Marquette Post Game Thread

[Class of 09]

A win is a win but I don't feel so good about that one. Hope they play better on Wednesday. And shoot better from three. 5-24, 21% from three.

The offense still looks a little rough. Defense seems to be their calling card since that's been more consistent.

Question on Mullins. His shot selection is not the best. Freshman being a freshman. Do you just live with it knowing that he needs to go through this at this level to get better or do you ask him to rein it in a little?

No. Green light

 

[UCFan1513]

Streaky shooting team.

I still think they can develop consistency. Braylon takes some bad shots, Alex sometimes too. Clean up the shot selection, Demary rounds into form, Braylon takes better shots and they could be a good not great shooting team. With this defense, that could be all they need

 

[Palatine]

According to the announcers, Hurley ran a brutal practice the day before the game. It looks like it did not pay dividends.

 

[3rdbass]

A win is a win but I don't feel so good about that one. Hope they play better on Wednesday. And shoot better from three. 5-24, 21% from three.

The offense still looks a little rough. Defense seems to be their calling card since that's been more consistent.

Question on Mullins. His shot selection is not the best. Freshman being a freshman. Do you just live with it knowing that he needs to go through this at this level to get better or do you ask him to rein it in a little?

He also was loose with the ball that his 3 TO's showed. He needs to tighten his game and I'm sure he will. Good to see Stewart give us the energy in the 2nd half to get us over the line. Also, nice to see Demary look for his offense. He needs to stay on the floor as he is very important to our offense. Smith is alright but I do not want him running the offense more than 15 minutes a game.

 

[SwingDog]

A win is a win but I don't feel so good about that one. Hope they play better on Wednesday. And shoot better from three. 5-24, 21% from three.

The offense still looks a little rough. Defense seems to be their calling card since that's been more consistent.

Question on Mullins. His shot selection is not the best. Freshman being a freshman. Do you just live with it knowing that he needs to go through this at this level to get better or do you ask him to rein it in a little?

They will definitely need to play better on Wednesday. Providence looked pretty sharp in their win versus St. John's and will be hyped for this matchup.

 

[Palatine]

Mullins had 6 rebounds again. It's a good sign when his three isn't falling that he still contributes in other ways.

 

[uconnever]

He’s quietly becoming a monster

I’m feeling the same way. This is what I was expecting from him. He looked a lot more explosive today.

 

[uconngb]

No takeaways from that game other than Shaka should be embarrassed that's the team he put together for this season and Silas desperately needs to stop fouling.

That was our F game. Lazy passing the entire game, horrible shooting and the only one who looked excited to be out there was Jaylin Stewart. That looked liked one of those games where UConn was totally uninterested in playing a cupcake.

Over/under on Marquette winning 2 Big East games?

agree w all, especially the Silas and J Stew comments. With bad Smith showing up so much now we need Silas on the floor more.

The offense just completely bogs down w Mali running it

 

[Palatine]

That dropped our kenpom offense for 19 to 27.

 

[my2cents]

Marquette could be the worst Big East team I have seen in a while.

 

[uconngb]

Silas starting to regain his shooting touch from last season is the I only thing I took from that game.

Make your fts please. Especially Malachi. YOU ARE A GUARD.

You can see him wishing the ball from the foul line

 

[kansashusky]

He’s quietly becoming a monster

Monster?

 

[huskyjawz]

Do I have to say it… Michigan would’ve hit those free throws and threes

They would have scored 120 and won by 60

 

[TheShot1990]

A win is a win but I don't feel so good about that one. Hope they play better on Wednesday. And shoot better from three. 5-24, 21% from three.

The offense still looks a little rough. Defense seems to be their calling card since that's been more consistent.

Question on Mullins. His shot selection is not the best. Freshman being a freshman. Do you just live with it knowing that he needs to go through this at this level to get better or do you ask him to rein it in a little?

Yes, I once commented that he was a little too quick to launch it without looking for an open man and I was spanked with “that’s our NBA lottery pick your nitpicking!”

I know he’s a lotto pick, but there are other shooters on this team as well. For example, until this game, Silas didn’t shoot enough.

 

[KingAG]

They will definitely need to play better on Wednesday. Providence looked pretty sharp in their win versus St. John's and will be hyped for this matchup.

Sharp is an interesting word choice. It was more like both teams stunk and they stunk less.

 

[Kemba15]

A win is a win but I don't feel so good about that one. Hope they play better on Wednesday. And shoot better from three. 5-24, 21% from three.

The offense still looks a little rough. Defense seems to be their calling card since that's been more consistent.

Question on Mullins. His shot selection is not the best. Freshman being a freshman. Do you just live with it knowing that he needs to go through this at this level to get better or do you ask him to rein it in a little?

I’m not so sure his shot selection is worthy of criticism. Going into today he was at 48% from the field and 38% from 3 FWIW

 

[Donyell 360]

Demary looked great when he wasn't sitting on the bench with foul trouble. He has to stop fouling. I have no confidence in Smith. He can't shoot, at all. Wish they would give Millender a try.

 

[uconngb]

My only question is how much would Michigan have beat that team by???

 

[dennismenace]

It was like three games. We played fairly well in the first part of the game building a lead. They outhustled us after that and nearly caught up. Then they were sucking wind and lost their legs in the last part. Having guys like Reibe, Jayden Stewart and (sometimes) Malachi coming off the bench is a real separator for us. That takes a toll as the game continues and is why we tend to pull away. This was not a typical Marquette team and we did not play our A game. Nevertheless a 16 pt win and holding Marquette to 57 pts and this with a horrible shooting exhibition except for the centers and Demary. It shows how much depth, talent, and coaching which will not give in an inch to lack of effort can produce lopsided wins.

I remember quite a few games the last few years where you wonder how we won so easily with so frequently bad stats. I'm happy overall with where we are at this stage of the season. We have seen this before. We tend to get better, much better if we stay healthy and play hard for Dan Hurley and staff.

 

[Donyell 360]

Knew the AK stinker was coming after Hurley was politicking for a BE POY award on NYE. Let the conference season at least get to the halfway point before starting that.

I was thinking the same thing. Love AK, but BE POY tends to be someone who scores more consistently. Who was the last BE POY to score less than 5 points in a BE game?

 

[HooperScooper]

Live with it. He’s obviously making them in practice

No. Green light

What I was thinking also. He needs to go through this to become more consistent. Consistent is the word I should have used instead of better.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

They will definitely need to play better on Wednesday. Providence looked pretty sharp in their win versus St. John's and will be hyped for this matchup.

There was nothing sharp about that second half from either Providence or SJU.

 

[TheShot1990]

What I was thinking also. He needs to go through this to become more consistent. Consistent is the word I should have used instead of better.

Maybe fewer shots from the bottom of the Husky logo

 

[SwingDog]

There was nothing sharp about that second half from either Providence or SJU.

Maybe as sharp as a butter knife, but enough to get the W on the road vs. St. John's. They deserve some credit. The real point is you can't take any team lightly.

 

[Huskyforlife]

That dropped our kenpom offense for 19 to 27.

This makes me uncomfortable. We don't feel like a championship level offense right now.