Marquette - St. John's Game Thread

Here we go - Senior Day. Thanks to Chris, Jamil, Jake & Davante.

Starting lineup - 4 seniors & Derrick.

St. John's wearing......Blue? WTH?

The Blue Storm?

Where are the students? Seriously?

MU starts out with 6 pts in the paint. KEEP FEEDING THE POST!

Embarrassing. Senior day with the weakest student section I have seen all year including Christmas break. Maybe they are still cocktailing and will be

Chris and Davante combined for all 10 points.

Satchel Pierce and Philip Flory in the house today

MU with four early turnovers - need to clean that up!

Jamil with two wide open 3's and can't hit.

MU gets int the bonus with 6:50 left in the first half, that is a little later than their target, one of their team goals each week.

Well it's safe to say Burton is the top performing Marquette freshman. Dawson showed some moments. 3J a few less a Duane Wilson gets a pass because of the redshirt.

Al said it, "the best thing about freshman is they become sophomores."

MU down three with 6:50 left, St. John's has 3 more points than MU on turnovers - those were costly!

St. John's is so athletic. Jamil needs to get started. Thomas with a quiet game on "O" but getting boards and decent "D."

Jamil has had his open shots, can't knock 'em down. Correct Tulsa, Jake is getting it done on the other end, but not getting an inch of breathing room on offense.

Davante getting hammered time and time again down low with no calls.

Damn the Blue Storm is athletic.

I'm dying to ask D'Angelo Harrison.....

IS your girlfriend still in dance school or did you get a new girlfriend since high school?

Haven't seen Mayo for awhile. I think it's his D and decision making.

Mayo picked up two quick fouls, he'll see extended time in second half.

Glad the crowd finally showed up.

Fans showed up, students didn't. Almost zero students in upper deck.

Jake Freaking Thomas!

Buzz needs to play Burton in the 2nd half. If that means Mayo plays over Thomas, so be it.

Please don't take this wrong but if Thomas doesn't have time to think he is a much better shooter.

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Originally Posted by Jim Ganzer, "IWB"

Fans showed up, students didn't. Almost zero students in upper deck.

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Are the students on break? I was talking about the noise and hope it ramps up in the second half.

Thought that the one way we could stay in this game/win is if STJ plays dumb. They had two lazy turnovers, once on inbounding the ball and at the end with the outlet pass. Turns into big points for MU.

Yes. Students are on break.

Probably why my kids, who are prospective students, have been innundated with offers from MU for tix to this game.

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Originally Posted by TulsaWarrior

Please don't take this wrong but if Thomas doesn't have time to think he is a much better shooter.

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I think that's the case for many three point shooters. Catch and release is better than catch think and release. That buzzer beater was simply awesome.

Was interesting to see Todd running the point on the last play. I think those two early fouls really hurt. Hopefully he can stay out of foul trouble and be a difference maker in the second half.

Satchel Pierce is seeing a blueprint on what Buzz is hoping will can do for Marquette down the road.

Thanks - Sorry for bashing student attendance, didn't know they were on break.

Jake Thomas and Derrick Wilson combined for 6 rebounds in first half, in second half those two end up under the bucket on every St. John's possession fighting for anther.

Teams have combined for 31 assists so far. St. John's with 17 and MU with 14.

Burton needs to understand what is a good shot and what isn't in relationship to the clock.

So like or dislike Anonymous Eagle, I agree with their plan for CO's speech. Chant "4 more years!"

Well officiated game. How many times have we said that this year?

Is the senior ceremony after the game and is it streamed anywhere?

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Originally Posted by TulsaWarrior

Burton needs to understand what is a good shot and what isn't in relationship to the clock.

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You can't go up and just throw it towards the hoop. TVV pointed out to me at halftime that he never goes up with two hands - always goes up with only one hand on the ball.

Unusual stats genius Andrew Gruman tells me that MU is 54-8 in home games that Chris Otule has appeared in.

St. John's just got a delay of game warning for hitting the ball after it goes through the hoop. They must be trained to do that as they are constantly batting the ball in the opposite direction. In first half ball goes out on St. John's and player is on floor - Otule goes to pick it up to give it to the ref and the St. John's player (Jordan?) kicked it across the baseline

Love the hustle and the pace. Exciting game.

MU still has too many turnovers. 9 as a team, Davante with 3 and Dawson with 2 in two minutes of play.

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Originally Posted by Jim Ganzer, "IWB"

MU still has too many turnovers. 9 as a team, Davante with 3 and Dawson with 2 in two minutes of play.

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They are not used to playing this fast. Probably would have been better if they did though!