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- Even during the 19-0 streak, there were many missed opportunities. At one point we missed 8 shots in a row and were 11 for 25 in that stretch. CJ missed a bunny. Dion hit Triche for a three, which he missed), on a fast break when he had three undefended guys on the other side. Triche and then Joseph gave up open threes. Dion, clearly the third option from deep, wound up taking one and missing. We should have had 45-50 points in the first half, in which case the game would truly have been over.
- An 18 point halftime lead is great but you need a good second half start to keep things under control. Instead, with possession to star the half, we gave up 6 unanswered points and suddenly a game that had been 35-12 was 37-25. Marquette eventually got to within two, 59-57 and it seemed inevitable that would catch us. Can you imagine losing to them in their place, on an NCAA neutral court and then in our place when we were ranked #1 and had a 23 point lead? We were looking right down the barrel of that.
- Marquette used to be a finesse team that we would beat due to superior size and talent. They’ve become another Pittsburgh, shoving and grabbing and getting away with most of it because the refs figure they can’t call everything. They are going to continue to be trouble for us for as long as we still have to play them. I’m tired of playing teams like that. The ACC can’t come too soon.
- JB tried to explain why he played Scoop Jardine instead of Brandon Triche down the stretch by saying that Brandon and Dion tend to try to make plays by themselves instead of getting the ball to our big guys. Scoop, a pure point guard, runs our offense and gets the ball inside better. That’s nice. Getting the ball inside isn’t our offense this year. Scoop in this game was 1 for 5 from the field, had 3 assists and 6 turnovers. He seemed to have no idea what he’s doing at times. Brandon had 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists vs. 3 turnovers. He also played excellent defense. We don’t need that down the stretch? Dion had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists vs. 2 turnovers. He’s absolutely the one you want with the ball in crunch time. There are times when Scoop is your best option- he certainly was in the Florida game. He’s had some other good games this year. But what this team is all about is seeing what each guy is giving you tonight and going with the guys who are giving you the most. And tonight that wasn’t Scoop.
- Rakeem Christmas has hit the wall. He’s played 31 minutes in the last three games. He’s 1 for 8 from the field, has scored 3 points, pulled down 7 rebounds, has no assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks. He’s also committed 12 fouls.
- The second half was a vision of what I’ve been worrying about- what if we have a game where we aren’t forcing turnovers and aren’t hitting jump shots. After forcing 12 first half turnovers, we forced only four in the second half- and missed 6 of 9 treys. We got out-scored 36-47.
- You can tell it’s the Big East season. The officiating in the Providence game was bad. Tonight, it was a clown show. Totally inconsistent calls. Brandon Triche has guy fall on him from the Dome roof, makes a three anyway and there’s no call. Nothing got called inside, everything outside, ( a sign of lazy officiating). And it was all punctuated by endless meetings around the monitors while players stood around and the fans did the wave.
- Fab Melo has got to sand off the rough edges of his game. He got called early for shoving a guy out of bounds because Fab had fumbled away a pass. Later he pounded the ball out of a guy’s hand after a whistle, sending it into the stands. Then there was the flagrant foul, where he boxed out for a rebound by giving a guy an elbow in the face. He also complains about calls a lot. The Matts- Park and Roe- were predicting a technical by the end of the game. He’d better watch out or he’ll get a red card.
- An 18 point halftime lead is great but you need a good second half start to keep things under control. Instead, with possession to star the half, we gave up 6 unanswered points and suddenly a game that had been 35-12 was 37-25. Marquette eventually got to within two, 59-57 and it seemed inevitable that would catch us. Can you imagine losing to them in their place, on an NCAA neutral court and then in our place when we were ranked #1 and had a 23 point lead? We were looking right down the barrel of that.
- Marquette used to be a finesse team that we would beat due to superior size and talent. They’ve become another Pittsburgh, shoving and grabbing and getting away with most of it because the refs figure they can’t call everything. They are going to continue to be trouble for us for as long as we still have to play them. I’m tired of playing teams like that. The ACC can’t come too soon.
- JB tried to explain why he played Scoop Jardine instead of Brandon Triche down the stretch by saying that Brandon and Dion tend to try to make plays by themselves instead of getting the ball to our big guys. Scoop, a pure point guard, runs our offense and gets the ball inside better. That’s nice. Getting the ball inside isn’t our offense this year. Scoop in this game was 1 for 5 from the field, had 3 assists and 6 turnovers. He seemed to have no idea what he’s doing at times. Brandon had 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists vs. 3 turnovers. He also played excellent defense. We don’t need that down the stretch? Dion had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists vs. 2 turnovers. He’s absolutely the one you want with the ball in crunch time. There are times when Scoop is your best option- he certainly was in the Florida game. He’s had some other good games this year. But what this team is all about is seeing what each guy is giving you tonight and going with the guys who are giving you the most. And tonight that wasn’t Scoop.
- Rakeem Christmas has hit the wall. He’s played 31 minutes in the last three games. He’s 1 for 8 from the field, has scored 3 points, pulled down 7 rebounds, has no assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks. He’s also committed 12 fouls.
- The second half was a vision of what I’ve been worrying about- what if we have a game where we aren’t forcing turnovers and aren’t hitting jump shots. After forcing 12 first half turnovers, we forced only four in the second half- and missed 6 of 9 treys. We got out-scored 36-47.
- You can tell it’s the Big East season. The officiating in the Providence game was bad. Tonight, it was a clown show. Totally inconsistent calls. Brandon Triche has guy fall on him from the Dome roof, makes a three anyway and there’s no call. Nothing got called inside, everything outside, ( a sign of lazy officiating). And it was all punctuated by endless meetings around the monitors while players stood around and the fans did the wave.
- Fab Melo has got to sand off the rough edges of his game. He got called early for shoving a guy out of bounds because Fab had fumbled away a pass. Later he pounded the ball out of a guy’s hand after a whistle, sending it into the stands. Then there was the flagrant foul, where he boxed out for a rebound by giving a guy an elbow in the face. He also complains about calls a lot. The Matts- Park and Roe- were predicting a technical by the end of the game. He’d better watch out or he’ll get a red card.
