Marquette Game Thread 1/26/19

[whopper]

I think we have to expend more effort on defense covering Howard and both Hauser than they have to expend covering our guy. Welage is a good player but benefited from injuries/suspensions to Naji, Q and Tyrique which changed the rotation against lesser teams like IUPUI, Oakland, Miami Ohio, Mercy , Depaul where he was able to get minutes /shots and probably averaged 14-17 ppg. Now more of a floor balancer who rotates back on defense by design no never near boards

[harryfe]

Unbelievable for coach to get a tech in last 2 minutes in a 2 point game. He almost got one earlier when he had to be held back by an assistant. Steele gave him a “soft elbow” to push him off. Everyone says we are getting better because we came close to a ranked team. I don’t see any improvement. We are barely above .500 with most wins against mid- majors.

[skyhops]

I agree Harry. Can't image winning but one or two more games.

[ChitownSteve]

Unbelievable for coach to get a tech in last 2 minutes in a 2 point game. He almost got one earlier when he had to be held back by an assistant. Steele gave him a “soft elbow” to push him off. Everyone says we are getting better because we came close to a ranked team. I don’t see any improvement. We are barely above .500 with most wins against mid- majors.

Not to be picky ... but to be picky ... there was 3:34 to go in the game. Marquette already had the ball, and they made the 2FT’s, but a quick offensive foul, clearly as a make-up call for the rabbit eared T, was assessed against Marquette.

IMHO the “T” had little effect on the final result.

Not saying it was a bright “T”, but the immediate make-up call also might indicate the “T” was unwarranted.

[Anti-Homer]

Unbelievable for coach to get a tech in last 2 minutes in a 2 point game. He almost got one earlier when he had to be held back by an assistant. Steele gave him a “soft elbow” to push him off. Everyone says we are getting better because we came close to a ranked team. I don’t see any improvement. We are barely above .500 with most wins against mid- majors.

I don’t see any improvement.

You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but I think this team has improved a lot since league play started, even with the higher caliber of competition. They've only played one bad game, and that was against Marquette. Keep in mind that this run has happened when Q, the director of the team has been injured. Though he hasn't had the kind of year us fans and I'm sure he expected, it did require a lot of people to adapt to new roles.

They have cut down their turnovers, and I believe have improved defensively. Of course, when you see the number and percentage of treys made by the likes of Nova & M-quette, it's easy to say it was due to bad defense. That's partly the case, but in both games, they made threes that we were accustomed to seeing Bluiett do in four years. Nova has been doing that to everybody the last few years, and M-quette has the best trio of 3 point shooters in cbb. Their shot selection has also improved, with Marshall and Q taking fewer threes than they had been taking, and hopefully, the trend continues.

Obviously, the realistic destination will be the NIT, but considering the mess with personnel Steele inherited when he took over the program, that's not a bad consolation prize. AH, his son, brothers, and nephews just want to see overall improvement and player development, which hopefully, puts them in a position to make it back to the Dance next year, especially with the very good class they have coming in.

Lastly, Steele took ownership for the bad T, which is something you wouldn't see from any other coach whose team's campus is 4.3 miles from Cintas. Still learning on the job.

[harryfe]

Unbelievable for coach to get a tech in last 2 minutes in a 2 point game. He almost got one earlier when he had to be held back by an assistant. Steele gave him a “soft elbow” to push him off. Everyone says we are getting better because we came close to a ranked team. I don’t see any improvement. We are barely above .500 with most wins against mid- majors.

I don’t see any improvement.

You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but I think this team has improved a lot since league play started, even with the higher caliber of competition. They've only played one bad game, and that was against Marquette. Keep in mind that this run has happened when Q, the director of the team has been injured. Though he hasn't had the kind of year us fans and I'm sure he expected, it did require a lot of people to adapt to new roles.

They have cut down their turnovers, and I believe have improved defensively. Of course, when you see the number and percentage of treys made by the likes of Nova & M-quette, it's easy to say it was due to bad defense. That's partly the case, but in both games, they made threes that we were accustomed to seeing Bluiett do in four years. Nova has been doing that to everybody the last few years, and M-quette has the best trio of 3 point shooters in cbb. Their shot selection has also improved, with Marshall and Q taking fewer threes than they had been taking, and hopefully, the trend continues.

Obviously, the realistic destination will be the NIT, but considering the mess with personnel Steele inherited when he took over the program, that's not a bad consolation prize. AH, his son, brothers, and nephews just want to see overall improvement and player development, which hopefully, puts them in a position to make it back to the Dance next year, especially with the very good class they have coming in.

Lastly, Steele took ownership for the bad T, which is something you wouldn't see from any other coach whose team's campus is 4.3 miles from Cintas. Still learning on the job.

LESS TURNOVERS ??? They had 18 last week against The Friars. I believe between Scruggs and Q they had 11

[Musketeer1]

It’s not getting better folks. When your supposed leader and your best player continue to regress and play without discipline that is an indictment on coaching. And temper tantrums in crunch time do not portend of greatness yet to emerge.

Just watched an energized Memphis team lead by Penny Hardaway who previously coached one year of HS basketball. Hopefully someone is in the ear of a certain recently retired Muskie alumnus with his number in the rafters. A guy like DW is going to be necessary to revitalize the program after cloture is called on this coaching misfire.

[southernmusky]

It’s not getting better folks. When your supposed leader and your best player continue to regress and play without discipline that is an indictment on coaching. And temper tantrums in crunch time do not portend of greatness yet to emerge.

Just watched an energized Memphis team lead by Penny Hardaway who previously coached one year of HS basketball. Hopefully someone is in the ear of a certain recently retired Muskie alumnus with his number in the rafters. A guy like DW is going to be necessary to revitalize the program after cloture is called on this coaching misfire.

You're an idiot!!!!

[harryfe]

It’s not getting better folks. When your supposed leader and your best player continue to regress and play without discipline that is an indictment on coaching. And temper tantrums in crunch time do not portend of greatness yet to emerge.

Just watched an energized Memphis team lead by Penny Hardaway who previously coached one year of HS basketball. Hopefully someone is in the ear of a certain recently retired Muskie alumnus with his number in the rafters. A guy like DW is going to be necessary to revitalize the program after cloture is called on this coaching misfire.

You're an idiot!!!!

Why would you use such derogatory terms towards a poster? I tend to agree with
most of what he/she says although I suspect it would be unlikely DW would be our coach
very soon if at all.

[Musketeer1]

Thank you for the kindness and civility harryfe. The four exclamation point "idiot" moniker was a bit much . . . two, perhaps, maybe three at the most. I do, after all, have a couple of degrees from a fine Jesuit school on Victory Parkway. That's gotta count for something.