The student turnout was pathetic, continuing last year's lack of turnout. Hopefully they show up for Belmont and Iowa.
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On the fouls called. I'm fine with the new rules. It's hard to say what crew will call what. I've been to two games in person this year and the Panthers exhibition game had great flow, the players seemed to follow the rules and there was about only 25 fouls called. In the MU game on Monday, the Marquette players got beaten so bad at times in the first half and then reached in with the hands, which made it easy for the refs to call a foul.
The third foul called on Wilson was weird, both arms were up and the VCSU player ran into Wilson. Should have been a play on.
They will.
I thought initially that MU would sneak past Belmont on Friday, but am wavering after last night. Seems like MU's weaknesses right now play right into the hands of a veteran team. They have to be better guarding without fouling, and on the defensive glass. MU will be able to score enough to hang with teams, but it comes down to defense.
A change that I found cool was they sent the press tables up to an upper section and replaced them with 2 lines of students.
Gives it a little more of a college feel, with the students right on the floor
On a side note, Jae Crowder and some of his Celtic teammates were in the house last night, including Kelly Olynyk.