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We'll know if the NCAA is out to get us if Marquette is in our region again this year.
The preview of the game in this AM's Post had a quote from Jardine, where he said one of the keys was to keep the MU guards out of the lane. They did in the first half, but not in the second. Of course, the way Marquette runs their offense is like an off-tackle play. Once they got a bit of penetration, their bigs basically ran interference for the guards so that the guards could get to the rim. (For you old timers--I had visions of John Pinone using his mammoth rear end to screen off possible shot blockers, allowing his teammates to drive the baseline for uncontested layups.)
As to why Scoop was on the court for the last 7 minutes--I'll refer to another part of the Post piece, where distribution of minutes among the backcourt players was mentioned as a factor in avoiding fatigue. Certainly, Scoop was the freshest of the 3 experienced guards with 7 minutes to go--he had ~17 minutes at that point vs. 21 for Waiters and 28 for Triche.
The preview of the game in this AM's Post had a quote from Jardine, where he said one of the keys was to keep the MU guards out of the lane. They did in the first half, but not in the second. Of course, the way Marquette runs their offense is like an off-tackle play. Once they got a bit of penetration, their bigs basically ran interference for the guards so that the guards could get to the rim. (For you old timers--I had visions of John Pinone using his mammoth rear end to screen off possible shot blockers, allowing his teammates to drive the baseline for uncontested layups.)
As to why Scoop was on the court for the last 7 minutes--I'll refer to another part of the Post piece, where distribution of minutes among the backcourt players was mentioned as a factor in avoiding fatigue. Certainly, Scoop was the freshest of the 3 experienced guards with 7 minutes to go--he had ~17 minutes at that point vs. 21 for Waiters and 28 for Triche.
