Michigan

[Nukem2]

DoctorV's post above says it all. The best post here, in my opinion.

It was Michigan's first home game after losing their opener to UCONN and no doubt they were really pumped. But that still is no excuse for Marquette completely crumbling. Doc's paragraph beginning with "Unfortunately..." was spot on.

Too bad we cannot switch the MSU and UM games. Yes, MSU was only an exhibition game, but we looked really good vs. a high-level opponent. Last night in a game that counted, we looked like crap. Or "crape" as Doc wrote. 

I'm not trying to blow off last night's fiasco at all, but some of the comments from scoopers are over the top. 

MSU was an exhibition, but the energy level was much higher for that practice. Last night, there just seemed to be a lesser level of that on defense. Some of that may have been frustration with dealing with Michigan's height and length which really affected MU. No excuses, just an observation.

[BM1090]

I was really hoping that after last night folks would stop using the MSU exhibition as some sort of valid data point.  Leave it to you to keep clinging on!

Too early to tell. If they beat Missouri, A&M, Wisconsin, Mississippi St and lose to UVA, I think it's fair to say it was a good indicator. If they struggle in the rest like they did last night, then obviously it was not an indicator.

[brewcity77]

I was really hoping that after last night folks would stop using the MSU exhibition as some sort of valid data point.  Leave it to you to keep clinging on!

Guessing you didn't read Pomeroy's article last week, but he noted that exhibition results that don't count match week one results that do count almost identically when mapped against metric expectations (error margin difference 9.32 vs expected for exhibitions, 9.24 for week one official games).

So while it won't be on the team sheet in March, the data validity of the MSU result which featured starters playing into the final minute of the game and MSU fouling at the end to try to get back in the game is just as likely to tell you something about this team as last night's result did.

[Scoop Snoop]

Thanks Brew! Yours is the 3rd post replying to Rocky bitching about my mention of the MSU game.

The score is Snoop 3, Rocky 0 

Interesting info-I had no idea that exhibition results were a factor in metric expectations. Thanks again.

[Farley36]

The corpse of Marquette basketball did what everyone but Scoopers expected against the football school from Ann Arbor.  No worries though.  Maybe the zombified remains of a once great program will finish in the top half of the Big Least this year since it's basically 2 legit teams and a bunch of jr high programs.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Random Not Deep Thoughts.
1. Michigan is defending Champ.
2. Michigan has Larry Ellison's Billions. Indiana has Mark Cuban's Billions.
3. Marquette misses Dick Strong but has his and others backing.
4. Michigan lost to UCONN
5. Marquette squandered an opportunity against Michigan.
6. Fears shot 17 Free Throws against Duke on Tuesday. Fears did go 0-10 from the field last year w/13  Assists against Duke last year. James shot 0 Free Throws against Michigan.
7. Father Naus said we rarely succeed in something unless we have fun doing it. Bobby Knight said winning is not easy.
Feel Marquette will play better and Win against Missouri.
Go Marquette

[willie warrior]

The corpse of Marquette basketball did what everyone but Scoopers expected against the football school from Ann Arbor.  No worries though.  Maybe the zombified remains of a once great program will finish in the top half of the Big Least this year since it's basically 2 legit teams and a bunch of jr high programs.

This poster recognizes the widening gap.