Cretin

[tower912]

1. 29-6 runs are useful.
2. Kalkbrenner on Stevie was decent strategy. Neutralized his offensive rebound EGBs.
3. 3s giveth momentum, 3s taketh away momentum.
4. Kam hot, Kam cold, as he goes, MU goes.
5. The bench with some timely contributions all over the place.  Keep it up.  Make Shaka sweat.
6. Ben with some weak early turnovers offsetting his exemplary defense on Kalkbrenner. 
7.  MU was so in sync to start the second half. Chef's kiss.
8. Take Stevie out, Cretin rights their ship.  And then it was a grind.
9. Cretin still has a lot of pride and played their butts off tonight. Congratulations to Kalkbrenner on joining the 2000 point club.
10.  Not a pretty win.  A grind it out win with a hot streak in the middle. 
11.  Another step in the journey.  Next!

 

[Uncle Rico]

1. 29-6 runs are useful.
2. Kalkbrenner on Stevie was decent strategy. Neutralized his offensive rebound EGBs.
3. 3s giveth momentum, 3s taketh away momentum.
4. Kam hot, Kam cold, as he goes, MU goes.
5. The bench with some timely contributions all over the place.  Keep it up.  Make Shaka sweat.
6. Ben with some weak early turnovers offsetting his exemplary defense on Kalkbrenner. 
7.  MU was so in sync to start the second half. Chef's kiss.
8. Take Stevie out, Cretin rights their ship.  And then it was a grind.
9. Cretin still has a lot of pride and played their butts off tonight. Congratulations to Kalkbrenner on joining the 2000 point club.
10.  Not a pretty win.  A grind it out win with a hot streak in the middle. 
11.  Another step in the journey.  Next!

 

Lot of credit to Creighton tonight (is that allowed or was it all Marquette sucking?)

Came in desperate and played hard and well at times.  McDermott had them ready in a game they really need/could use.

More credit to Marquette for finding a way to win

[wadesworld]

Hope Miletic, who was in the building, took some notes on McAndrews. He's going to be a player for Creighton.

Pretty ugly game. Once we stopped taking the available shot and started working for the good shot, good things happened.

[NCMUFan]

We won.

[CountryRoads]

Lot of credit to Creighton tonight (is that allowed or was it all Marquette sucking?)

Came in desperate and played hard and well at times.  McDermott had them ready in a game they really need/could use.

More credit to Marquette for finding a way to win

No, Creighton played with a ton of desperation and it was the best I've seen them look this year. This is a fantastic win.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Honestly, don't think we took many bad shots at all.

Stevie went cold but no issue with any of his 3's. Same with Zaide, for the most part.

[PGsHeroes32]

The upside of this team is immense. Can absolutely grind a team into mince meat. Creighton was gassed.

The misses open shots are always going to be frustrating. But continuing to force on top of them are going to be what does us in at some point.

Cant just have stretches of Auburn evisceration. Need to keep the foot on the throat.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Also, Chase in a bit of a funk offensively the last few games. Obviously, his value defensively is off the charts.

[FairWeatherEagle]

Joplin's 1000 makes Kalk's 2000 pretty impressive and his 2000 makes McDermott's 3000 really stand out.

[FairWeatherEagle]

....oh and the game was ok. We won, CR couldn't hit real long shots or real short shots....we won.

[GB Warrior]

I thought the defense on Ashworth was outstanding, especially in the first half. Stevie, Zaide and Chase guarded him for 94 feet and eventually forced others to bring the ball upcourt

[DoctorV]

No, Creighton played with a ton of desperation and it was the best I've seen them look this year. This is a fantastic win.

Kalkbrenner missed like 6 bunnies and Ashworth was 1/13 from 3.

Neal and McAndrew played well.

It seemed apparent that McDermott coached his team to give Stevie and Zaide the open 3, and for the most part it worked for them.

Shaka sat Stevie for far too long in a game where he was awesome, and Creighton made him pay and it became a bit close for comfort.

Joplin with some massive defensive plays. Him and Benny played solid defense for the most part

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Any win the the Big East is a good win. I consider Creighton one of the better programs so I'll take it.

[Herman Cain]

Excellent win. Creighton played well tonight and our guys found ways to win. Our whole team played  hard 40 minutes and that is what takes to win these conference games.

A side note, Ashworth is very quick and we really missed having JTY who could offset that quickness.

[DoctorV]

Honestly, don't think we took many bad shots at all.

Stevie went cold but no issue with any of his 3's. Same with Zaide, for the most part.

Yep. They took, and missed, a ton of open 3s.

7 different players made a three though, so thats good.

If this years team can figure out a way to shoot 35+% from 3 it will be a force to be reckoned with because of the way it defends and rebounds, compared to previous versions

[Uncle Rico]

Excellent win. Creighton played well tonight and our guys found ways to win. Our whole team played  hard 40 minutes and that is what takes to win these conference games.

A side note, Ashworth is very quick and we really missed having JTY who could offset that quickness.

Ashworth shot 4-18 and 1-13 from 3.  Guess Sean could have forced another TO or two.

Offensive rating was 94.  Pretty meh

[wadesworld]

Ashworth shot 4-18 and 1-13 from 3.  Guess Sean could have forced another TO or two

Yeah. "Quickness" was not an issue whatsoever with Ashworth. He looked scared to dribble more often than he was able to break the MU defense down.

[Elonsmusk]

I thought the defense on Ashworth was outstanding, especially in the first half. Stevie, Zaide and Chase guarded him for 94 feet and eventually forced others to bring the ball upcourt

No doubt..Ashworth had to work his ass of all game and that's a load to do what he does for their team.  1-13 was the byproduct of being lit up all game.

Kudos to Creighton though - they played incredibly hard and showed a lot of grit.  I really thought we'd win this one fairly comfortably, and it wasn't.

[CountryRoads]

Interesting that we started the same guys last March against Creighton and though we played tough, it felt like we were handicapped. This year we handled them. Lots of growth in that time period.

[MuggsyB]

Honestly, don't think we took many bad shots at all.

Stevie went cold but no issue with any of his 3's. Same with Zaide, for the most part.

Most were wide open looks. 

[mileskishnish72]

Ashworth is very quick and we really missed having JTY who could offset that quickness.

Herm, did you watch this game?

[Uncle Rico]

Yeah. "Quickness" was not an issue whatsoever with Ashworth. He looked scared to dribble more often than he was able to break the MU defense down.

I suppose Sean helps disrupt Ashworth initiating the offense, he did have 10 dimes, but that's ok if he's unable to get good looks at buckets

[Scoop Snoop]

Lot of credit to Creighton tonight (is that allowed or was it all Marquette sucking?)

Came in desperate and played hard and well at times.  McDermott had them ready in a game they really need/could use.

More credit to Marquette for finding a way to win

Kudos to Creighton for making Marquette earn this one. SO glad Creighton's 3 point shooting % was not great. Ballsy shot by Jop near the end. Totally agree with "more credit to Marquette for finding a way to win."

[Shaka Shart]

Herm, did you watch this game?

Was the NYpost live streaming it?

[mileskishnish72]

Ashworth is very quick and we really missed having JTY who could offset that quickness.

Herm, did you watch this game?