Marquette Game Thread 3/1/17

[ChitownSteve]

out of timeout and down 10 X waits till 12 seconds on shot clock to foul. Should have fouled as soon as they didn't get a steal then no foul at all.

Coach Mack did not want the foul.

[mumuskie87]

Marquette sets a record for most points by an opponent tonight.
So much for taking the 3 point shooting away.
13 made 3's in the first game and 12 made 3's tonight.
Fugly

[mumuskie87]

out of timeout and down 10 X waits till 12 seconds on shot clock to foul. Should have fouled as soon as they didn't get a steal then no foul at all.

Coach Mack did not want the foul.

Yea...ended fouling a guy who shoots over 93% from the line.

[XU Captain]

NIT, here we come. I don't mind the NIT one bit. This team has bit the concrete and all their teeth are missing. Marquette just a better team. Xavier is really struggling. You have to go back to Tay Baker's last two teams to find this type of play. Too many injuries, not enough depth, no point guard left on the roster. Goodin is trying, but his talent level is mid-major at best.

[XU Captain]

Marquette has passed Xavier in terms of talent. I never thought that would happen again. They were better in the 1970s and most of the 1980s. Looks like we have returned to being their cream puff on the schedule like when McGuire used to beat the Tay Baker teams.

[Anti-Homer]

Marquette scored on 11 or 12 straight possessions, and CM tried nothing, absolutely nothing different, to change the momentum until then. No token press. No zone. Nothing. He finally went to a zone with 4 minutes to go. I guess 11 straight scoring possessions was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Also, despite having a 13 point lead with the ball going into the half, Wojo calls a t.o. The MQ guard walks. CM, chooses NOT to call one, and Goodin throws up a prayer. Respectfully, I say it is a microcosm of his horrendous coaching this year. Even the last 5 minutes against Butler, X has several straight t.o.s, while Goodin sat on the bench. I said early and often last year that CM should have been the Nat’l COY. Be careful what you wish for. It’s like the curse of being on the cover of S.I. Bad things happened when the regular season ended, as they flamed out early in the conference and NCAA tourneys despite being prohibitive favorites, and it has only gotten worse this season.

I can only hope karma comes into play this year. CM went from Hero to Zero after the regular season last year. After reaching a historic low in consecutive losses for X bball tonight, I predict the lightbulb comes on, and we make a deep run into the tourney. Like a great historian said, “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” The answer was no, and it ain’t over for X yet either. However, someone please send smelling salts to Cintas, stat! I STILL BELIEVE!

[XU Captain]

Marquette scored on 11 or 12 straight possessions, and CM tried nothing, absolutely nothing different, to change the momentum until then. No token press. No zone. Nothing. He finally went to a zone with 4 minutes to go. I guess 11 straight scoring possessions was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Also, despite having a 13 point lead with the ball going into the half, Wojo calls a t.o. The MQ guard walks. CM, chooses NOT to call one, and Goodin throws up a prayer. Respectfully, I say it is a microcosm of his horrendous coaching this year. Even the last 5 minutes against Butler, X has several straight t.o.s, while Goodin sat on the bench. I said early and often last year that CM should have been the Nat’l COY. Be careful what you wish for. It’s like the curse of being on the cover of S.I. Bad things happened when the regular season ended, as they flamed out early in the conference and NCAA tourneys despite being prohibitive favorites, and it has only gotten worse this season.

I can only hope karma comes into play this year. CM went from Hero to Zero after the regular season last year. After reaching a historic low in consecutive losses for X bball tonight, I predict the lightbulb comes on, and we make a deep run into the tourney. Like a great historian said, “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” The answer was no, and it ain’t over for X yet either. However, someone please send smelling salts to Cintas, stat! I STILL BELIEVE!

It will have to be a deep run in the NIT. They are dead as far as the NCAA. This late-season collapse is not going to be acceptable on Selection Sunday.

[bluegrass]

These guys look like they've given up and listening to post game I think their coach has too. This is just not a good team. We probably have a few more wins if Sumner is in there but still nothing great.

[joeabe]

I said it after the 2nd loss in this streak of 6 that they would not win another game! Its a fact Mack has totally lost this team. And its understandable.....Always Next year!!!

[Anti-Homer]

Marquette scored on 11 or 12 straight possessions, and CM tried nothing, absolutely nothing different, to change the momentum until then. No token press. No zone. Nothing. He finally went to a zone with 4 minutes to go. I guess 11 straight scoring possessions was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Also, despite having a 13 point lead with the ball going into the half, Wojo calls a t.o. The MQ guard walks. CM, chooses NOT to call one, and Goodin throws up a prayer. Respectfully, I say it is a microcosm of his horrendous coaching this year. Even the last 5 minutes against Butler, X has several straight t.o.s, while Goodin sat on the bench. I said early and often last year that CM should have been the Nat’l COY. Be careful what you wish for. It’s like the curse of being on the cover of S.I. Bad things happened when the regular season ended, as they flamed out early in the conference and NCAA tourneys despite being prohibitive favorites, and it has only gotten worse this season.

I can only hope karma comes into play this year. CM went from Hero to Zero after the regular season last year. After reaching a historic low in consecutive losses for X bball tonight, I predict the lightbulb comes on, and we make a deep run into the tourney. Like a great historian said, “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” The answer was no, and it ain’t over for X yet either. However, someone please send smelling salts to Cintas, stat! I STILL BELIEVE!

It will have to be a deep run in the NIT. They are dead as far as the NCAA. This late-season collapse is not going to be acceptable on Selection Sunday.

A win against Depaul, and two, or possibly one win in the conference tourney should get them in. A Dave Leito (sp?) coached team has been the antidote for many underperforming teams.