WKU

[GoldenEagles03]

Maybe repeating some things that have already been said, but to get an idea of where WKU is at...

Leading Scorer is Don McHenry. Milwaukee kid that transferred in from the D2/JUCO ranks.

2nd leading scorer Brandon Newman is a transfer from Purdue. Had 7 points and 9 rebounds against Marquette last year in that matchup.

3rd leading scorer is Rodney Howard. The near 7 footer transferred in from Georgia Tech.

4th leading scorer Khristian Lander is a transfer from Indiana.

6th leading scorer and best shooter, Dontaie Allen transferred in from Kentucky.

High major transfers all over the place but only one that Marquette has played. Joplin mentioned that he played pickup games against McHenry growing up but never an actual game.

[MU82]

Tyler Hansbrough just now on the Field of 68 said that Western Kentucky will beat Marquette because Marquette isn't ready for that kind of pressure.

Picks like these have only upside to those who make them.

After Marquette rolls to victory, this pick either won't be mentioned again or Hansbrough will say something like, "I was wrong about that one, but here are the 3 I got right." And then it will never be mentioned again

But if lightning strikes and WKy somehow wins, Hansbrough will get to crow about his pick for days.

It's smart for these yahoos to pick a bunch of early upsets.

[Hards Alumni]

Picks like these have only upside to those who make them.

After Marquette rolls to victory, this pick either won't be mentioned again or Hansbrough will say something like, "I was wrong about that one, but here are the 3 I got right." And then it will never be mentioned again

But if lightning strikes and WKy somehow wins, Hansbrough will get to crow about his pick for days.

It's smart for these yahoos to pick a bunch of early upsets.

Nailed it

[Badgerhater]

WKU is clearly the best 15 seed ever and Marquette will be fortunate not to get blown out (teal)

[Newsdreams]

The more you say this, the funnier it gets.

He is the dung dr.!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

For those saying Marquette is the most likely 2 seed to be upset...they're correct.

1. We're facing the clear best 15 seed
2. They play a kind of gimmicky style of basketball with that high of a pace. I could see a team being caught off guard because they haven't seen something like it before.
3. Most importantly, we're banged up. No one knows what Tyler will be like when he returns. Stevie played one handed last game. Oso, Kam, and Chase nursing injuries.

Objectively, we're the best candidate for a 2 v 15 upset.

We're going to win anyway.

[MuMark]

Tyler Hansbrough just now on the Field of 68 said that Western Kentucky will beat Marquette because Marquette isn't ready for that kind of pressure.

The best team that WKU has played this season was Louisiana Tech…….they split 2 games with them…..in one game they turned it over 9 times…..in the other they turned ut over 12.

Louisiana Techs offense this season was 300 th  in turnover percentage.

I have not seen WK play so I’ll defer to Tyler but that “ pressure” didn’t seem to overwhelm LT…..who apparently was sort of easy to overwhelm this season.

Ps we take care of the ball better than they do and force more turnovers. As far as tempo……Pomeroy predicts it to be 75 possessions…….we have played 3 games this season at 75 or more possessions……..won all of them by over 20 points.

[Newsdreams]

Their open practice sucked, looked like a shoot around at Rec Center

[MUEng92]

Their open practice sucked, looked like a shoot around at Rec Center

Meaning all they did is shoot or that they shot poorly?

[MuMark]

75 possessions…….MU wins by 18……..🤷‍♂️