Tommies, boy!

[tower912]

1. Man, I miss Stevie Mitchell. Playing 7 instead of 8, having Shaka calling out bench play during time outs.  Foul trouble. No lock down defense.
2.  St. Thomas was exactly as advertised.
3.  Posting up Sean. Driving at Ben.  Fouling Oso rather than giving him a dunk. Their Tauer knows ball, too.
4.  Nice birthday dunk, Sean
5.  In another thread, Creighton was criticized for continuing to shoot 3s even when they weren't falling.  St. Thomas showed why in the second half.   They made a couple and it was on.  And on.  And on.
6.  The debut of MU's jumbo package, with Oso, Gold, and Joplin.   Some good, some bad.
7.   Blue!  Blue!   Actually meant something tonight.
8.  Northwestern had this scenario.   They lost.
9.  MU survived.   Barely.
10.  Bring on the Big East.

[PointWarrior]

11.  Tommies have really top notch D3 talent.

[Uncle Rico]

11. Thanks, Willie for game thread fun

[CountryRoads]

Epitome of a trap game. Win anyway

[GB Warrior]

How many spots do we drop?

[The Lens]

1-0 in the New, New Big East

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Going to change my boxers....be right back. 

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Definitely interested to see Shaka's post-game presser.

It may be a very quiet locker room despite the win.

[wadesworld]

Ugly. Played way too sped up. They're 5 out ability had us over rotating.

Won and didn't get any further injuries.

12/19 is going to be tough.

[PGsHeroes32]

Need Stevie back bad.

Not only does he obviously help with D and energy.

But having him makes our rotations better. Ross off the bench first for a starter is fun

SJ and Ben? Not fun.

[Biggie Clausen]

In the Wojo era, we probably lose that game.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

In the Wojo era, we probably lose that game.

This is actually probably true

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Stats guys, what's Jolp's PPP/ORtg/eFG on drives?

Catch and shoot, guy, catch and shoot. If you've dribbled twice it's one too many.

[PointWarrior]

NET score dropped with every crap Tommie 3 made...

[Tyler COLEk]

Closed out the non-conference with a W at the end of finals week with the holidays looming. Not a pretty performance, but credit St. Thomas who played great and very hard. Nobody's going to remember this one come January.

[Herman Cain]

Was a fun game. Felt like a tournament game with the underdog in it till the end. Good experience for MU, didn't crap the bad.

Our free throws done the stretch were solid and necessary.

Would enjoy playing these guys again next year . Keeps our squad on the alert.

[MuggsyB]

Could this be a blessing in disguise? 

[wadesworld]

Was a fun game. Felt like a tournament game with the underdog in it till the end. Good experience for MU, didn't crap the bad.

Our free throws done the stretch were solid and necessary.

Would enjoy playing these guys again next year . Keeps our squad on the alert.

Happy to finish non con over .500.

[MuggsyB]

Closed out the non-conference with a W at the end of finals week with the holidays looming. Not a pretty performance, but credit St. Thomas who played great and very hard. Nobody's going to remember this one come January.

True. 

[WarriorDoc]

Was a fun game. Felt like a tournament game with the underdog in it till the end. Good experience for MU, didn't crap the bad.

Our free throws done the stretch were solid and necessary.

Would enjoy playing these guys again next year . Keeps our squad on the alert.

Fun for whom?

[mileskishnish72]

Stats guys, what's Jolp's PPP/ORtg/eFG on drives?

Catch and shoot, guy, catch and shoot. If you've dribbled twice it's one too many.

Amen.

[nyg]

Play like that against any BE team, including DePaul and it is a loss.

This was a home game and was close to disaster. Shaka watch tape and defense, oh my......

Ross played great, except missing wide open three.

Sean Jones now 3 for 23 from three.  13%.

Get kinks out and see how BE plays goes.

[muwarrior69]

Boxscore:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401577604

[BLWarrior91]

This St. Thomas team could make the NCAA tournament by winning their conference tournament and then upset a 1 or 2 seed.  Reminded me of St. Peter's.  Giant killers.

[Scoop Snoop]

Going to change my boxers....be right back.

I went through 2 pairs.