Mason and brickwork

[tower912]

1. Or jarring.  The jokes write themselves
2.  We (fans) do this every year.  The offense sucks, yadayadayada.   The offense is generating the looks Shaka and Nevada want.  Players gotta make open looks.  When they do,MU looks good.  When they don't, MU looks bad.
3.  GMU is a decent team.
4.  Kam is good.
5.  Since I only saw the second half, I liked Ben's defense and his quick jump hook.  The coaches want him to shoot open 3s.  How crazy it drives you is irrelevant to them.
6.  Stevie was invisible in the second half. 
7.  Caedin had moments. And then freshmen moments.  To be expected.
8.  Shaka needs to do better getting Kam rest.
9. Supposed to be a 10-ish point W.  Huh.  It just took a bit to get there. 21-4 to finish.
10.  The threes fell late.  They will start falling consistently.
11.  Next.

Ben was done dirty. Kam squaring off was a little scary.  Save that left hand.

[PGsHeroes32]

Praying to God that final 6 minutes gets Ben going.

As you said, he's gotta shoot those open 3s. They are wide open. But man the shot has been bad so far.

[IL Warrior]

Won and covered. Not the prettiest path, but got it done and then some.

The A-10 should be handing Newton a minimum 1 game suspension. There was definitely intent to injure on that foul at the end. Speaking of which... Why didn't Shaka take the starters off the floor when the game was in hand, especially after that foul?

[tower912]

Won and covered. Not the prettiest path, but got it done and then some.

The A-10 should be handing Newton a minimum 1 game suspension. There was definitely intent to injure on that foul at the end. Speaking of which... Why didn't Shaka take the starters off the floor when the game was in hand, especially after that foul?

Kam came out.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Shaka seemed displeased with Kam in the post game interview.

[jfp61]

Won and covered alt spreads.

[IL Warrior]

Kam came out.

I saw that. I'd rather not lose Chase or Stevie to injury up by 20 with 30 seconds left though either...

[jfp61]

I saw that. I'd rather not lose Chase or Stevie to injury up by 20 with 30 seconds left though either...

He pulled Kam and Chase for after they nearly helped newton start a brawl

[ATL MU Warrior]

Shaka seemed displeased with Kam in the post game interview.

Mind games

[mileskishnish72]

Re #4 - missing a couple of very, very's
Re #6 - just the second half?

Can't believe Newton wanted to put 'em up with Chase. Insane.

[MuggsyB]

I expect Stevie and Chase to play much better moving forward.  Assuming Stevie is okay. 

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Quirky stat of the night:

Marquette started the game and ended the game on a pair of 16-2 runs.  Roughly 4.5 minutes each.

The other ~31 minutes, George Mason outscored us 59-50.

One other thought: need Damarius Owens and Sean Jones back ASAP.  The bench needs some reinforcements.

[CountryRoads]

I expect Stevie and Chase to play much better moving forward.  Assuming Stevie is okay. 

Stevie seemed sick or something. Definitely not his usual self tonight from an energy standpoint.

[DoctorV]

Solid points tower.

#8 is spot on. Kam needs all the minutes, maybe even more than TyKo needed them, but Shaka has to find the kid rest.

#5 I will add to. Ben's shot looked a bit better to me tonight. It didn't go in as much as it will, but still looked closer on most shots than the last game so there's that. Caedin and even Royce going to be sufficient fill ins, I Think...

#12- I've said this several times. Joplin is the biggest x-factor to this years team.
19&10 in the 2nd half tonight.
Good news is he looks MUCH better imo. He's lighter, quicker, more active on D and on the glass.
Need that, consistent, and this team can become dangerous

[JTJ3]

I hope Stevie is ok.  He pulled up limping pretty early in the first half and immediately pointed at the bench to get subbed out.  He obviously came back which is a good sign but I hope its nothing that will affect him long term.  It clearly slowed him down a bit tonight after it happened.

[ATL MU Warrior]

I am encouraged by Hamilton.  They are running action to get him the ball at the top of the key.  Looking forward to see what eventually comes from that. 

[Zog from Margo]

Ross and Lowery had some great defensive possessions in the second half. Gold also was solid defensively. Hamilton might end up being one of the best passing bigs MU has had. Joplin looks to be in the best shape of his career. Kam is really good—-to state the obvious.

[Newsdreams]

Quirky stat of the night:

Marquette started the game and ended the game on a pair of 16-2 runs.  Roughly 4.5 minutes each.

The other ~31 minutes, George Mason outscored us 59-50.

One other thought: need Damarius Owens and Sean Jones back ASAP.  The bench needs some reinforcements.

Wouldn't count on Jones, but I'm wasted, so who knows

[MU82]

Never a doubt.

[MuggsyB]

I'm of the opinion that Ben is capable of scoring and creating closer to the rim in tbe h-c.  I get he's a stretch 5, but I'd like to see him get more touches in the paint. 

[Newsdreams]

I'm of the opinion that Ben is capable of scoring and creating closer to the rim in tbe h-c.  I get he's a stretch 5, but I'd like to see him get more touches in the paint. 

Shaka about to run him off team, sad.

[PGsHeroes32]

I understand random peacock announcers definitely are not watching MU much.

But I continue to love outsiders who use Kams lack of getting to the line as something for him to improve.

Just isn't ever going to happen. He's as dominate as he is at the rim because he doesn't draw contact often.

Now, him making his free throws at a 80% clip. That I would like to see.

[MU82]

Pretty impressed with Gold's play after he returned to the game with about 6 minutes left. A couple of blocks, several good defensive plays, the short bank at the shot clock, and a 3 to cap it.

He had really been struggling but he kept working on D, and the rest of it took care of itself.

Also liked what Hamilton gave us.

[Shooter McGavin]

2.  We (fans) do this every year.  The offense sucks, yadayadayada.  The offense is generating the looks Shaka and Nevada want.  Players gotta make open looks.  When they do,MU looks good.  When they don't, MU looks bad and scouted.

I feel the team learned a lot about themselves tonight.  It's good they met some adversity before Maryland.  Loved that Ben responded in the second half. Really like that we have a bruiser in Caedin as well.  It will be fun to watch his development.  Seniors did senior things tonight.  The rest will get in the flow.  Just keep shooting.

[MUEng92]

Pretty impressed with Gold's play after he returned to the game with about 6 minutes left. A couple of blocks, several good defensive plays, the short bank at the shot clock, and a 3 to cap it.

He had really been struggling but he kept working on D, and the rest of it took care of itself.

Also liked what Hamilton gave us.

I'll give Ben credit.  I'm willing to give up on him way earlier than he is willing to give up on himself