End-of-game exasperation

[mileskishnish72]

You could make a montage of what not to do in end-of-game situations just using MU this year. Time out, no time out, it doesn't seem to make a difference (except that it's even more frustrating to see them fail out of a TO).

Do they not practice such scenarios in all the months of practices? It's a kick in the teeth (for us, for the players) to see the guys play their butts off for 39 and a half minutes and repeatedly finish so ineptly when the game is on the line. I don't want to be piling on the coaches, but this seems like a major flaw on their part.

[panda]

Dead ball situations are a sign of a well coached/poorly coached team.

[jesmu84]

Dead ball situations are a sign of a well coached/poorly coached team.

You could make this claim about a ton of stuff that happens on the court

[panda]

You could make this claim about a ton of stuff that happens on the court

All teams practice (or should practice) those situations at the end of practice and perfect them.

Certainly not saying Shaka can't handle these situations, because we've seen his Marquette teams execute, but this team absolutely cannot and there is a big time disconnect. 

[21Jumpstreet]

Really exciting game, crowd was really into it. When the last play was called and Chase heaved it, there was a collective wtf Shaka. I can only believe that we thought Nova was going to foul, otherwise the ball has to go to NJ, or at the very least Chase needs to drive and dish. What an abomination of an ending. The guys tried to to win in spite of Shaka in this one. Damn, really wanted to pull it out.

[jesmu84]

All teams practice (or should practice) those situations at the end of practice and perfect them.

Certainly not saying Shaka can't handle these situations, because we've seen his Marquette teams execute, but this team absolutely cannot and there is a big time disconnect. 

So which is it?

[panda]

So which is it?

I'm copy and pasting here

this team absolutely cannot and there is a big time disconnect.

[tower912]

The way it happened on the floor, NJ was not an option.  I don't know how it was drawn up.  How it played out is that NJ floated to the sideline.  Nova defender high sided him with a hand in the passing lane, essentially face guarding him.

[jesmu84]

I'm copy and pasting here

this team absolutely cannot and there is a big time disconnect.

So is shaka a poor coach or have we seen his team execute in these situations?

You don't seem to have made a definitive statement.

[panda]

So is shaka a poor coach or have we seen his team execute in these situations?

You don't seem to have made a definitive statement.

Sorry - to clarify his past teams executed in late game situations but this team cannot. There is a disconnect this season.

[jesmu84]

Sorry - to clarify his past teams executed in late game situations but this team cannot. There is a disconnect this season.

Agreed!

[Zog from Margo]

That was a pretty inexperienced lineup on the floor for MU and Ross hasn't been playing well. I think it was a mistake to call the TO.

[Xact]

The way it happened on the floor, NJ was not an option.  I don't know how it was drawn up.  How it played out is that NJ floated to the sideline.  Nova defender high sided him with a hand in the passing lane, essentially face guarding him.

Please don't confuse the issue with facts!

[CTWarrior]

Please don't confuse the issue with facts!

Huh?  You know you're allowed to counteract what the opponents are doing with screens and other assorted strategies.  It may have occurred to someone on Marquette's sideline that Nova would try to deny James.

No matter what the defense was doing, having a mediocre 3 point shooter catch the inbound pass and chuck an off balance 25 footer after about one second was probably not the most ingenious play we could have come up with.

[WarriorFan]

Yeah, the Phillips missed 3 on the previous possession I can live with. (open shot, in the run of play, good shooter)  The lack of a play after time out resulting in a 35 foot heave by a bad shooter is a big problem.