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Article: MARQUETTE; 60; ILLINOIS STATE; 32 Getting defensive; MU clamps down on Redbirds
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 16, 2004
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Getting defensive
MU clamps down on Redbirds
After his team's season opener Sunday night, Marquette Golden
Eagles coach Tom Crean talked about the need to turn up the intensity
on defense.
Less than 24 hours later against Illinois State in the semifinals
of the Black Coaches Association Classic, he got all he could have
asked for and more from his charges.
Aggressive from the opening tip while at the same time taking
advantage of their opponent's offensive impatience, the Golden Eagles
not only destroyed the Redbirds, 60-32, in front of a crowd of 8,203
at the Bradley Center, they also turned in perhaps the best defensive
effort in Crean's five-plus years at MU.
The 32 points were the fewest ...