All in their heads

[MuggsyB]

Quite perplexing to see this stretch, because early season they looked unstoppable. Is it as simple as stating that teams have figured out MU?

No.  Our shooting went to hell and that destroys all confidence. 

[PGsHeroes32]

Leave them out of this.

Save our season

[GB Warrior]

As a point of fact, it looked on the big screen like Joplin had a couple of fingers wrapped on his right hand.

Shaka said after the game that he got cut in between the fingers and had a few stitches. Not hard to see how that would affect handling the ball and shooting.

What are the odds it happened to all players simultaneously

[GoFastAndWin]

Too bad 4Elder is afraid of Milwaukee.  He could have gone and given TC a piece of his mind

Lloyd Walton did it for him. Said in an MU social media post that he finds TC "disingenuous." Then Lloyd took a commenter to task and implied that Crean had nothing to do with the building of the AL.

[We R Final Four]

Wish Ben would have sat tonight.
He was grimacing after each rebound. My fear is with him playing through his shin splints that this is the Ben we are going to get for the remainder of the season.

[Big Papi]

1. Depaul is bad
2. Thought the rotation was weird tonight
3. Shaka said the second half had 3 great practices and deserved more minutes
4. Thought Tre played good. Grabbed rebounds and was aggressive
5. Shaka needs to recruit 3 point shooters
6. Jop getting a cut on his shooting hand doesn't help
7. What a dead crowd tonight. I guess 3 straight losses, 730 start, DePaul all didn't help
8. Hamilton had his moments
9. Little steps forward.
10. Need those steps forward to get much bigger

[Shooter McGavin]

Wish Ben would have sat tonight.
He was grimacing after each rebound. My fear is with him playing through his shin splints that this is the Ben we are going to get for the remainder of the season.

I agree. Ben walled up on D a few times and was ok but he does not look the same.  Should rest him the entire week and maybe the Seton Hall game as well.

Caedin actually looked much quicker tonight and his decision making on offense was good minus one interior pass that was not there.  He is not as good on D though. But Caediin should be enough with Parnham to get the job done against the Hall.

[wadesworld]

When does a bad stretch turn into a bad season?

When you're not 19-6 and 10-4 in the Big East.

[rocky_warrior]

As a point of fact, it looked on the big screen like Joplin had a couple of fingers wrapped on his right hand.

Shaka said after the game that he got cut in between the fingers and had a few stitches. Not hard to see how that would affect handling the ball and shooting.

Jop worried me less tonight than some others.

[wadesworld]

If Shaka had any balls and he really wanted to send a message, he'd turn down a tourney bid and go to the NIT like Al

For the good of the MU fans. Nobody wants to see us lose the 5-12 matchup we're getting.

[MuMark]

Caedin had 3 turnovers in 8 minutes......he had one nice pass and a few rebounds

I,know plus minus is an iffy stat

Tonight
Stevie plus 19
Kam plus 16
Ben plus 14

[wisblue]

For the good of the MU fans. Nobody wants to see us lose the 5-12 matchup we're getting.

Even a 5 seed is not a guarantee.

[wadesworld]

Even a 5 seed is not a guarantee.

We're already locked into the matchup.

We're gonna be stuck in that 5/12 matchup.

Michigan and Kentucky already ahead of us each picked up wins against Purdue and Tennessee tonight.

Oh well!

[Shooter McGavin]

Caedin had 3 turnovers in 8 minutes......he had one nice pass and a few rebounds

I,know plus minus is an iffy stat

Tonight
Stevie plus 19
Kam plus 16
Ben plus 14

No doubt. Would take Ben is a heart beat over Caedin but if he is hurting this is the time to rest him from practice as well as against Seton Hall. If he is not injured or hurting then play him.  Caedin just looked more comfortable out there and had a couple of other passes that moved the ball well.  Something we haven't been doing well as a team. He also had sealed his man for a post up but they couldn't get him the ball.  Just more comfortable not better than Ben.

[mileskishnish72]

/quote]

Agree, Parnham is a hell of a player.

[DoctorV]

Marquette has scored under 70 in 4 straight games...
Wonder when the last time that happened was?

Marquette got its first win in the last two seasons when scoring under 70.

They could really use a 101-59 type win over SH to trick the computers into a nice bump metrically, and trick the minds confidently

[bradforster]

1.  Peacock was brutal.  Freezing incessantly.  Having to reboot 6 times. Blurry.  Did not see the end of the game. 
2.  3 pt shooting is all in their heads right now.  Short arming and guiding.  Bleeding over into their dunks and lay ups
3.  My viewing experience sucked so bad I have nothing else to say.  I feel like I did not see enough to have an opinion.
4. Get healthy, get out of your own way.

My Peacock stream worked beautifully and Crean does a really good job as an analyst.  I guess AT&T fiber internet is fast enough to prevent Peacock problems. 

[1SE]

Is sports psych a thing? Is this marquette's? Maybe time for someone new.

https://gomarquette.com/staff-directory/kari-lewis/467

[The Sultan]

As soon as I posted this, the MSU/IU game started freezing and buffering.  Peacock must know I am watching and my wife is collateral damage.

It could be your ISP rather than Peacock.

[The Sultan]

this team is playing absolute crap basketball and I do not have much hope they will play way better than crap basketball again this season.

Sorry it's become a miserable experience for you.

[muwarrior69]

What sucks is that my wife is watching  MSU/IU on Peacock and never had a single issue.

Peacock hates Marquette Tower.

There FIFY. Sorry Tower, it's a good thing you missed the end of the game. Our inbounds play with about 30-40 seconds left was just atrocious. We just lobbed the ball in which was picked off by DePaul, but then they turned the ball over as well. That we were playing a team worse than us was our saving grace. I sure hope Shaka knows what is wrong with the team right now and fix it. I certainly can't explain it. It's like two different seasons.

[tower912]

My Peacock stream worked beautifully and Crean does a really good job as an analyst.  I guess AT&T fiber internet is fast enough to prevent Peacock problems. 

That is what I have.   Apparently, just me.  Ah, well.

[CTWarrior]

Crean was good

I had not one single problem with the stream and my internet is not usually the best.
I thought Crean and Fanta were really good.  Coach made lots of pertinent comments, especially about our lack of ball movement and not driving to the basket enough.  If you're a DePaul fan,
I'd guess you thought him too Marquette-centric.

[CTWarrior]

All in all, I thought we played worse than we did in our last three losses.  Thank goodness DePaul was the opponent.

We don't move the ball enough via the pass.  We are a full on dribble drive team now, but weirdly don't do it enough.  We just dribble too much, even into double teams a lot.  Drive and kick are the best threes so the shooter can step into the shot.  We did get lots of great looks from three last night, particularly in the second half, but we repeatedly missed them, and missed them badly.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

They had a camera shot behind the announcers, looks like someone spilled their entire coffee on the table.  Guess MU BB generates that kind of excitement.

Someone said "who spilled the Diet Coke!?"