Villain-ova, no more

[tower912]

1.  Anybody who didn't appreciate that defense in the first half doesn't know ball.  Chef's kiss.
2. Everybody holds their breath when Kam starts limping.
3.  Royce rolled for a while
4. I hate the small lineup.  Not just a little.
5. Joplin and Gold were so good against Joplin.  Longino ate up Stevie and Chase.  If you can torch those two, salute.
6.  The bench was integrated very well tonight. Love what Tre brings on defense and connectivity. 
7...missed 28 threes in a row before that one...  of course.
8. Gutted it out.  Made most of the free throws down the stretch.
9. The good news is MU is 8-1 in the Big East.  The better news is that they can play so much better. 
10.  I am going to Indy.  See you there.

[Uncle Rico]

Feel like we might not suck

[wadesworld]

Knew we'd just be marching back and forth from FT line to FT line when there were like 6 total fouls called in the first half. Especially with Driscoll in the building.

Pretty workmanlike effort. Thought we were a bit overactive defensively. Somewhat chaotic which gave them some good open step in looks.

If either of Kam or Jop could find the shooting ability they've shown throughout their entire careers this team would be really dang good. If both do, look out.

[muwarrior69]

Feel like we might not suck

We unsucked tonight.

[tower912]

17-3, 8-1.  With upside.

[wadesworld]

Anybody know why JC Latham was sitting court side? He had instagram stories there and was celebrating Royce's half time 3 at the buzzer.

[Carl]

New offensive high water mark in conference play. Helps when the bench contributes

[CountryRoads]

Really nice win. Good collective effort. Let's keep it rolling Tuesday. Happy weekend!

[DoctorV]

Shaka Smart is 8-0 against Villanova

[wadesworld]

Shaka Smart is 8-0 against Villanova

8-2.

[PGsHeroes32]

Its gonna suck when people see Dixons stats post game thanks to garbage time

Master class defensive effort

Also not sure the Ben Gold/David Joplin defensive narrative will ever change nationally. But fantastic. Just need Jop to stop being a literal suicide bomber on offense

[DoctorV]

8-2.

Prove it 🤣

[THRILLHO]

1.  Anybody who didn't appreciate that defense in the first half doesn't know ball.  Chef's kiss.
2. Everybody holds their breath when Kam starts limping.
3.  Royce rolled for a while
4. I hate the small lineup.  Not just a little.
5. Joplin and Gold were so good against Joplin.  Longino ate up Stevie and Chase.  If you can torch those two, salute.
6.  The bench was integrated very well tonight. Love what Tre brings on defense and connectivity. 
7...missed 28 threes in a row before that one...  of course.
8. Gutted it out.  Made most of the free throws down the stretch.
9. The good news is MU is 8-1 in the Big East.  The better news is that they can play so much better. 
10.  I am going to Indy.  See you there.

How did we look against the zone?

[wadesworld]

Prove it 🤣

He's 8-0 against Villanova at Marquette and lost to Villanova while coaching Texas in 2020 and lost to Villanova while coaching VCU in 2014.

[DoctorV]

He's 8-0 against Villanova at Marquette and lost to Villanova while coaching Texas in 2020 and lost to Villanova while coaching VCU in 2014.

Damnit dude.

Ok fine.

[wadesworld]

Going into tonight's game:

"Gold has been an elite defender against opposing roll-men (.30 PPP allowed, 97th percentile, per Synergy) and an above-average defender against opposing post-up sets (.77 PPP allowed, 64th percentile, per Synergy) and in isolation (.67 PPP allowed, 63rd percentile, per Synergy)."

[tower912]

Going into tonight's game:

"Gold has been an elite defender against opposing roll-men (.30 PPP allowed, 97th percentile, per Synergy) and an above-average defender against opposing post-up sets (.77 PPP allowed, 64th percentile, per Synergy) and in isolation (.67 PPP allowed, 63rd percentile, per Synergy)."

Thanks for that.

[PGsHeroes32]

Going into tonight's game:

"Gold has been an elite defender against opposing roll-men (.30 PPP allowed, 97th percentile, per Synergy) and an above-average defender against opposing post-up sets (.77 PPP allowed, 64th percentile, per Synergy) and in isolation (.67 PPP allowed, 63rd percentile, per Synergy)."

But literally every talking head will say they worry about Marquette with Ben Gold as their center.

[Shaka Shart]

Feel like we might not suck

Reported

[Shaka Shart]

We unsucked tonight.

Spouses amiright

[MurphysTillClose]

But literally every talking head will say they worry about Marquette with Ben Gold as their center.

Willie wanker is a talking head?

[Mu92]

I'm hoping this game can be a springboard for lowery. We need a consistent 6th man.

[FairWeatherEagle]

I don't take a lot from this game. We played like we should. The key is playing good for multiple games in a row.

I expect MU should
Beat Butler away.
Beat UConn at home
Beat 1 of 2 away games at STJ or CR
Win the next 4 after that
Etc

If we consistently do what we should....there it is.

[BLWarrior91]

This Villanova board is loaded with hilarious comments. Praising MU and ripping VU and especially Neptune.

https://www.vuhoops.com/2025/1/24/24350728/villanova-vs-marquette-chat-time-tv-channel-odds-how-to-watch

[PGsHeroes32]

This Villanova board is loaded with hilarious comments. Praising MU and ripping VU and especially Neptune.

https://www.vuhoops.com/2025/1/24/24350728/villanova-vs-marquette-chat-time-tv-channel-odds-how-to-watch

I'm not reading the comments currently but ya Neptune was bad again


While I do think Nova is better when they don't just force feed Dixon. Cause they have 3-4 solid players.

He also allowed us to completely erase Dixon until garbage time. They tried next to nothing to get Dixon going.