was looking at the away sju game which will not be made up.

I stand by my take even with a loss to sju.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Considering they are currently 9-7 and have 3 games left they can't finish 9-9.

They could however finish 9-10, very realistically.  It will be a sweat.  Better pack the arena next Saturday because Butler just smacked us in the mouth once and they'll do it again.

The chances of losing the next 3 is minimal. They've got 5 days to prepare for Butler at home. No excuse to lose that game.

[Viper]

It's one thing to lose, but MU doesn't help itself. Weird line-ups. Same mistakes game in game out. Is coaching basketball that difficult? Wojo is gone, but is Shaka an upgrade? Maybe we won't know until year two or even year three. But it sure gets rough when basketball is our 'show' and the product is cold soup for a decade now. (made worse by the annual winning over in Dane Cty)

[Vander Blue Man Group]

It's one thing to lose, but MU doesn't help itself. Weird line-ups. Same mistakes game in game out. Is coaching basketball that difficult? Wojo is gone, but is Shaka an upgrade? Maybe we won't know until year two or even year three. But it sure gets rough when basketball is our 'show' and the product is cold soup for a decade now. (made worse by the annual winning over in Dane Cty)

Lot of silly hyperbole here.

Is Shaka an upgrade?  Hysterical.

[panda]

It's one thing to lose, but MU doesn't help itself. Weird line-ups. Same mistakes game in game out. Is coaching basketball that difficult? Wojo is gone, but is Shaka an upgrade? Maybe we won't know until year two or even year three. But it sure gets rough when basketball is our 'show' and the product is cold soup for a decade now. (made worse by the annual winning over in Dane Cty)

Kolek has a hard time playing the way kalkbrenner defends the pnr. He struggled today. Kam was better around the paint with the ball. Pnr defense is also why we saw a lot of iso Morsell which he dominated creighton with and kept us in the game.

[tower912]

So, adjustments.

[panda]

So, adjustments.

Yep - extremely poor finish, but in a bizarro world, we're singing the praises of Morsell for his awesome defense on Nemhard the possession before his turnover and him absolutely dominating offensively.

[Mu8891]

Kolek SHOULD have been in the game to handle the ball and run sets when u are up w / 4 mins to go.

AWFUL decision by Shaka.  Really bad

Should be 2 - 0 v Creighton and we are
0 - 2.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Sounded by the words of Shaka in the post-game he didn't trust Kolek.

[hawk]

MU is solidly in 5th place.  I expect they will finish there and get a bid.  It is easy to get caught up in the frustrations of the present.  That being said Kolek better have a broken am or leg to not have been in the game at the end.  He runs the offense.

[tower912]

the "season doesnt matter cuz pre season expectarions were low" ppl are weirdos. i dont get the logic at all. any season only matters depending on pre season expectation???  whatever the players and coaches dont think like that.

I have done what I said I would.   Why is that weird?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

We lost by one on the road to a likely tourney team. They went nuts from three and we missed two bunnies in the final seconds that may have sealed a victory had they gone in. There are obvious improvements that need to be made,  but Shaka has hit way more than he's missed this season.

No Kolek at the end is a real head scratcher. I know he had a rough game and I actually like how we used Jones in his place. But you gotta believe he doesn't let a scrub turn him over before even initiating the offense

[GoldenEagles03]

The chances of losing the next 3 is minimal. They've got 5 days to prepare for Butler at home. No excuse to lose that game.

Butler. A team they trailed by 23 to no longer than 8 days ago.  It'll be a roller coaster finish.

[panda]

Butler. A team they trailed by 23 to no longer than 8 days ago.  It'll be a roller coaster finish.

Another panda guarantee - there is a zero percent chance of us losing the butler game.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Butler. A team they trailed by 23 to no longer than 8 days ago.  It'll be a roller coaster finish.

A team they should absolutely beat at home on National Marquette Day.

[BM1090]

A team they should absolutely beat at home on National Marquette Day.

Absolutely. We'll win the two remaining home games and enter the BET as a lock.

All I am saying is if I'm wrong and we lose the next 3, we're out.