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Easier said than done but if Marq can keep StJ off the offensive glass in the 2nd half they win, they can't shoot it well enough
 
I am not quite sure what I am missing with this St. John's team, but it is a wonder they are as successful as they are. They certainly play hard and good defense, but this team does not feel significantly better than last year's St. John's. Maybe I am missing something, but feels like a case of a weaker BE this year allowing them to rise to the top (well until they drop both games to UConn).
 
REB1094 said:
St Johns is thoroughly outplaying Marquette. They are out-working, out-hustling, out-defending, and out-energy'ing them. Winning the offensive boards 10-0. Kam Jones has 2 points on 25% shooting, and 3 fouls at halftime

Anyways, Marquette is up 31-30 because "Zaide Lowery" turned into Steph Curry
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Marquette is shooting 57 percent - there haven’t been many offensive rebounds to be had.
 
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Gurleyman said:
Marquette is shooting 57 percent - there haven’t been many offensive rebounds to be had.
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Kam Jones has been hit with a case of the yips. He can’t shoot anymore, shooting 24% from 3 in BE play. Every starter for StJ tonight shoots 28% or under from 3.

StJ with 9 off rebounds, 7 more shots taken.

Some weird stats - Marquette with 7 blocks already to StJ 1. Teams are combined 4-13 from free throw line. Ejifor has his customary 4 offensive rebounds but hasn’t turned it into points.

StJ has been a second half team this season, but usually driven by the defensive pressure. Marquette has the guard play to weather the storm (get it), did a nice job taking care of ball after a ton of early TOs.
 
If Xavier wants to even think about an at-large, it needs to pretty much win out, and look good doing it. I don’t know that Xavier is really built to do that this year. Too much hero ball by that team.
 
Already multiple turnovers and offensive boards surrendered by Marquette in 2 minutes of play into the 2nd half, can't keep giving StJ extra possessions
 
What's interesting about Xavier's remaining schedule is they've already played all 6 games against Marq/StJ/Uconn and at Creighton. They are well positioned to go on a run. They're just going to have to win some of those pesky games @Nova, @PC. 5-6 with 9 games to go, guessing they are going to have to win 7 minimum.

We need Ross to turn into Luis.
 
fwiw, ESPN has Marquette and UConn as locks for the tourney. StJ would be a lock with a win tonight.
 
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If you want to see what Ross could look like next year watch Luis Jr. I think St Johns is the better team. Marquette has some issues on offense. They have two plays Jones to the basket or Ross to the basket. Maybe Joplin but he has to be wide open to get his shot off.
 
Husky15 said:
We’re gonna need to rebound well on Friday. Could be a big game for Tarris
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Yeah we are - StJ with 16 offensive rebounds already to Marquettes 0. They camp out looking for em, Ejifor hunts them. I just have no idea how Samson is going to hold up. Tarris has height and lbs on Ejifor.

Ben Gold is a waste of space. I do like the Parham kid, freshman.
 
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Kam Jones got 3 fouls man just let it go and let him have the layup
 
Amazes me to see the foul disparity here when Marquette went to the line twice as many times as UConn in the first half
 
Playing some hack a StJ and sending to the line could be an effective way to play d against them. 6-17 tonight. 69% on year.

I like this team but no chance they can to deep in March with the inability to shoot.
 
uconngb said:
Wow is this game hard to watch

It’s like football before the forward pass and color tv
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Old school Big East grinder at the Garden, love it. No style points going on here, this is back alley sh&t.
 
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gtcam said:
PeeCee and Nova both had critical calls go against them.
The clock situation at MSG to start the game hurt PeeCee
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Twice. First possession PC was called for shot clock violation but the game clock showed that less than 30 seconds had expired and no one noticed
 
RuffRuff said:
What's interesting about Xavier's remaining schedule is they've already played all 6 games against Marq/StJ/Uconn and at Creighton. They are well positioned to go on a run. They're just going to have to win some of those pesky games @Nova, @PC. 5-6 with 9 games to go, guessing they are going to have to win 7 minimum.

We need Ross to turn into Luis.
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Xavier needs to pummel some of these teams for the computer rankings, and its MO so far this season is that its guards descend into hero ball several times every game, which will keep some of these games close even if Xavier does win.
 
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So many missed free throws.
 
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