MU/St. J Game Thread

[Daniel]

Need a stop here.  Let's see what half time adjustments come from Shaka.    Really.  Need to stop the, inside.  But man they have hit a lot of 3s

[wisblue]

They're even hitting shots from out of bounds.

[MuggsyB]

We're going to have to come out  in tbe 2H and play with far more force and intensity on the defensive end.  Period.  St. J is not making circus shots, they're getting chippies and wide open looks.

Sean needs to relax. 

[mugrad_89]

Wtf was Gold doing?

[BCHoopster]

I LOVE Oso, but he can't shoot at all to play the stretch 4 in the nba. And he sure as hell can't rebound and defend against NBA 5's. He's having a bad game but even in spite of that, everyone pump the breaks on the pro talk.

Exactly!

[MUEng92]

Ben you were wide open at the basket. Jones you can't pass to where a person should be if he isn't there.

[GoldenEagles03]

St. Johns 48 1st half points
Villanova 44 1st half points

Ouch.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Brutal. Still in striking distance.

[Uncle Rico]

St. Johns 48 1st half points
Villanova 44 1st half points

Ouch.

That Villanova loss really stings now

[Eye]

D minus defensive 1st half and down 7. Wouldn't think SJU will shoot that well 2nd half.

[GB Warrior]

Sanogo is going to put up 30 and 30 if they are playing defense like this

[Goose]

They very easily could have been down 15-20 at half and fortunately they are not. If SJ continues to shoot at this rate there is not much they can do. I think SJ is going to regret not having a bigger lead at half when it is all said and done tonight.

[PGsHeroes32]

4/9 at the line is just gross.

SJU is shooting the same from 3.

[GoldenEagles03]

One thing I enjoyed that half was the Chase Ross tap and chase down that lead to a Kolek layup.  It happened so fast I couldn't react live but that was incredible speed.

[mugrad_89]

That Villanova loss really stings now

Unfortunately the team is playing like they think they have house money for that win.  These are the kind of games they need to finish top 4.

[nyg]

Need a stop here.  Let's see what half time adjustments come from Shaka.    Really.  Need to stop the, inside.  But man they have hit a lot of 3s

They have 4 threes........not a lot

MU defense putrid. Shaka better start protecting pick and rolls, killed them. 

Sean Jones not good. Did another of his drives, swatted again and then terrible turnover pass.

Oso had zero rebounds until last minute. Omax needs to play or MU done.  Omax had four points, one rebound, three turnovers and two fouls.

Free throws, two front ends missed, plus others. A lot of time left in

SJU without starting guard and a key reserve and yet......

[Viper]

Wojo called. He said play D, make your throws, have some fun

[Uncle Rico]

Unfortunately the team is playing like they think they have house money for that win.  These are the kind of games they need to finish top 4.

They followed up giving up 44 in the first half to Nova by holding them to 22 in the second half.

Goose is right.  If regression sets in, St. John's will regret not playing better defense themselves

[Uncle Rico]

They have 4 threes........not a lot

MU defense putrid. Shaka better start protecting pick and rolls, killed them. 

Sean Jones not good. Did another of his drives, swatted again and then terrible turnover pass.

Oso had zero rebounds until last minute. Omax needs to play or MU done.  Omax had four points, one rebound, three turnovers and two fouls.

Free throws, two front ends missed, plus others. A lot of time left in

SJU without starting guard and a key reserve and yet......

They might be better w/o Curbelo

[mugrad_89]

They followed up giving up 44 in the first half to Nova by holding them to 22 in the second half.

Goose is right.  If regression sets in, St. John's will regret not playing better defense themselves

I agree but Marquette has to play much better in the second half.

[MuggsyB]

D minus defensive 1st half and down 7. Wouldn't think SJU will shoot that well 2nd half.

They won't.  But we need to play with far better focus. The defense was honestly beyond atrocious. 

[MuMark]

It's not difficult to shoot well when you are getting almost nothing but layups and dunks.

If you want them to regress you better keep them away from the rim'

[Mu8891]

Awful half.  Terrible " D " ...

Yea... PUTRID

[Dish]

I played MU to reach 70 first at +250 on FD.

[MuggsyB]

They very easily could have been down 15-20 at half and fortunately they are not. If SJ continues to shoot at this rate there is not much they can do. I think SJ is going to regret not having a bigger lead at half when it is all said and done tonight.

Yes, Goose.  But don't you feel that our intensity wasn't there defensively in the 1st H?