1. Kam goes out, Dayton goes press and zone.  Wise.
2. It appeared in the first half that MU spent their week practicing defense.  Less so in the second half.
3.  Rebounding was the PROBLEM
4. Kam, perhaps you should consider not making cheap fouls.  Needed the all American tonight.
5. Freshmen looking more like freshmen. Good and bad.  Growing pains are part of the process.
6. Quit moving on offense.  One of the things that always stands out to me. When a team stands still, they lose.
7. The announcers were right.  That arena was waiting to explode.
8.  MU struggled to defend in bounds plays.  Out of character.
9.  The first time all season MU has played a crap half with a full roster.
10. Stand around on offense, fail to secure defensive rebounds and you get the outcome you earn. 
11.  Congrats to Dayton. They earned it.

Marquette wins in a blow out with a fairly officiated game. The three tic-tacs on Kam, and just every call their way in the crucial moments of the game.

Players deserved that L. Shaka had them ready, that second half was abysmal.

Dayton played more like Marquette than Marquette in the 2nd half

We NEED a big. How many years

Turns out MU isn't good enough to not show up for a half and still beat a decent team

And a typically horrible CBSSN broadcast to boot.

Quote from: DegenerateDish on December 14, 2024, 08:07:53 PMPlayers deserved that L. Shaka had them ready, that second half was abysmal.

Make 'em take the Greyhound home

Worst collapse of the Shaka era. Too much panic by a veteran team and everything we worried about Ben came to life. No reason to lose that one.

Oh well 9-2 and time for the BE.

Did we stop Dayton once in their last 10 possessions?? Honestly wtf.. absolute train wreck of a half. Just embarrassing

We did not play with the proper poise, intelligence, or intensity in the 2H.  And it manifested itself on both ends of the floor.  Extremely upsetting. 

Quote from: Tyler COLEk on December 14, 2024, 08:07:04 PMMarquette wins in a blow out with a fairly officiated game. The three tic-tacs on Kam, and just every call their way in the crucial moments of the game.

lol. No. They were out hustled in that second half pretty severely.

Quote from: Tyler COLEk on December 14, 2024, 08:07:04 PMMarquette wins in a blow out with a fairly officiated game. The three tic-tacs on Kam, and just every call their way in the crucial moments of the game.

I'm not sure they played well enough in the 2nd half even with an even whistle.

That said, Stevie's drive near the end was a good example. Fouled legitimately 4 times on his drive before one was finally called

The refs were bad, but we were absolutely terrible in the 2nd. It seemed like we had no backup plan when the defense couldn't force TO's. Stevie played his worst game since maybe his freshman season.

Can't dwell on it too much, it was a bad game in a tough environment. But we definitely still have things to work on as a team.

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on December 14, 2024, 08:09:44 PMlol. No. They were out hustled in that second half pretty severely.

Shocking take from you. Officiating matters in sports—a lot. Athletes are human beings with emotions like the rest of us. Marquette was coasting to a blowout before the refs had their say.

"Inconsistency"...as rosy eyed MU fans we think they'll play at potential all game every game. But they don't. Room to grow. Maybe by the end of the season they'll be a great team. Not now.

Go Marquette! Grow Marquette!

Refs were typically bad. We lost because they out hustled us. Doesn't happen often but it did tonight.

Quote from: Johnny B on December 14, 2024, 08:09:23 PMDid we stop Dayton once in their last 10 possessions?? Honestly wtf.. absolute train wreck of a half. Just embarrassing

Got outworked.  Off the glass and give Dayton credit first continuing to attack downhill.  Then Kam had a stretch where he was forcing with a bunch of guys standing around.  Other than Ross, no one played well tonight. 

Quote from: Tyler COLEk on December 14, 2024, 08:07:04 PMMarquette wins in a blow out with a fairly officiated game. The three tic-tacs on Kam, and just every call their way in the crucial moments of the game.

Unfortunately, MU played so poorly in the 2nd half, it surpassed any referees impact

First time I have seen MU that flat since last year's Butler game

A team that can't keep their composure against Dayton ain't goin' anywhere.

Dayton just completely kicked our ass. Congrats to them.

I could rage and be upset about a number of things but instead I'll zoom out and have perspective that it's been a good non conference season and we have a lot to be excited about.

This was a very good test for us and huge credit to Shaka for being fearless and scheduling this one. Don't think any other head coach in the country would have the courage to go into there and play.

Buttler is absolute trash. Need to smash them Wednesday.

Quote from: Tyler COLEk on December 14, 2024, 08:11:13 PMShocking take from you. Officiating matters in sports—a lot. Athletes are human beings with emotions like the rest of us. Marquette was coasting to a blowout before the refs had their say.

Blame the refs.
Pathetic.

Quote from: jesmu84 on December 14, 2024, 08:09:56 PMI'm not sure they played well enough in the 2nd half even with an even whistle.

That said, Stevie's drive near the end was a good example. Fouled legitimately 4 times on his drive before one was finally called

They were fouling the ballhandler all night long. The difference is that Dayton got 6-7 of those whistles (to zero for MUBB), and three of them were on Kam Jones early.

What did Vegas know that we didn't. The game was not even close at the end.