Marquette game thread 1/23/2022

[muskieman]

2 P.M. ET
FISERV FORUM IN MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Musketeers, 14-3 overall and 4-2 in the BIG EAST Conference

Xavier is shooting for a third straight win, while MU is looking to extend its win streak to six games.

Television: FS1 with pbp from Matt Schumacker and analysis from Nick Bahe.
Radio: 700 WLW-AM

Time to make my weekend birthday perfect

[Anti-Homer]

Order in the universe starting to be restored. Bengals now playing at a high level, so hopefully they will join X as the only sports team in Cincy to consistently win at a high level since the early 90's, when both the Reds and Bengals went to the WS and SB respectfully. I would include my 2nd favorite college team in UC for winning in the 90s, but they were the poster child of NCAA infractions and penalties, so sadly any accomplishment is nullified, rightfully so. All you Cat F Ball haters have to give them credit for winning, even though they played in a league only slightly better than the GCL.

[yellow20xd]

Go X!!!... Dan

[Pandinus]

Hunter is without a doubt the most offensively inept X starter I have seen in 30 years of watching X hoops

[muskieman]

Nate playing good D but needs to score in this game. Kunkel 1-3 from three. Both teams having trouble scoring

[muskieman]

Lewis killing X with 11 points of their 29

[muskieman]

Kunkel off the bench leads X scorers with 10 points. Need more scoring from Jones, Johnson and Nunge.

[Anti-Homer]

X not executing well at the rim again. Steele continues to treat Free like Anthony Davis. He's playing ok offensively, but struggling defensively again. The first two points were scored with a 25 foot pass from the top of the key to Free's guy, who simply moved from one side of the block to the other.

I'm bewildered why Nunge doesn't see more minutes than him. If not for his second foul, he would continue to get the Bluiett treatment and play 37 minutes a game. Also, why did he take Kunkel out, who is by far their best offensive player today? I think he writes down the number of minutes he plans of playing someone and rarely wavers.

Johnson will come out of his funk but playing excellent D. Game is still within reach, but won't be easy. Marquette is a top 25 caliber team.

[muskieman]

Like those high percentage dunks

[Anti-Homer]

Thankfully MQuette takes as many dumb shots as X does.