I thought I was the jinx

[Goose]

Shooter

Last night was another brick in the foundation of building a sustainable program. Lot of work to do over the next seven weeks.

[MUfan12]

Shooter

Last night was another brick in the foundation of building a sustainable program. Lot of work to do over the next seven weeks.

100% right, Goose. During the first half drought I said to my friends that this is good for them. Learning how to deal with this type of pressure is huge, the fact that they managed to win was even better.

[Shooter McGavin]

Shooter

Last night was another brick in the foundation of building a sustainable program. Lot of work to do over the next seven weeks.

Agreed Goose.  Gutting out wins like this builds character and confidence for the team going forward. Very important foundational piece last night.

[pbiflyer]

From barstool Marquette.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Tower-

Luckily I counteracted your jinx when I went grocery shopping yesterday morning.  My total bill: $77.77!

Clearly that was a sign Owens would choose MU and we'd beat Xavier.

[Newsdreams]

🤔

He needs his morning burger

[PointWarrior]

Alternate thread title:  Boum-Shaka-laka'd

[The Sultan]

He needs his morning burger

willie has made five posts since the game started.  A game that was our biggest victory of the season. All of them negative. All of them ripping on Kam.

Dude is just never happy.

[Uncle Rico]

He needs his morning burger

Based on his posts, I'm assuming he takes it as a suppository?

[TSmith34, Inc.]

willie has made five posts since the game started.  A game that was our biggest victory of the season. All of them negative. All of them ripping on Kam.

Dude is just never happy.

Wee Willie Whiner

[tower912]

Watching the broadcast, Xavier did a great job running Boum off screens.  Stevie was getting racked.  Second thing they did well was clearing the side, sliding everybody high and having Boum go baseline really quick before MU could help.

So, it is true that Stevie played a great game.  It is also true Boum had a really good game other than turnovers.

[tower912]

Besides all of the insane efg% disparities, MU survived with Kolek on the bench with 4 fouls for nearly 3 minutes down the stretch.

[romey]

Oso's2 clutch FTs may deserve a thread of their own.

I don't recall who was at the line to shoot, but at that point I looked at our FT stats and we were 6 for 11.  We ended the game at 13 for 18.  Seven straight FTs without a miss down the stretch.  They matta!

[willie warrior]

That could cut one of two ways. If Creighton is hungrier at home and MU feels like they have a cushion they could get blown out like they did at UConn.Creighton did that to Xavier.

If MU is less tight, but still focused, it should be another one that goes to the last minute like most of the games involving the league's top 5 teams playing each other.

As Kolek would say "F#@k cushions." Play to win them all. With the logjam at the top, there is no such thing as a cushion with 4 or 5 games to play.