No need to get all worked up, Jim. Your argument of "the end result certainly couldn't have been worse if Deonte was in there" is where you commit a logical fallacy. The only reason you can say that is because you know the end result. But with 7:00 left in the game, no one knew what the end result would be whether Burton played or not.

But what I'm more interested in is how Marquette would have been more efficient on offense or defense with Burton in there over that stretch. I don't think we could have been much better than we were on offense (12 points in 6 possessions) and I don't think Burton would have made the difference on defense (where admittedly, the guys that are supposed to excel were simply poor).

Bottom line, the offense was really good in that stretch. No offensive player was going to make that much better. The defense lost us this game. And for me that falls mostly on Derrick, Jake, and Juan, who were the guys rotating on Christon and either allowing him to get by or sending him to the line.