What, me worry?

[MUEng92]

In the last 90 seconds of the game Mack looked defeated. He played a hell of a game but I think MU's defense literally wore him down and he had nothing left

[GoldenWarrior11]

When that last foul appeared to be called on Chase, I 100% believed it was karma for the end of the X game.  Thankfully (unlike that one), this one was called correctly.

[Tha Hound]

Chase and Stevie stepped up big when we needed them.

Ben Gold just needs to forget all about tonight. He couldn't even catch the ball or make simple passes. Hope he shakes that one off soon.

This team just figures out ways to win. Very impressive. But we should probably work on breaking down a zone D..

[Tha Hound]

Also, that was the most crap talk from an opposing team I've seen in a long time. Seems like a Cooley team trait. unnatural carnal knowledge em

[milwaukee expat]

Not only that but you can't really play a short rotation the entire game. And the starters were in plenty when Georgetown was making their run. The energy was bad on defense.

Some starters but I would be interested in seeing what the +/- was with our whole starting 5 in.  I love seeing the freshman play, especially when Parham jacks up a 3 the minute he's open.  Its only going to mean he hits more of them later in the season I think.  Its not a slam dunk strategy but Shaka takes chances like that.  Georgetown really isn't that good - he can get away with playing the frosh, getting them minutes -  not in a blow out but when the game still matters - and even if they screw up and we fall behind by 10+ we can still pull it out because our starting 5 is 15 + their best players.   

[GoldenEagles03]

Amazing that Cooley did that without Epps. Very concerned about the game in DC assuming he plays.

That zone D of theirs...they clobber every offensive rebounder. Gold on at least 3 occassions got smacked in face or head trying to get off rebound.

Welcome to the Big East I guess.

I like our odds better if he plays.

He was 7 for 25 shooting with 9 Turnovers against us last year.

[mileskishnish72]

Said at the half that we'd learn about this team in the second half, and indeed they responded, and good for them (and us).

My concern for tonight is about the flat periods, when the team doesn't seem to be playing cohesively with a purpose, such as we saw in the first half. I think it's on Shaka to stop it. He needs to take a TO and drive home the point that at the stage they're at, every single possession has to be played with passion and purpose. Basically he needs to wake them up.
They are a very, very good team, but not a great team. They can approach greatness with concentrated effort, but cannot afford slack periods like tonight's first half. They won't get away with it against better teams than GT.

[JakeBarnes]

Win anyway.

Great second half. A little too much solo ball (not UConn) at times. When the ball moved, so did Marquette.

Tip of the cap to Georgetown. Classic BEast game feel. Feel like they're on an upswing.

[JakeBarnes]

I like our odds better if he plays.

He was 7 for 25 shooting with 9 Turnovers against us last year.

Yeah. If you thought Mack in 2nd half was all over the place with shots, Epps makes Mack look like he's playing within himself

[Its DJOver]

We're gonna see more zone until we prove we can consistently beat it. Gtown looked a lot more comfortable against our zone than we did against theirs.

Do we not have out of bounds plays? Don't even need something to get an easy layup or open three, just to get it in bounds. Seems like it's 4 people standing and then a lob up to Ben. Works most of the time but there's no reason we should be struggling in that area.

[wadesworld]

Can probably stop making threads about how we aren't losing any of our next 6 games. Providence pushes UCONN at UCONN, Georgetown pushes MU at MU. The BE will be a battle almost every night.

[Shooter McGavin]

We're gonna see more zone until we prove we can consistently beat it. Gtown looked a lot more comfortable against our zone than we did against theirs.

Do we not have out of bounds plays? Don't even need something to get an easy layup or open three, just to get it in bounds. Seems like it's 4 people standing and then a lob up to Ben. Works most of the time but there's no reason we should be struggling in that area.

The height Georgetown had really bothered us with the zone.  It was like playing Syracuse back in the day.

[wadesworld]

We're gonna see more zone until we prove we can consistently beat it. Gtown looked a lot more comfortable against our zone than we did against theirs.

Do we not have out of bounds plays? Don't even need something to get an easy layup or open three, just to get it in bounds. Seems like it's 4 people standing and then a lob up to Ben. Works most of the time but there's no reason we should be struggling in that area.

We'd think so, but the fact of the matter is most teams don't play zone. And if they aren't playing zone they aren't practicing it. And they usually aren't going to install something for just one game here and there. We'll see it, but against teams that already use it.

[mug644]

At halftime, I was totally confident that we'd come back. Glad it happened, and so quickly.

At 3-4 minutes remaining, I was stressed. Too much pressure on the starters to do it all, especially with Jop and Ben not doing much.

Phew.

[Pepe Sylvia]

The height Georgetown had really bothered us with the zone.  It was like playing Syracuse back in the day.

Goddamn syracuse.

[MarquetteDano]

I like our odds better if he plays.

He was 7 for 25 shooting with 9 Turnovers against us last year.

Well Cooley plays him 30min a game but I guess some on this board think they know more than Cooley.

[JakeBarnes]

Can probably stop making threads about how we aren't losing any of our next 6 games. Providence pushes UCONN at UCONN, Georgetown pushes MU at MU. The BE will be a battle almost every night.

I'm gonna make a new one before each game that rocky will have to merge titled "record over next six games" with the only options for the survey "6-0" or "projo."

[GoldenEagles03]

Well Cooley plays him 30min a game but I guess some on this board think they know more than Cooley.

He played 62 minutes against Marquette last year in his 7 for 25 9 TO efforts

[WhiteTrash]

How the hell did Georgetown lose by 21 to ND? They are really good.

[MU82]

Never a doubt!

Kam looked exhausted in the second half, and he was bothered by their D all night. Maybe his worst game this season, though he made a great pass to Stevie for a big bucket late.

Gold was solid defensively, but his offense was MIA all night and he was soft with the ball. After his missed layup, I might have used the F-word along with "DUNK IT" very loudly. Might have. Can't say for sure.

As I said in the Ross thread, I'm not overly concerned about him. I also said I'd like to see him shoot a few more 3s. Even a blind squirrel.

The T was knuckleheaded, but I loved the way Norman responded in the second half. Once again, when on the floor mostly with starters, he usually helps the team with tough D and an occasional hard drive. Same with Zaide, though not this time.

Owens has looked a little lost lately. Parham ... we need him, so here's hoping he's OK.

I'd love to know what Shaka really said in the LR at halftime because our guys' intensity and focus was off the charts in the second half. I hope he screamed at himself a little, too, because he was outcoached by Cooley in the first half.

Shaka did a good job stealing a few minutes for Stevie and Kam midway through the second half, because it was obvious that he'd need to go with the starters the entire last 10 minutes.

Those who always want the refs to "let 'em play" should have been very happy with this game. There were a couple soft calls, but overall the refs let the players maul each other.

And that was a tremendous call on Fielder's moving screen late in the game. Sure, it seems obvious when you look at the replay, but lots of refs will miss it - and lots and lots of refs will let it go in a game as physical as this one. But it directly affected the game, it had to be called, as it was. Good job.

Hard not to appreciate what Cooley has done at GT in a short time. Sorber is an effen stud - I'm already hoping he goes pro after this year! They play hard on D and have some shot-makers. They are loose with the ball, though, and while we had trouble taking advantage of it much of the game it did hurt them in the end.

Very good teams have games like this sometimes. Look at UConn-Providence - we had just beaten Prov by 100 points, but they took UConn down to the wire in Storrs. I think I heard the CBS Sports guy say that Tennessee's loss tonight was the most lopsided by a #1 team in like 60 years. Georgia, a team we beat on a neutral court for a nice win, hammered Kentucky.

This game gave me heartburn at times, but Marquette found a way to win it on a night when several of our players, including our All-American, didn't have it.

We Are Marquette!

[BM1090]

Can probably stop making threads about how we aren't losing any of our next 6 games. Providence pushes UCONN at UCONN, Georgetown pushes MU at MU. The BE will be a battle almost every night.

Still not gonna lose until @SJU though.

[JakeBarnes]

Ben needs to be getting hyped up before every game to this:

[wadesworld]

Still not gonna lose until @SJU though.

I don't see a loss until 2026.

[Shooter McGavin]

100%, 82

[pbiflyer]

We gave up three points in the last 3:04 of the game.