Marquette Post Game Thread

[HuskyHawk]

Reed played ok, and if he made his free throws I’d be even happier.

Only suggesting Reed was great last game, so didn’t improve this game. Most guys were better.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Nice touch Danny.

I love our coach. He finds everything that he can use for motivation.

 

[Conndog]

Solo is the story obviously. If anyone has an All Big East team without Solo on it, they’re simply wrong.

What else stood out is how unbelievably terrible Marquettes Bigs are. They would give a limb to have someone like Samson.

Except for their big guy (not Gold) who was making long three’s at end of game- glad he wasn’t shooting like that all game long. Solo was great! I was very nervous at half when lead got down to 9. Warriors last night!

 

[Hunt for 7]

Solo scored 25, but it felt like he scored 40. What an awesome show he put on for the fans. Ross had a terrific game and his fadeaway J from the lane was amazing.

This season at Gampel I've stood on the concourse behind the basket a few times just to watch Ross play defense. What amazes me is his lateral movement, his side to side quickness, his incredible athleticism, all that combined is making him a killer on D. If anyone going to Gampel this point forward, go stand on the concourse for a couple of minutes behind the basket and watch Ross play defense. He is blanket coverage on steroids.

Kind of what I have been saying. We see the mistakes because they tend to be on the ball either on his man or a man he had to cover because someone else blew their assignment. But if you watch him on defense he is like having two players on the court. He moves so quickly and his length is next level.

He will be recognized as one of our best defenders ever by the time he leaves. He shows flashes of an offensive game that piece may not be part of the plan until next year but it is coming.

 

[Umami Zen]

Hurley substituting an injured Hass at the 7 minute mark, or whatever it was, to finish out the game spoke volumes. Hurley basically said, “I trust a very compromised Hass over Aidan with the game on the line.””

I think Stevie Mitchell had something to do with that decision

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Some would say it worked well in the CAA too. Maybe even Final 4 working well.

I mean there’s a lot less talent in CAA but yes, he had a great run 15 years ago. Since VCU he’s struggled at Texas and then underperformed in the post season with some very good Marquette teams. Not all this obviously, but IMO it’s a contributing factor. I mean watch any other power conferences’s games and the freedom of movement is just wildly different than the BE.

 

[REB1094]

I think Stevie Mitchell had something to do with that decision

1. Stevie Mitchell was terrorizing both Diarra and Mahaney down the stretch, and is my pick for BE DPOY

2. I REALLY wish our guys were allowed to play defense like Stevie Mitchell lmao

 

[Dove]

Don’t know what we all would have done without you constantly telling us what the score was. That was some real insightful stuff.

No one brings insight to Chat. Sometimes I simply write "Up 3" to add perspective.

 

[Dove]

Solomon Ball is a better shooter than Jordan Hawkins. Is that helpful???

Hawk 2 years ago was better than Solo this year.

 

[temery]

Hurley substituting an injured Hass at the 7 minute mark, or whatever it was, to finish out the game spoke volumes. Hurley basically said, “I trust a very compromised Hass over Aidan with the game on the line.””

How was Diarra compromised?

 

[temery]

No one brings insight to Chat. Sometimes I simply write "Up 3" to add perspective.

Years ago I ran a game chat thru a program that analyzed reading level. It was something like 4th/5th grade, and that was before auto correct.

 

[gars44]

Here's my offering.

Let’s channel on Donyell Marshall. Dropped 42 on St John’s in BET in 1994. Sounds like a good number to me.

 

[gars44]

Years ago I ran a game chat thru a program that analyzed reading level. It was something like 4th/5th grade, and that was before auto correct.

I can’t even keep up with the pace on chat, never mind write anything on it!

 

[Hunt for 7]

Hawk 2 years ago was better than Solo this year.

By the end of the year he was better….thats why he went in the first round. Hawk had some head scratching games when we went into that January funk. Solo right now is where Hawk was at about the same time.

Also I think Solo’s shot is more consistent. Hawk would have some games where he did not shoot well at all.

 

[UCan3]

I love our coach. He finds everything that he can use for motivation.

Contrast Shaka’s coaching last night where he was trying to be “Mr. Mellow” to get his team to relax… that didn’t work, kind of a head scratcher! Low energy IMO. Might work against most DIV 1 teams but not Mr. Hurley.

The homer TV announcers after cutting away from Shaka’s “pep talk” were locked in on showing how it worked after Marquette scored after Time out. “See it worked” they started this conversation about how good the speech was…

Then Ball drains a 3… Sorry announcers, sometimes you need to call what you see, not what you’d like to see.



It was funny seeing Dan fire up our team!!! How can they be more desperate than us!! That was one for the ages!

 

[RuffRuff]

Played solid D. We really could’ve won by 30.I really liked the big lineup with Ross at pg// hope we use it for a few minutes going forward

I thought this worked well also as the advantage is his ability to see over their pesky defenders and get the ball up the floor versus getting swallowed. You realize what an advantage it was having Newt there last year.

 

[Mr. French]

Hawk 2 years ago was better than Solo this year.

He had some big moments and huge shots but I disagree. And also, Ball is doing it on volume with WAY more pressure.

I’m not mad or anything I just disagree. I’m more confident when he shoots than anyone in a long time.

 

[RuffRuff]

Mahaney was unplayable last night. He was playing like it was a noon time pick up game at the Y when it was a summer league game at Rucker. He wilted big time last night.

This deep in, in critical games, if you can’t show up and contribute as a junior and are a continued liability, you’re just not playable at all. If the light bulb was going to go off, it would have.

 

[RuffRuff]

1. Stevie Mitchell was terrorizing both Diarra and Mahaney down the stretch, and is my pick for BE DPOY

2. I REALLY wish our guys were allowed to play defense like Stevie Mitchell lmao

Kalk is a slam dunk DOY and for good reason.

 

[jibsey]

I can’t even keep up with the pace on chat, never mind write anything on it!

You can never tell on chat if we are winning or losing

 

[Kowalski]

1. Stevie Mitchell was terrorizing both Diarra and Mahaney down the stretch, and is my pick for BE DPOY

2. I REALLY wish our guys were allowed to play defense like Stevie Mitchell lmao

He was all over them & gets away with contact on reaches.

 

[IndyLives]

Danny easily had his best coaching day this year, switching up on defense. He was playing possum to this point, and now saving his schemes for the stretch run.

 

[Devland]

Years ago I ran a game chat thru a program that analyzed reading level. It was something like 4th/5th grade, and that was before auto correct.

Autocorrect usually screws me more than it helps me. Retired now but when I was working I would proof read everything before I hit send. On message boards I just hit send. Then I find out something was autocorrected or I just misspelled something.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Anybody find a link to the Hurley/players post game presser?

 

[Gurleyman]

This deep in, in critical games, if you can’t show up and contribute as a junior and are a continued liability, you’re just not playable at all. If the light bulb was going to go off, it would have.

There was a tiny bit of bad luck. He got picked into a breakaway layup … that was obviously bad. Then the next play he beat his man and drove and made the right read to dish to Samson, but a Marquette defender stuck a hand out as a reflex and tipped it. If he finishes that play and Samson dunks it, it’s a great response to being picked.

It was still his responsibility to connect on that pass - a little more deception or perhaps a lob - and that deflection turned into back to back bad plays, but if that ball gets through and it’s a nice assist, the entire tone of his whole performance is probably different. “OK, he got picked but came right back with a great play”

Newton had a really bad stretch like that against San Diego State as our lead was slipping away, got picked clean, threw a bad pass to Hawk on a break, maybe a bad shot mixed in to. But then he made a couple drives late to seal it.