Lowest lows follow the highest highs

[The Sultan]

Again...because their best player was out for a majority of the 2nd half and they still won.

It'd be like MU losing Kam for 15 minutes and still winning on the road.

I'm including that in my statement. It's not like Hepburn (or Kam) is Michael Jordan or anything. There are other players on the roster who can step up for 15 minutes.

If these two teams play 10 times, Marquette goes anywhere from 4-6 to 6-4.  That's not "clearly better."

[GoldenEagles03]

I'm including that in my statement. It's not like Hepburn (or Kam) is Michael Jordan or anything. There are other players on the roster who can step up for 15 minutes.

If these two teams play 10 times, Marquette goes anywhere from 4-6 to 6-4.  That's not "clearly better."

If they play 10 times throughout the season, maybe.

If they play 10 times at this point in the season, I'm not so certain.

[CountryRoads]

The game was close.  Idk that the matchup was.  But the game was close because their best player was out for nearly the whole 2nd half of action.

Yeah, that's why I just said "ok" and dropped it when you started bringing in hypotheticals about what possibly may have happened if Hepburn didn't get hurt.

For all we know, Shaka drew up the perfect plan to stop him in the second half and it threw MU completely off which allowed Essegian to get hot and score 12 quick points in his absence.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The game was close.  Idk that the matchup was.  But the game was close because their best player was out for nearly the whole 2nd half of action.

Or was the game close because they hit multiple 35 foot fade aways with a hand in their face? Because those were not good shots.

Again, you are putting a lot of weight on one head to head matchup. Sometimes the worse team wins. That's the beauty of a one game playoff.

[tower912]

Sean and Ross should have been at the end.

They were at the end.....

of the bench closest to the coaches.

[Newsdreams]

The game was close.  Idk that the matchup was.  But the game was close because their best player was out for nearly the whole 2nd half of action.

Yes and no, finally stopped over doubling the post, made them put it on the floor to drive or pass inside and they were not good at that.....when he came back he wasn't as huge an issue as in first half because the new D was closing out better on 3's

[MU82]

I hope Marquette has already accepted our NCAAT bid and top-3 seed, because we're "clearly better" than Baylor!

[GoldenEagles03]

I hope Marquette has already accepted our NCAAT bid and top-3 seed, because we're "clearly better" than Baylor!

*At home*

I don't think Marquette is a tournament team, especially in this league.

[MU82]

*At home*

I don't think Marquette is a tournament team, especially in this league.

OK, we're clearly 26 points better than Baylor *At home*

A game of which one expert said: "A win isn't even in the realm of possibilites" ... less than a week after saying, "Georgia Tech by 3."

[GoldenEagles03]

OK, we're clearly 26 points better than Baylor *At home*

A game of which one expert said: "A win isn't even in the realm of possibilites" ... less than a week after saying, "Georgia Tech by 3."

Correct.  Marquette is better than I anticipated and Georgia Tech is significantly worse than anticipated. 

UW is a better basketball team than Baylor and Marquette right now.

[panda]

Correct.  Marquette is better than I anticipated and Georgia Tech is significantly worse than anticipated. 

UW is a better basketball team than Baylor and Marquette right now.

Is Uw better than Gonzaga

[The Sultan]

Correct.  Marquette is better than I anticipated and Georgia Tech is significantly worse than anticipated. 

UW is a better basketball team than Baylor and Marquette right now.

That's really not how this works.

[GoldenEagles03]

That's really not how this works.

And to be fair, I'm happy with where this team is at.

I dont think it is fair to expect an NCAA Tournament berth from this team because you are just setting yourself up to be disappointed.  A lot would have to go right for this team to make it to March. Health, production, finding ways to win, etc.

At the same time I also get that this program should have high expectations.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Yes and no, finally stopped over doubling the post, made them put it on the floor to drive or pass inside and they were not good at that.....when he came back he wasn't as huge an issue as in first half because the new D was closing out better on 3's

Come on.  He wasn't as good in the 2nd half because he was clearly injured, not because we did anything differently.

[MUfan12]

UW is a better basketball team than Baylor and Marquette right now.

JTFC, this guy has some takes.

[Newsdreams]

Correct.  Marquette is better than I anticipated and Georgia Tech is significantly worse than anticipated. 

UW is a better basketball team than Baylor and Marquette right now.

LOL

[Newsdreams]

Come on.  He wasn't as good in the 2nd half because he was clearly injured, not because we did anything differently.

Well he looked like he was moving around ok. If he was so injured it was a terrible decision by the rodent staff. We totally changed the D. We made them put the ball on the floor as much as possible and they were bad at it.

[MUDPT]

Correct.  Marquette is better than I anticipated and Georgia Tech is significantly worse than anticipated. 

UW is a better basketball team than Baylor and Marquette right now.

Are they better than Purdue?

[GoldenEagles03]

Are they better than Purdue?

No, but I imagine they'll finish just beneath them in the B1G standings.

[panda]

JTFC, this guy has some takes.

It's the spray and pray technique. Wrong almost all of the time but he's a genius when he hits. Should've heard him talk about how he almost but not really predicted the correct final score of a game.

[GoldenEagles03]

It's the spray and pray technique. Wrong almost all of the time but he's a genius when he hits. Should've heard him talk about how he almost but not really predicted the correct final score of a game.

Not a genius at all.  Seen enough college basketball to know that UW has a better team right now than Marquette.

They have the win (most importantly), the experience, the additional tournament success, and the roster.  We could get there, but aren't there right now.  That's absolutely a reasonable take. Not sure what the issue is with it.

[Lennys Tap]

It's the spray and pray technique. Wrong almost all of the time but he's a genius when he hits. Should've heard him talk about how he almost but not really predicted the correct final score of a game.

He's like the guy that touts a market crash every year, then advertises that he nailed it in 1987 or 2008. Phony.

[panda]

Not a genius at all.

Some things are better left unsaid.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

He seems to be a big fan of the transitive property of basketball.

[Lennys Tap]

He seems to be a big fan of the transitive property of basketball.

And the Badgers.