Hinkle tingle.

[tower912]

1.  At the game with Lurch91.  Big pregame meetup with MU 82.   Much laughter
2.  A grind from beginning to end.
3.  How about that Ben Gold?
4.  Oso left points out there with too many finger rolls and not enough dunks.
5.  Butler did a decent job of forcing TKo to his right.
6.  Road wins are awesome.

[Scoop Snoop]

1.  At the game with Lurch91.  Big pregame meetup with MU 82.   Much laughter
2.  A grind from beginning to end.
3.  How about that Ben Gold?
4.  Oso left points out there with too many finger rolls and not enough dunks.
5.  Butler did a decent job of forcing TKo to his right.
6.  Road wins are awesome.

#4 cannot happen on Saturday for us to have a chance.

Scoopers didn't give Butler enough credit pregame. They made us earn the W.

[warriorfred]

Thanks Tower.  I was about to post and ask if you are okay?

[sodakmu87]

Winning teams close out the game in the final minutes.  When it got close Marquette answered.  Good game for Gold in the mid second half

[brewcity77]

Tyler up to 635 assists at Marquette. In 2.5 years he passed Dominic James and trails only Tony Miller.

[warriorfred]

Difficult to win on the road in the Big East.

Agree with #4, need to finish with a higher percentage on Saturday to have any chance of beating UCONN.

[tower912]

Threw something together exiting and walking to the car.    It was a good time.

[Uncle Rico]

Threw something together exiting and walking to the car.    It was a good time.

Don't get shot

[cheebs09]

Threw something together exiting and walking to the car.    It was a good time.

"Bar" got autocorrected to "car" here it looks like.

[nyg]

Shaka's gameplan was to drive to the basket and very short in the paint shots.  Took 19 fewer threes than last game against Butler.  The plan worked despite approximately 20 close in shots missed or blocked (5).  Also don't believe Joplin or Ross scored in second half, it was the others.   The threes by Gold, Kolek and Kam's banker were huge shutting down the crowd.

Gameplan against UCONN won't be the same due to Clingan, unless they try to get him in foul trouble.  Just don't see it.

Butler going to go on a slide.  Tough schedule and I don't have faith in them at all.  Posh Alexander plays a bit out of control, can't shoot and tries to make too many fancy plays/passes. MU doesn't shoot 5 for 31 at home on threes, they win and tonight could have been a real blowout with some more made close shots and Bizjack having a career dream night kept it close.

[Goose]

tower

How about Ben Gold? Feed the Kiwi!!

[tower912]

He will be just fine.

[MuggsyB]

tower

How about Ben Gold? Feed the Kiwi!!

Gold has tremendous potential. I'd like to see him add a little muscle. 

[JakeBarnes]

tower

How about Ben Gold? Feed the Kiwi!!

Love to see the growth! He is gonna be a huge piece for the run.

[Uncle Rico]

Love to see the growth! He is gonna be a huge piece for the run.

It's weird players can get better as a season goes along, especially one who had a limited summer because of injury.

[Goose]

Jake

I am not saying this because myself and couple of posters, Tower and TAMU, were high on Ben and trying to say I told anyone so. Ben Gold has NBA tools, imo and we have only seen glimpses of it thus far. In addition to an array of tools, I think he has that Kolek not taking shxt mentality.

[tower912]

No Posh down the stretch.

[Herman Cain]

Any Big East road win is an excellent victory. Good experience for the tournament

[mug644]

Tonight was so important to just stay in control and deal with winning in a challenging environment. Add it foul trouble and Sam still seeming a bit off, and we gotta be happy with the win. Ben was forceful and made a difference. I was surprised to see that Tre didn't play much, especially with Jones and Mitchell in foul trouble. I guess Shaka went big with Gold and Chase played well.

Tower, I'll do my best to keep the 84-85 McC Surfin' 7 mojo going on Saturday in Hartford!

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

No Posh down the stretch.

Well this guy was having the game of his life

[Lennys Tap]

"Bar" got autocorrected to "car" here it looks like.

Winner

[DoctorV]

Jake

I am not saying this because myself and couple of posters, Tower and TAMU, were high on Ben and trying to say I told anyone so. Ben Gold has NBA tools, imo and we have only seen glimpses of it thus far. In addition to an array of tools, I think he has that Kolek not taking shxt mentality.

Goose-

His defense was excellent tonight, and his grit a breath of fresh air.

My wife even said "wow you're boy Benny looks different tonight, like he really belongs!"

To which I responded, "he's not yet my boy, but the kiwi might actually have it in him!"

I was more impressed with Benny tonight than I've ever been, and that's huge for this March/April. We've all been more impressed with Jop of late, and he was good defensively early too.

I'll tell you one of the things that makes me believe in Ben more than anything is that Coach Shaka, Oso, and you (along with your other know ballers) believe in him.

He's clearly got all the tools, and I still think hitting that outside shot at a 35-38% clip is necessary for him to become elite (and I haven't seen proof he has that despite the decent form), but I'm starting to think more and more that he needs to start mucking it up inside and heading to the hoop, like Jop has of late, to help diversify his offensive game and get him going from 3

[MuggsyB]

Goose-

His defense was excellent tonight, and his grit a breath of fresh air.

My wife even said "wow you're boy Benny looks different tonight, like he really belongs!"

To which I responded, "he's not yet my boy, but the kiwi might actually have it in him!"

I was more impressed with Benny tonight than I've ever been, and that's huge for this March/April. We've all been more impressed with Jop of late, and he was good defensively early too.

I'll tell you one of the things that makes me believe in Ben more than anything is that Coach Shaka, Oso, and you (along with your other know ballers) believe in him.

He's clearly got all the tools, and I still think hitting that outside shot at a 35-38% clip is necessary for him to become elite (and I haven't seen proof he has that despite the decent form), but I'm starting to think more and more that he needs to start mucking it up inside and heading to the hoop, like Jop has of late, to help diversify his offensive game and get him going from 3

Benny was so good tonight I think we should all watch Flight of the Conchords!!

[BCHoopster]

Love to see the growth! He is gonna be a huge piece for the run.

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You saw today that Ben is a nice wing, that's his best position.  Love Shaka using a big lineup, playing a team like Butler is the type of team they will play in the second round.  I hate to say it, but MU right now plays better with Sean Jones minutes going to Kolek

[warriorfred]

By the way Tower, thanks for these summaries.  Very much a part of the Scoop culture.