Marquette Game Thread

[filbert]

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[quote author=filbert link=1167362717/30#42 date=1167598644]Well, Marquette came into the game a pretty good team, and didn't do anything today to convince anybody otherwise.

My guess is that Marquette had something to do with the Jacks' poor shooting percentage.

I can maybe see it on 3P%, but they don't guard us on the FT line [/quote]

I don't know, they sounded pretty quick . . . ;D

[filbert]

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80-63 Marquette is your final, by the way . . .

[1bunnies]

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[quote author=filbert link=1167362717/30#42 date=1167598644]Well, Marquette came into the game a pretty good team, and didn't do anything today to convince anybody otherwise.

My guess is that Marquette had something to do with the Jacks' poor shooting percentage.

I can maybe see it on 3P%, but they don't guard us on the FT line  [/quote]

I believe we are very capable of beating Marquette. I don't think it was their defense. I just returned from the game and we got some great looks and actually outplayed them as far as running our offense. We just didn't get the shots to drop. I think we must have missed 6-8 uncontested lay-ups. We usually don't miss that many 3's. Like I said we ran the offense well, got some great looks, but just didn't get the shots to fall. I'd like to play them down the road.

[reveroo]

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Well, Marquette came into the game a pretty good team, and didn't do anything today to convince anybody otherwise.

My guess is that Marquette had something to do with the Jacks' poor shooting percentage.

Just got back from the game, and yes, Marquette's defense did have something to do with our shooting percentage. They play very solid man to man defense, and every shot seem to be contested. Yes, we missed some open shots, but I attribute that to having to work so hard to get open, by that time, we were a bit tired, which in turn affected our shots. I was very impressed with Marquette. Actually reminded me alot of our Lady Jacks, play about the same style. They like to run, really look inside to their post players, yet aren't afraid to knock down the perimeter jump shot. Give them credit, they came into Frost, not an easy place to win, and really played a nice game. Nothing to hang our heads about, we just got be by a better team today.

[NightHawk78]

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Having been at the game, my thoughts:

Good:
Attendance was nice for a Sunday afternoon during break.
The team didn't mail it after Marquette took a big lead.
Fans today saw a legitimate Top 20 team.

Ugly:
Couldn't stop Ellis (33 points).
Vogel and Boever struggled from the FT line (3-7 for each).
3-point shooting was dreadful (we couldn't make them; they couldn't miss).
Inside play was pretty inconsistent.
Muck had a very off game with only 2 points.

Summary: We're a solid mid-major team that still needs to develop in order to take out some Top 25 teams.

[thebluehatman]

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Tough game to watch us struggle through. We struggled through out the game, shots would not fall for us. Our seventh longest home win streak in the country came to an end. 3 point shooting was horrible. We couldn't get a lucky bounce to save our life. Ellis was unstoppable 33 in the game. Bean, Vogel, and Warkenthien showed up and played respectable games. Everyone else struggled for us. We have had some struggles with the bench in the last few games. This was a top 20 team and will make a lot of noise in the Big East this year. A nice crowd turnout tonight. Unfortunately Marquette's beaver tranquilzers wore off before the game and the refs did not make the best calls at times. But we struggled against a tough Major school.

[JackJD]

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I was there.

We ran into the worst three-way combination possible: 1) a very good team with 2) lights-out shooting while 3) we simply have one of those off-days for our shooting.

We didn't quit. Kept trying to put them in but Marquette must have exchanged rims before the game. Most of #20's shots (that's Ellis) were perfectly centered. The rims had Jackrabbit repellant on them when we shot.

Nice crowd saw a very good team.

[Jacks_NL]

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photo's on yahoo

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaw/photo;...02&prov=ap

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaw/photo?...01&prov=ap

[JimmyJack]

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I was at the game. That Marquette team should give fans an idea of where we need to be (it sure opened my eyes). We'll need a couple more Vogel-like athletes to compete regularly at that level. Still, we're not that far away. Some of the younger players will benefit from today's game eventually... maybe not this year, but every time they compete against a team like that, they're learning.

Obviously, I was pretty impressed with Marquette. That Ellis is a terrific, natural point guard with great hands and an unorthodox, but deadly shot. She doesn't seem to be putting forth much effort, but after a while, you realize she's always around the ball. They just kept running in athletic and tall players at every stoppage in play. They'll have a very good year this year.

Good crowd. Now that most of the toughest part of the schedule is behind us, take a look at what's ahead. This Jackrabbit team is going to win a whole bunch of games... 22 or 24 wins is still very much possible. That's an incredible season. And a WNIT home game would be pretty fun.

Every game we get to see Megan Vogel play from here on out is going to be special. I hope fans take advantage of that. She's something to watch... and one of the nicest people you'll ever meet... and a great student.

[JimmyJack]

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photo's on yahoo

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaw/photo;...02&prov=ap

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaw/photo?...01&prov=ap

Photos by SDSU Photographer Eric Landwehr who was shooting for the AP today. Eric is one of the hidden treasures at SDSU. He's an incredibly talented photographer and we're lucky to have someone as capable as him documenting events at our university.

[EQguy]

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My main thought on the game is that if we would have made just 3 more threes (7-22 instead of 4-22) the game would have been much different. There was a point at the 8 minute mark or so where the ladies had closed to 12 and the crowd was getting into it. I would have liked to see that be 3 instead of 12 and then see how it would have ended. We may have still lost but it would have been real interesting.

[thebluehatman]

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Just got home from downtown and saw this.

South Dakota State did not give No. 20-ranked Marquette its best shot Sunday and that was more disappointing than the streak-snapping outcome.

The Jackrabbits struggled from the 3-point line, the free-throw line and most points in between during an 80-63 loss, their first at Frost Arena in 16 games and nearly 13 months. It was SDSU's most decisive home loss since Feb. 25, 2000.

Afterward, the team gathered at halfcourt, as it always does, to salute a crowd of 3,112. Jacks junior point guard Andrea Verdegan described the nearly forgotten feeling of falling at Frost as "horrible."

http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs...701010315/1002

[JBNJBQ]

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I thought the Jackrabbits would beat Marquette at our place. Unfortunately instead of raining 3's we had an ice cold shooting game. That happens to the best of teams sometimes. I thought we played harder than they did the whole 40 minutes. We are not far off from where they are in just a couple of years. It is a testament to our program that we are disappointed and that we expected to beat the #20 team in the nation.  That was not Chadron State we were playing.......... Go Jackrabbits!

[1stRowFANatic]

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I was at the game and quite frankly do not think we are that far off from Marquette. We missed way too many inside shots, some were contested, but you either make the basket or the free-throws. We didn't make either of them. 3-pt shooting was the worst I've ever seen, actually all shooting was the worst I've ever seen. As AJ said after the game, most shots taken were when we had a good look, but couldn't make it. I thought our D looked good, #20 was on fire and not much of answer to her, but they never stopped working. I think we out hustled them through out the game. We play them again and no way it is a double digit loss, might not win, but would be much closer. My guess is next opponent is going to pay for this.

[Haldersham]

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I was at the game and quite frankly do not think we are that far off from Marquette. We missed way too many inside shots, some were contested, but you either make the basket or the free-throws. We didn't make either of them. 3-pt shooting was the worst I've ever seen, actually all shooting was the worst I've ever seen. As AJ said after the game, most shots taken were when we had a good look, but couldn't make it. I thought our D looked good, #20 was on fire and not much of answer to her, but they never stopped working. I think we out hustled them through out the game. We play them again and no way it is a double digit loss, might not win, but would be much closer. My guess is next opponent is going to pay for this.

I too was at the game. My initial thoughts were that Marquette was the best defensive team that we met, and maybe that part is still correct, but its hard to ignore the fact, that our ladies where struggling with their shooting. Some times it was hard to get a good shot off, but there were plenty of chances that just never fell in. I noted the FGA stats on the north end of the court. At one point in time, I believe the first half, we were over 50%, and early in the second half, the FGA average fell to 33% which means we had quite a scorless spell that lasted a while. It seem during that period the game got out of reach for the Jacks.

No question this was a very good team we faced. Marquette has three asssistants who are probably paid a full salary. They were kind of spead out on the bench so it appeared each assistant had a role and responisiblity.

I think staffing in full is a big part or goal  of our transistion period which probably comes after fully endowing our scholarships. I am not saying the current staff is lacking, its not. Its just that sometimes, they might be thinly spread out and often have to cover a lot of ground. If we are short on anything it might be staff, and that is probably true of all sports at SDSU.

I dont think anyone has or will question the coaching of Marquette. They have a darn good head coach who has a budget to allow hiring additional people. To me that might be where our program difference is at this point in time.