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Steve Taylor looked great on the boards. Lot's of opportunities for rebounds in this game.

Need Jamil in the second half.

disappointed with the Fox broadcast. no typical Fox innovation. very much a fox sports net broadcast. so much for the mothership having a game.

Another thought and this has been beat to death, but Vander would be having a field day with these new rules. With his quick first step, he would be at the line constantly.

Jake Thomas took a charge - no question, but no call.

What happenned to that great defense we saw in the first half?

OSU is attacking the bench side of the lane - sealing off our post with no help from the side. MU has got to help on D.

Time to bring John Dawson in.

I'm sorry! I have criticized Dwill for not being an offensive threat in the past. Now he is trying to be one and he just isn't! This team will go as far as the point guard takes them! Get healthy soon Duane! He has also been sloppy with the ball, and his defense is not making up for the lack of offensive ability.

Nice to get that third foul on Amir Williams.

Dawson might be a better point than Duane.

Still need ago to guy to emerge.

MU owning the boards but way too many turnovers.

Rebounds MU 32-24
Turnovers MU 12, OSU 8
MU's shooting is very poor, 20.7% in first half, 22.2% in 2nd half, 21% overall.

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Originally Posted by TedBaxter

Dawson might be a better point than Duane.

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This was true before the injury.

I would like to see Dawson get a few minutes then.

We need to pull Mayo for a few minutes, he's out of control on the offensive end right now.

Marquette looks like a young team. A deer in the headlights right now. Need to work it inside at least once on every possession.

Exactly right Tulsa - state of panic.

Aaron Craft and Derrick Wilson have still not come out of the game.

Points in paint - OSU 20-14
Points off of T/Os - OSU 10-4
2nd chance points - MU 7-0
Fast Break points - OSU 14-0
Bench points MU - 17-7

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Originally Posted by Jim Ganzer, "IWB"

Exactly right Tulsa - state of panic.

Aaron Craft and Derrick Wilson have still not come out of the game.

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I think Wilson should leave the game. He was good in his defensive roll in spot minutes last year. He is not a starting quality point guard.

Mayo is trying to do I on his on.

Our guard play overall has just been terrible today. I have already railed on Dwill, but Mayo is playing poorly, and Jake Thomas in two years has only hit about 4 shots.

I know Buzz doesn't want to put Dawson and Johnson in against an experienced team this early, but why wait? You don't have the scoring at the guard right now and at least Dawson can feed the post and Johnson may be able to create a little.

Burton seems to be the only freshman Buzz seems to trust in a big game. I sure hope that will change. I wonder if Duane Wilson would have brought some firepower in this game. A lot on Derrick Wilson's shoulders right now.

I would like to see Dwill go back to his role as a backup point guard and spot minute defensive specialist. This team will be limited in my opinion while he is running the show. I think there is not much upside to continue playing him. I would rather take my lumps in games like this with the freshman, as they will improve, and the team will improve as we go through the season. Dwill can get a little better in my opinion, but I don't think he has the upside of Dawson or Duane when healthy.

I knew that Jim Burr was the king of the double technical, but a double foul?

MU is still killing them on the glass, but up to 15 turnovers and shooting 19.1% from the field for the game.

I don't know that Deonte's PT is a trust thing as much as it is keeping Davante & Chris out of foul trouble.

MU with only 9 made field goals on the game. I don't know if I remember a shooting performance this bad - ever.

Put Dawson in. Put Dawson in. Put Dawson in. Put Dawson in. Put Dawson in.

Yeah, even the bunnies are not falling

Looks like we lost all of that defensive intensity from the first half.

This game will get the player's attention. A learning experience on national TV. Guard play has to develop. JWilson has to a leader and Anderson needs to become Trent Lockett.

The guard play isn't going to get a whole lot better unless Buzz starts playing the young guys. Sorry, Derrick and Jake are not high major starting guards.

I had a feeling that this is how this game was going to play out. I was actually encouraged in the first half because we were playing good defense, and the game was much closer than I expected it to be.

Maybe put JWilson at the point? I don't fault the team's effort but I do have trouble with their failure to follow a gameplan.

A humility bath can be helpful.

Well, the DWill experiment needs to end.

Hard to pin this on Derrick - MU has 18 turnovers, only 2 are his. MU is also 9-50 from the field, can't pin all of that on Derrick either.

Finally got Craft on a traveling call. He has been getting away with small travels the entire game.

Bradley Center clearing out pretty fast.