'Disrespected' Marquette Nrhiav Thawj Big East Txiv neej Kev Sib Tw Ncaws Pob Sib Tw

Tyler Kolek pab tsis tau nws tus kheej. Tus neeg saib xyuas Marquette yuav tsum hais nws lub siab thaum hnub Friday tsaus ntuj kev sib tw loj East kev sib tw ib nrab hnub kawg tawm tsam Connecticut.

Ob peb zaug, Kolek lub puab tsaig nrog Green Bay Packers khiav rov qab Aaron Jones, uas tau zaum hauv tsev hais plaub ntawm Madison Square Garden hnav UConn iav. Tristen Newton, UConn tus thawj saib xyuas, yog Jones tus npawg. Yog li, ib txwm, Jones tau pib rau Huskies txawm tias Jones tau tuaj koom ob peb Marquette hauv tsev ua si lub caij no. Qhov ntawd tsis tau zaum zoo nrog Kolek.

Kolek tau hais tias "Kuv tau hais rau nws tias nws yuav tsum tau rov qab pab pawg hauv tsev," Kolek hais. "Nws tau mus rau peb cov kev ua si ntau dua li lawv cov kev ua si."

Kolek rov qab hais lus thoob khib nyiab, raws li Marquette yeej, 70-68, mus rau nws thawj qhov kev sib tw loj East kev sib tw rau hmo Saturday. Tus No. 1 noob Golden Eagles yuav ntsib No. Xavier tau tshwm sim hauv lwm qhov Big East kawg, poob rau Villanova hauv 2. Nws yog thawj zaug uas ob lub noob tau sib ntsib hauv Big East kev sib tw ua si txij li xyoo 82.

Cov pab pawg tau faib lub caij nyoog sib tw nrog txhua qhov yeej hauv tsev: Xavier yeej, 80-76, hauv Cincinnati thaum Lub Ib Hlis 15, thaum Marquette yeej, 69-68, hauv Milwaukee thaum Lub Ob Hlis 15 thaum Olivier-Maxence Prosper tipped nyob rau hauv ib qho kev poob. nrog ib tug thib ob seem.

Txawm hais tias yeej nws thawj lub caij nyoog loj East ib txwm muaj, Marquette tau muaj nti ntawm nws lub xub pwg txhua xyoo. Ua ntej lub caij, cov pab koomtes cov kws qhia tau xaiv Golden Eagles kom tiav qib cuaj hauv 11 pab pawg sib tw, kev tshoov siab Kolek hais "F—- 'em" thaum nug txog qhov projection.

Kolek tau raug hu ua Big East's Player of the Year tom qab qhov nruab nrab 12.7 cov ntsiab lus thiab 7.9 pab rau ib qho kev ua si nrog 3.3 pab-rau-tig piv. Shaka Smart yog lub rooj sib tham tus kws qhia xyoo tom qab coj Golden Eagles mus rau 17-3 cov ntaub ntawv sib tw hauv nws xyoo thib ob hauv tsev kawm ntawv. Thiab rau pem hauv ntej David Joplin yeej cov pab koomtes thib rau txiv neej Award tom qab nruab nrab 9.2 cov ntsiab lus thiab 3.4 rebounds ib qho kev ua si.

Txawm li cas los xij, Golden Eagles yeej tsis poob lawv ntug. Lawv nkag mus rau hnub Friday yav tsaus ntuj raws li qhov kev twv txiaj tsis zoo rau UConn, uas tau yeej cuaj ntawm 10 qhov kev ua si kawg, suav nrog 87-72 yeej Marquette thaum Lub Ob Hlis 7 hauv Hartford. Marquette tau yeej thawj qhov sib tw, 82-76, thaum Lub Ib Hlis 11 hauv Milwaukee.

"Kuv xav hais qhov no hauv txoj kev hwm tshaj plaws, tab sis nws zoo li ntau tus neeg tau muab UConn qhov kev ua si los rau hauv," Smart hais. “Thiab muaj qee cov lus hais txog leej twg yog tus tswv lub Vaj thiab cov khoom zoo li ntawd…Peb tau hais tias, 'Tau ib pliag. Peb yeej cov pab koomtes no, 'yog li peb tsis tau rov qab los rau lwm tus. "

Kolek hais tias: “Hmo no, peb tau ua pov thawj tias kev saib tsis taus tsis raug lees paub. Txawm tias UConn, lawv tau saib tsis taus peb, ib yam nkaus. Peb tsuas yog tuav ntawm qhov kev ua si no. "

Nws tsis yooj yim. UConn taug qab, 56-46, ua ntej khi nws ntawm 60-txhua qhov nruab nrab ntawm qhov thib ob ib nrab. Tab sis Joplin thiab Kolek tau ua txhaum plaub thib plaub hauv ob feeb tom ntej, xa lawv mus rau lub rooj ntev zaum nrog tus pib Oso Ighodaro, uas kuj muaj plaub fouls.

Txawm li cas los xij, Marquette cov nyiaj khaws cia tau nrawm nrog UConn thiab tau ua ntej, 70-68, thaum Kolek thiab Ighodaro rov qab los nrog 2: 14 tshuav. Tsis muaj ob pab neeg tau qhab nia dua, vim Marquette nres UConn ntawm nws tsib yam khoom kawg. Tam sim ntawd, cov suab nkauj ntawm "UCONN" uas tau tshwm sim thoob plaws lub Vaj tau nres, thiab Marquette ua kev zoo siab rau hauv ib qho chaw uas muaj dej siab Huskies cov kiv cua.

Kolek tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias peb pawg neeg tau mus ncig zoo heev hmo no, ib yam nkaus," Kolek hais. "Zoo meej UConn kiv cua tau nrov nrov, tab sis peb nyiam hais tias lub zog yog lub zog. Koj tuaj yeem siv lub zog tawm tsam thiab koj tuaj yeem siv koj tus kheej lub zog ntawm pawg neeg hauv txhua txoj kev koj xav tau. Peb zoo li pub nws ob txoj hauv kev. "

Raws li Kolek tau hais, nws tau zaum ntawm lub rooj zaum hauv chav kaw khoom uas New York Knicks feem ntau hnav khaub ncaws. Nws thiab nws cov phooj ywg yuav rov qab los nyob ntawd dua rau hnub Saturday tab tom nrhiav kom yeej kev sib tw ncaws pob thawj zaug txij li xyoo 1997 thaum Marquette nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas.

Kolek hais tias "Koj tuaj yeem thov dab tsi ntxiv dua li hnub Saturday tsaus ntuj ntawm Lub Vaj?" "Yog tias koj tsis tuaj yeem sawv rau qhov kev ua si, ces kuv tsis paub tias koj yuav sawv rau qhov twg."