No Confidence Game

[tower912]

1.  TKo is not providing EGB's right now.
2.  Keep shooting 3's.  In the modern game,  it is a necessity.  It isn't like they were forced.  No other choice.
3.   When the game turned, I never got the sense MU could bounce back.  First time since the UNC game.
4. Zaide had some moments.
5.  MU quit making lay ups, too.
6.  The confidence is gone.   The swagger is gone.   The trust is gone.   The belief is gone.
7.   Another bad injury.   Poor Sean. 
8.  Decision time.  Who will MU be the rest of the season?

[WolfganghisKhan]

Never assume the window will stay open. Hope we turn it around.

[forgetful]

Game sucked. Pretty upset.

But my focus will be on prayers for Sean. He's out for a long time.

[PGsHeroes32]

1.  TKo is not providing EGB's right now.
2.  Keep shooting 3's.  In the modern game,  it is a necessity.  It isn't like they were forced.  No other choice.
3.   When the game turned, I never got the sense MU could bounce back.  First time since the UNC game.
4. Chase had some moments.
5.  MU quit making lay ups, too.
6.  The confidence is gone.   The swagger is gone.   The trust is gone.   The belief is gone.
7.   Another bad injury.   Poor Sean. 
8.  Decision time.  Who will MU be the rest of the season?

Things are going so bad, that our guy with his arm in a sling is having stand out moments during the game

[CountryRoads]

Game sucked. Pretty upset.

But my focus will be on prayers for Sean. He's out for a long time.

That's where I'm at. Kids got a long recovery. Huge bummer.

[tower912]

Things are going so bad, that our guy with his arm in a sling is having stand out moments during the game

Oops

[wadesworld]

Last possession each way summed it up. We get a turnover, then give it right back. They try to give it right back unforced, but they out hustle us all over the court even though they're the team controlling the game.

If I lived in a state sports betting was legal, I'd stop losing my money on MU, worrying about how long our home winning streak will be, how many games we'll win in the BE before we finally take a loss, etc.

This team isn't as good as last year. Simple as that. Haven't been since Maui, outside of the Texas game.

[mugrad_89]

I haven't felt this low after a Marquette loss in quite a while.  Something has to be going on behind the scenes because this team isn't anywhere close to being connected right now.  Shaka has his work cut out for him.

[LA]

MU was almost unwatchable on the offensive end. Not sure what is going on with TKO at the moment but he's so off it is unreal, he hasn't had a stretch like this since his first year.

Oso also wasn't looking for his shot at all and Kam completely went away from what worked in the first half.

Just an awful performance

[CountryRoads]

Stevie gave a good effort for 40 min tonight.

[MurphysTillClose]

Shoutout Stevie Mitchell.

Not meeting expectations is extremely disappointing right now. The injuries make it worse.

[mileskishnish72]

I'm thinking a lot of things went our way last year and it looks like things are going to even off.

Everything that was great last year seems to have regressed.

The good side of all this, if everything has turned around, maybe Kolek will perform well in the dance, because he's been deer in the headlights so far.

[PGsHeroes32]

This team looks almost like Michigan basketball

Hopefully we dont have a player internally about to be suspended for the season like Dug

[Mu8891]

Wolf ...

Correct.  Never assume you can just
" run it back " and it will be the same.

This is not even a decent team right now

Kolek was so bad it seemed like he was trying to miss.  ( I'm sure he was not )

Wow.  Beyond awful

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Time to readjust regular season expectations, unfortunately, and hope we can make some noise in March.

(Yes, we are absolutely making the tourney).

[FairWeatherEagle]

This feels so much like the Kolek of last year's tourney. .

[Boone]

People actually bet good $ on this team?!

[Johnny B]

Things are going so bad, that our guy with his arm in a sling is having stand out moments during the game

Him grinning on the sidelines was the only pleasant moment of the entire broadcast

[AlumKCof93]

Tough to win when your typical best player is one of the worst on the court. t
TKO is letting his shooting slump affect his entire game.  Its tough to play well when your confidence is crap but turnaround starts with him.

While things were going well early in the season, it was disappointing that only Sean had taken a notable step.  At that time, we were a player short.  Now with Sean and Chase out, its critical.  Encouraged by Lowery tonight.  Need others

[Johnny B]

I haven't felt this low after a Marquette loss in quite a while.  Something has to be going on behind the scenes because this team isn't anywhere close to being connected right now.  Shaka has his work cut out for him.

Same most deflated I've been by far all year.

[FairWeatherEagle]

Time to readjust regular season expectations, unfortunately, and hope we can make some noise in March.

(Yes, we are absolutely making the tourney).

I agree but what bothers me is I've done this adjustment twice already in half a season. Will I have to adjust again to a bad seed and again to a bubble team and again to....?
Can I trust what I see...even you having to say "we are absolutely making the tourney" is saying something about confidence.

[Judge Smails]

I haven't felt this low after a Marquette loss in quite a while.  Something has to be going on behind the scenes because this team isn't anywhere close to being connected right now.  Shaka has his work cut out for him.

maybe someone wrote a letter

[flynnlj]

-Tyler is not himself,  he played alot better last year with a lot less NIL money...The passing was just so much fluid last year...
-Joplin you gotta find your 3 point shot and stick to that..The extra play time is wearing him down
-Kam consider having a few cocktails to get over your three point slump
-Sean and Chase are our future and injured... life is not fair
-Love the confidence of the freshmen; sit the less ones not confident....
-Oso still a true talent who always show up...Will always be one of my favorites in how he has developed and plays with incredible smarts....
-Shaka is smart he will shake things up no choice reallly

[Spencer Pratt]

These guys won the regular season and BET last year.  Kolek was AA and BE POY.  The only thing that did not go right last season was NCAA tourney.

With same team back, it's only human nature to not have the same motivation during the regular season as they did last year.  Other than Maui, which was a huge stage, I've had the sense all season these guys are just waiting around for the NCAA tournament.

All that being said, tonight was garbage and took it to an entirely new level.  I was not concerned about the recent mediocre play thinking they would get a 3-5 seed and turn it on come tourney time.  Tonight leaves me worried.  I hope Shaka says Kolek is coming off the flu or something we can wrap our head around because he looks uninterested

[mileskishnish72]

Number 6 is true. And scary.
One wonders why.
For a pretty good basketball team to go from beating a number 1 team to playing this badly, it makes one wonder what's really going on. I just have to believe that there is something we don't know about happening.
And we'll probably never know what.