SWSiouxMN Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 UND had a solid effort offensively but not defensively against a pesky Mayville squad. Nevertheless, it was enough to get the win for UND. Now they hop on the bus to head on down to Milwaukee once again... but this time its against national ranked Marquette. To say that Marquette is having a good start to the year is an understatement. Picked 2nd in the Big East behind the defending champs Villanova, the season has lived up to expectations... minus a upset down in Bloomington against Indiana. They have found their stride in the last two weeks, beating then #12 ranked Kansas State at home, and then later beating their in-state rival #12 ranked Wisconsin at home. They still have a stiff non-conference test coming up against #14 Buffalo after the UND game, so between beating your in-state rival and having a tough mid-major after this, there is always the chance that they could be walking into a trap. The Golden Eagles are coached by Steve "Wojo" Wojciechowski, who is in his 4th season at Marquette. Currently he has an 81-61 overall record. The former Duke assistant is trying to carve his niche in a program that has a rich tradition of great coaches. He has to follow two tough acts: Tom Crean, who had some kid from Chicago called Wade, and made a Final 4, and Buzz Williams, who has 3 Sweet 16s and an Elite 8 on his resume at that school. Wojo has the Eagles back to 20 wins seasons, but can he take that next step and lead Marquette to a deep run in March. Key Player: Markus Howard (5'11 Junior) This guard has been a scoring machine and has been one of the better players in the Big East for the past year and a half. He already has a 45 point outing against Kansas State, and a 37 point outing against B-C. He is a volume scorer and is very good at the free throw line. UND is going to need to keep him off the line and keep him cold from the field. Milestone Watch: 27 - Points that Seales is away from 1000 career points. Odds are he will accomplish this against UNI but should be able to do it before 2018 is out. Key Questions: 1) Does Marlon make his debut? After sitting out the first part of the season due to academics, it is assumed that Marlon will finally be on the court for this young squad. For the time being, I would suspect he would come off the bench until he finds his game legs. For UND, this will be a welcomed addition, giving them another ball handler and experienced scorer. If he has improved his 3 point shot, he can really solidify the rotation. 2) Who will get off to a good start: UND or Marquette Its possible that Marquette comes out with two potential mindsets: Lets crush this team early or We really can go through the motions. No matter how they start, UND needs to get off to a better one and punch them in the mouth early. If they can do that, get a little confidence early... who knows? 3) Can UND continue to grow and progress as a team? There's about a 99.99% chance that Marquette wins and wins big, so UND can look at this as another opportunity for growth. You got nothing to lose: Hit some shots, play great D, and keep getting better before Summit play starts in 10 days. The call: This is a bit of a trap game for Marquette and can easily be a game where they go through the motions. Could this be the Gonzaga game from last year? I'm not really feeling it. I expect UND to play well, but the Eagles will be too much. Marquette 95-70 Game is on FoxSports Go and FSN North+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxFan100 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 This game could be ugly. Hopefully, we can get to a point where we can make these types of game competitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 7-0 Marquette after the first few minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Walter 3 Marlon in the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Marlon still has a jumper that looks like a missle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 nice feed from Brown to Rebraca? stupid grey unis 7-5 Marquette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Marquette 7 UND 5 15:15 1st Nice little response after Marquette jumped out to a 7-0 lead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 at least they ain’t balling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 12-9 Marquette 14:00 1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 nice feed from Marlon to Walter 17-11 Eagles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 oofff Panoam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Marquette 17 UND 13 10:41 1st UND heading to the line forced the Eagles into 9 turnovers already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 He might be a bit rusty offensively, but Marlon isn't on defense and distributing the ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Rebraca stayed with it 19-18 Eagles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 as soon as I compliment him... he commits the Cardinal sin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 can't do much about that Panoam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Marquette 26 UND 20 7:18 1st Not a bad 12 minutes... I wish they were shooting a little better to make this interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 I still think it would have been nice for Marlon to have played against Mayville to knock a little rust off... but what do I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND Fan Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 1 minute ago, SWSiouxMN said: I still think it would have been nice for Marlon to have played against Mayville to knock a little rust off... but what do I know Do we know that he was eligible to play against Mayville? If so, I fully agree with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND1983 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Be nice to pop some three's soon. Not playing badly just can't make a run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, UND Fan said: Do we know that he was eligible to play against Mayville? If so, I fully agree with you. I thought I read in the herald that he was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND1983 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Who taught Hazekamp how to shoot? That form...oof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Game is on FSN +. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND Fan Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, Goon said: Is this on TV? DirecTV 646 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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