Shaka cost us the game tonite

[Shooter McGavin]

Someone already said it but James was clearly fouled a couple times on those late turnovers.  On one he said something to the refs that was particularly egregious and was ignored but the replay showed that the Villanova player had all arm and no ball.  Terrible no call late when Villanova was getting calls with much less contact.  Note to Sultan, I anm not blaming the refs for the loss. But anylittle layup or score from the free throw line in the last couple minutes could have stemmed the tide.  The boys played well. Also agree with the posters who said Parham playing on one leg at the end of the game was a shame. Probably get the job done if he is not injured or cramping. 

Depth matters.  Hope Owens and Phillips start to become viable options the rest of the season. Need more scorers on the court besides the usual suspects. Kudos to Ben for stepping up late and Chase for hitting that open three as well.

This team is fun to watch.  Need reinforcements.  Need to replace Ben's defense and gulp, rebounding.   If Shaka really likes Nash, Norman and thinks Militec can handle the ball at all, I'm thinking he goes Big first and guard second as his priorities in the portal.  Both are needed but we are woefully thin at forward next year.  We need our Bannon.   

Let's get the next one! Why not?

[Markusquette]

This team is fun to watch. 

Um

[Shooter McGavin]

Um

Ha!  I get it.  They are not there yet.  But I'm in silver lining mode. 

[tower912]

In a vacuum, last night was an exciting game.  MU is a young team learning how to win in the Big East.  And, in a normal season where MU was competing for a tourney bid, the conversation would be about Royce's leg and the foul discrepancy down the stretch.
And how dirty Brennan is.

[Scoop Snoop]

In a vacuum, last night was an exciting game.  MU is a young team learning how to win in the Big East.  And, in a normal season where MU was competing for a tourney bid, the conversation would be about Royce's leg and the foul discrepancy down the stretch.
And how dirty Brennan is.

If that wasn't an F2, I guess that Nigel had to be carried off in a gurney for Brennan to be charged with an F2. 

Williard had a rep at SH for encouraging crap like that. 

[brewcity77]

I've been as critical of the staff this year as anyone. Evaluation misses, minute allocations, and adherence to a flawed philosophy led us to where we are now.

But that said, we are unquestionably better this past month, and by leaps and bounds the past two weeks, than we were during the disastrous start. That's a credit to Shaka.

I'm hoping to see the results bear out more of that improvement in our next 7-10 games, and they need to embrace the portal if they're going to get back on the track they were on in 23/24, but anyone watching this team that can't recognize we're in a vastly better place simply doesn't know what they're watching.

[Scoop Snoop]

but anyone watching this team that can't recognize we're in a vastly better place simply doesn't know what they're watching.

This!

[jfp61]

I've been as critical of the staff this year as anyone. Evaluation misses, minute allocations, and adherence to a flawed philosophy led us to where we are now.

they need to embrace the portal

What makes anyone think either of these things get fixed?

14-24 since last February, visibly bloated staff, internal hire athletic director, abhorrent end of game coaching.

Culture is how you act, interact, and respond.

They are who they are

[wadesworld]

What makes anyone think either of these things get fixed?

14-24 since last February, visibly bloated staff, internal hire athletic director, abhorrent end of game coaching.

Culture is how you act, interact, and respond.

They are who they are

What does "visibly bloated staff" even mean?  It looks like, well, every single other coaching staff at the high major level for the last decade.

[Jay Bee]

What does "visibly bloated staff" even mean? 

Too much Arby's? They call our zone defense the Meat and 3.

[BCHoopster]

When MU was up 9, MU should have tried to take away the 3.  You play an umbrella D, wide 3-2, being in Clark to try and block a layup, make them drive so they would need 5 possessions to score instead of 3.  Hopefully in those five possessions they have, MU could score a few points to still be up 4 or 5 points, win the game. Poor coaching

[wadesworld]

When MU was up 9, MU should have tried to take away the 3.  You play an umbrella D, wide 3-2, being in Clark to try and block a layup, make them drive so they would need 5 possessions to score instead of 3.  Hopefully in those five possessions they have, MU could score a few points to still be up 4 or 5 points, win the game. Poor coaching

What coach completely changes up the defense that got them a 9 point lead with over 6 minutes left in the game?  Now that would be some horrible coaching.

It's not like it was a 90 seconds left.  There were over 6 minutes to play in the game.