[Cracked Sidewalks] Warriors are in demand

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Warriors are in demand

Written by: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Blair)

One of the greatest weeks for any alum (at least one who is a basketball fanatic) happens when your team reaches the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.  The Warriors had been away from this limelight for far too long. With MU back in the mix  the program as well as the university are garnering more than their share of attention.  Let's just hope the Warriors handle the spotlight with a minimum of distractions, as Alan pointed out yesterday.

To die hard fans many of the storylines are tired or at least familiar, but to the casual college basketball fan, this week offers a week of glowing coverage and attention to the program and the institution.  We'll have more substantive coverage coming leading up to the game, but in the meantime enjoy a sampling of the high-profile coverage of Marquette hoops.

• Good morning Oliver Purnell!  Enjoy this fawning article about our Marquette Warriors from this morning's Chicago Tribune.
• DJO earns the spotlight in his home state of North Carolina.
• Badger Andy Katz looks at the Warriors and their toughness.
• Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News looks at how MU stacked up just enough wins to off-set the 14 losses.
• The Greensboro paper doesn't think MU is a pushover.   Gee, thanks.
• The whining in Syracuse continues.
• The AP talks about MU's heavily weighted JUCO roster.
• Buzz was on PTI yesterday -- get the download here.
• Junior Cadougan gets love from the Canadian press -- and his mother.
• Buzz thinks transition D is the key.
• It is a couple days old, but Gary Parrish of CBS Sports talks up the Warriors.

Finally, CBS Sports also has this video preview of Friday night's game.  Jon Rothstein picks the Warriors to pull off the upset.



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[96warrior]

From the AP article:
"Whether they're junior college or high school or transfers, whatever that is, to endure the culture that we have here, you have to have something to you as a human," Williams said.

I was just wondering this morning how the non-JUCO guys were feeling. On a roster of 14 guys, 5 started as JUCOs. 2 came here as transfers.  7 are freshman or started at MU as freshman. So much is made of the JUCO angle, and it's true that the guys who get the most attention happen to have come from junior colleges, but the majority of our roster isn't made up of JUCOs. So I'm glad to see Buzz making comments in the media now referring to the different backgrounds of all of the guys on the roster.

[Henry Sugar]

I was just wondering this morning how the non-JUCO guys were feeling. On a roster of 14 guys, 5 started as JUCOs. 2 came here as transfers.  7 are freshman or started at MU as freshman. So much is made of the JUCO angle, and it's true that the guys who get the most attention happen to have come from junior colleges, but the majority of our roster isn't made up of JUCOs. So I'm glad to see Buzz making comments in the media now referring to the different backgrounds of all of the guys on the roster.

Unless the final scholie goes to one, next year's team will have only DJO and Crowder as JUCO players.  All of the Juniors and underclassmen will be "four year players". 

[NersEllenson]

From the AP article:
"Whether they're junior college or high school or transfers, whatever that is, to endure the culture that we have here, you have to have something to you as a human," Williams said.

I was just wondering this morning how the non-JUCO guys were feeling. On a roster of 14 guys, 5 started as JUCOs. 2 came here as transfers.  7 are freshman or started at MU as freshman. So much is made of the JUCO angle, and it's true that the guys who get the most attention happen to have come from junior colleges, but the majority of our roster isn't made up of JUCOs. So I'm glad to see Buzz making comments in the media now referring to the different backgrounds of all of the guys on the roster.

Take a closer look at the quote...Buzz is saying whether you are a JUCO, high school kid, or transfer that comes to MU..you have to be of a certain toughness to be able to make it at MU...

[ErickJD08]

Transition defense is SO important in this game.  Hopefully, it doesn't affect our offensive rebounding too much.

[96warrior]

Take a closer look at the quote...Buzz is saying whether you are a JUCO, high school kid, or transfer that comes to MU..you have to be of a certain toughness to be able to make it at MU...

Yes, I know. It's the first time among all of this media blitz that I have heard of any background other than the JUCO route. "I was just wondering" as in, "I had just been thinking about it this morning, before reading this article", what the non-JUCOs, who make up most of our roster, were thinking about so much being made of just the JUCO angle.

See the last sentence of my original post.

[NersEllenson]

Yes, I know. It's the first time among all of this media blitz that I have heard of any background other than the JUCO route. "I was just wondering" as in, "I had just been thinking about it this morning, before reading this article", what the non-JUCOs, who make up most of our roster, were thinking about so much being made of just the JUCO angle.

See the last sentence of my original post.

Missed your last sentence...do get your point...though about not wanting the other guys to feel they weren't part of the story since the JUCO story is getting played up so much..

[96warrior]

Right-o. My concerns have been assuaged with these recent comments that include all the backgrounds.