RE: Marquette Embarrassing Performance

[Keith Wedinger]

Trivia question time:

Which team holds a tie for the record for the biggest margin of victory in
the Final Four, when did this occur, against whom and what was the score?

J. Keith Wedinger 
Senior Software Developer 
Sterling Commerce 
  


-----Original Message-----
From: jon breiner [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 9:31 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Marquette Embarrassing Performance

I'd rather win one more game every time.  I had tickets tot he Lion King
last night and we went to dinner ahead of time.  Before we crossed the
street to go into the Aronoff I walked into Uno's to catch the score.  It
was during a TV timeout (turned out to be the first timeout of 2nd half) so
I waited a few minutes and then it came up: KU 73  MU 32.

I had to look at it quite a few times before reality set in.  When I went in
and told my "party" a bunch of people sitting near us asked "WHAT!?".  I
told them if I had not seen it, I would not have believed it.

But they are a Final Four team, and that is something to hang your hat on.

jon b

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Feeley" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Marquette Embarrassing Performance


> You've got to be kidding. Getting to the Final 4 vs losing in the
> first round to a crappy team? You get to the Final 4 and nobody
> remembers how well you did - you get stripes on your shoulder and go
> down as a "Final 4 Team". How many times do we refer to the Final 4
> 'Cats, and you can remember about every play on the team. How many do
> you remember from the teams 3 or 4 years after that?
>
> You were right about Crean's comments, because they were factual.
> They picked a bad time to have a dud of a game, but they will always
> be the "Final 4 Marquette Team".
>
> It's always better to have loved and lost....
>
> --- Chris <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Man, we are all tough on the Bearcats. But that was honestly the
> > most pathetic performance at the Final Four level (one point away
> > from the actual record for worst defeat) that I have ever
> > witnessed.
> >
> > The entire team and coaching staff looked like they were
> > sleepwalking and not mentally prepared to meet the challenge of a
> > Final Four game. They got the best from Kansas, who clearly were a
> > better team. However, it is a joke that they couldn't at least play
> > well enough to keep it within 10-15 points the entire game. That
> > was not a case where you just ran into a one time buzzsaw
> > performance by a team hitting 25 three pointers or something.
> > Marquette looked lost on defense, and their offense was basically
> > whoever had the ball dribble through some traffic and throw up a
> > shot without much passing.
> >
> > I can't imagine Huggins not jumping up and down and probably mass
> > subbing or something, no matter how futile the attempt. Crean just
> > didn't seem to try much of anything for being such a passionate guy
> > and motivator.
> >
> > Sucks to be a Marquette fan tonight I guess, especially anyone who
> > tried to be part of their dream season and picked up some scalped
> > tickets for hundreds of dollars to go see them.
> >
> > I can't imagine any Huggins team, no matter the talent level,
> > losing a game so soundly from start to finish against any opponent.
> > They always make a "mini run" to at least give us something to chew
> > on and talk about what could have been.
> >
> > Here's a question for ya. Would you rather have the Bearcats go to
> > the Final Four next year and lose just like Marquette did, or lose
> > in one of the earlier rounds? I am sure Crean will say something to
> > the effect of "One performance doesn't erase the great year we
> > had...", but it sure seemed like the kind of loss that would leave
> > me thinking some things were erased.
> >
> > Go Bearcats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! C-USA wins it next year!
> >
> > Chris
>
>
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