Marquette is the worst program in college BB

[Marcus92]

After losing 4 of the past 5 games, it's clear that Marquette is at an all-time low.

Wojo was the single worst hire in the history of the program. He's a fraud and a loser who doesn't know the first thing about coaching — which is why Coach K was so excited to finally get rid of him at Duke. If MU had hired the right coach, they'd be back in the Final Four by now. Probably even contending for the national championship.

Instead, this team will not only miss the NCAA tournament once again — an all-time record streak of futility — it's going to lose every game for the rest of the schedule and challenge DePaul for last place in the Big East (which, by the way, is at an all-time low and will never again be as good as it used to be). Odds are the conference will drop MU after the season and replace us with St. Louis.

Nobody wants to watch this team (ratings and attendance are at an all-time low). Nobody on the team wants to win. Nobody shows leadership. Nobody plays defense. Nobody is athletic. Nobody has improved — or will ever improve. Nobody in the administration cares about anything besides paying Wojo's humungous salary and spending outrageous sums of money on the basketball program (accountability is at an all-time low). Nobody sees the faintest hint of light at the end of the tunnel.

About the only thing to look forward to is the NCAA demoting Marquette to Division II basketball for failure to compete, or MU dropping the basketball program altogether just like it did with football (another one of the biggest failures of all time).

[BobWildLoyalist]

Aren't you an angry elf...

[warriorchick]

                                           

[🏀]

There's so many blatant errors, it has to be fake.

[MU B2002]

We'll see how we finish down the stretch. My advice is not to overreact to recent poor performances, the same way fans should have tempered their optimism following great performances against Creighton and Villanova. That's called recency bias, and doesn't necessarily reflect the current reality or predict the future with any accuracy.

Take your own advice maybe.

[skianth16]

[LloydsLegs]

Well done, Marcus. 

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Will Benny put his seal of approval on this one?

[mu03eng]

Will Benny put his seal of approval on this one?

Not nearly subtle enough....it ain't bad, but it doesn't make me rethink whether or not I live in the Matrix.

[BM1090]

Definitely fake.

[PGsHeroes32]

Considering 6 conference wins would have us nowhere near DePaul or in last place


That shoulda been the giveaway

[Stronghold]

Go back under your bridge, Troll.

[Marcus92]

Whether you've read my posts or not, I didn't even think this was close.

I'm an optimist, a long-time backer of the MU basketball program and Wojo believer. If this wasn't clearly understood to be sarcastic, either:

1) I just plain suck at sarcasm;
2) The original post, meant to show how over-the-top and ridiculous the rampant pessimism on this site has been lately, hit closer to home than I realized; or
3) Sarcasm is dead.

[cheebs09]

This just further elevates Jamal Cain's importance as a recruit.

[Scooter22]

Fake News

[MUBigDance]

Another take on this:

What if the sarcasm was the other way. Wojo is a diamond of many facets. We have NBA players in waiting. 5-0 down the stretch and elite 8 minimum...just you wait and see!

No way that troll would be believed yet Marcus' downside troll got some to bite and even had to post it was sarcasm.

I am also an optimist and mull around how a 4-1 finish might happen. And even daydream about how a sweet 16 could become reality this year! But the sad truth is, the negatives outweigh the positives and if I had to bet my paycheck it would be on a 2-3 finish.

[#UnleashSean]

Im colorblind ans couldnt see the teal. I still understood the sarcasm. Come on people.

[tower912]

The sad thing is if someone doesn't recognize that as sarcasm.

[real chili 83]

This was funny. First good thread of the week. I think I see the sun coming out now.

I see a 30 point win on Saturday, and Newsie and I speaking Spanish and full of mamajuanna.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Our only hope is to put JJJ in as the point guard....and the center.  Sort of a Magic JJ Johnson point center.

[Norm]

Was that supposed to be in teal???

However, one salient point - since the new Big East formed, the only school Marquette has more wins than is DePaul. MU does have the 9th best record in the Big East the last 3 3/4 seasons.

[Newsdreams]

Whether you've read my posts or not, I didn't even think this was close.

I'm an optimist, a long-time backer of the MU basketball program and Wojo believer. If this wasn't clearly understood to be sarcastic, either:

1) I just plain suck at sarcasm;
2) The original post, meant to show how over-the-top and ridiculous the rampant pessimism on this site has been lately, hit closer to home than I realized; or
3) Sarcasm is dead.

Alternative facts, hey?

[Newsdreams]

This was funny. First good thread of the week. I think I see the sun coming out now.

I see a 30 point win on Saturday, and Newsie and I speaking Spanish and full of mamajuanna.

We got this Chili!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Is Hiroshima here yet?

[MUUWUWM]

Umm Hiroshima happened or I believe it happened from reading posts here in the past.

What we have to  fear next is Nagasaki!

[Class71]

Do we not have a practice of typing comments like these in teal?

[T-Bone]

<a href="https://youtu.be/-sbFhOeqTzY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://youtu.be/-sbFhOeqTzY</a>

[Dr. Blackheart]

Chili is for closers.  MU double digits over X.

[EaglesNest]

Would love to see a Real Chili concession stand at the new arena. Though trying to eat that stuff without a counter could get messy.

[🏀]

Would love to see a Real Chili concession stand at the new arena. Though trying to eat that stuff without a counter could get messy.

What would get messy is the BC toilet stalls

[barfolomew]

Wojo was the single worst hire in the history of the program.

Wrong.

That dubious distinction goes to former head coach Elmer "Stripes" McGillicuddy, who reportedly made his players eat bowls of crushed coal before games and conducted practices on top of pullman cars at the trainyard when they did not, in his mind, "earn their stripes".

[T-Bone]

Wrong.

That dubious distinction goes to former head coach Elmer "Stripes" McGillicuddy, who reportedly made his players eat bowls of crushed coal before games and conducted practices on top of pullman cars at the trainyard when they did not, in his mind, "earn their stripes".

So the bumblebee uniforms were a throwback to the McGillicuddy era.  Neat. 

[Hubert Davis]

The Xavier game is a MUST win.  Another home loss will further cement Wojo as a fraud.

Just win baby

[warriorchick]

So the bumblebee uniforms were a throwback to the McGillicuddy era.  Neat.

You got played, T-Bone.  Check the dates on that basketball.

[T-Bone]

You got played, T-Bone.  Check the dates on that basketball.

/noteal
I was hoping to generate a legacy of imagined history for MUBB!  Something the children of our children would use to re-create Scoop after the apocalypse.  A dystopian scoop, moderated by NersJrJrJrIII (they say he can dunk 3 balls at the same time). 
Ideally, the bumble bee uniforms would have been the result of the one time the BOT decided to rename the team to the Beer Bees, for the bees that were attracted to Milwaukee for it's cream colored buildings and open vats of fermenting beer used as a sugar source for their enormous bee hives - some as big as a city block. 

[statnik]

Even though this was meant to be sarcasm, it is a bit of a fail that MU spends the second most on its basketball program behind Duke and yet has been mediocre now for four years running.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Even though this was meant to be sarcasm, it is a bit of a fail that MU spends the second most on its basketball program behind Duke and yet has been mediocre now for four years running.

Throw up the Jay Bee signal!

[vogue65]

Even though this was meant to be sarcasm, it is a bit of a fail that MU spends the second most on its basketball program behind Duke and yet has been mediocre now for four years running.

But, we might be first in graduation rate or GPA in the Big East, but then who cares?  Oh, the BOT cares.

[Stretchdeltsig]

Watch the rodents and wolverines plY is like watching a bad eight grade g s me.  It makes me feel better about Marquette.  We are much better.

[4everwarriors]

Taught both kicked our ass, hey?

[willie warrior]

So the bumblebee uniforms were a throwback to the McGillicuddy era.  Neat.

The bumblelees were developed by Bo Ellis (probably during a psychedelic experience), which is likely why the NCAA banned them. But they were awesome!

[vogue65]

Watch the rodents and wolverines plY is like watching a bad eight grade g s me.  It makes me feel better about Marquette.  We are much better.

Agreed, but how about Syracuse, Louisville, or God forgive me, Virginia Tech?  Watching Villanova is a little like watching grass grow as well.  Dribble, dribble, bounce, bounce, pass, pass, shoot....score.

To change the subject slightly, or explain myself, St. Johns had grit, guts, character, spunk, drive, whatever.  They are not that good, but they play like alley cats.  That is something that must be recruited, it can't be instilled.  It is something that people who need to prove something have.  It comes from within and can't be instilled.  I don't see it in people of privilege, I see it in warriors, call it a nothing to lose mentality.  It is not about X's and 0's or skill or plays, it is about something else.  When you see it you recognize it and our program does not have that something. 

O.K. we win some games we should have lost, and we lose some games that we should have won, but the common denominator is a lack of that special something.....that winning something.

I loved it when Wojoe took the team to a cold playground in NYC without their fancy uniforms for a practice last year.  It worked for a game or two, but it can't be an everyday thing.  I really feel the frustration that he must be feeling. 

The coach for Depaul has that same look on his face during games......   

[4everwarriors]

The bumblelees were developed by Bo Ellis (probably during a psychedelic experience), which is likely why the NCAA banned them. But they were awesome!

C'mon man, Bo didn't design chit in 1970, ai na?

[vogue65]

C'mon man, Bo didn't design chit in 1970, ai na?

Would some history major please do a professional history of the basketball program at MU.  Yes, Bo was a clothing designer, might still be for all I know, took classes at Milwaukee School of Design, if memory serves me.
 
1976-77 were the years, what a coincidence, Al McGuire left the program to become a partner in a clothing company that did what?  It designed high school basketball uniforms, o.k., college also.

[willie warrior]

C'mon man, Bo didn't design chit in 1970, ai na?

Of course he designed uniforms--maybe not in 1970.
http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/goldeneagles/former-marquette-star-created-a-style-all-his-own-na43og2-138900759.html

[4everwarriors]

I know my chit. Ellis took classes @ Mount Mary while at MU. His design was da untucked jersey, aka da 1977 championship uni. Da bumblebees made der debut in da 1970 NIT and Bo had nothin' ta do wit them, ai na?

[Lennys Tap]

I know my chit. Ellis took classes @ Mount Mary while at MU. His design was da untucked jersey, aka da 1977 championship uni. Da bumblebees made der debut in da 1970 NIT and Bo had nothin' ta do wit them, ai na?

All of this is fact, Doc - thanks for setting things straight.

[Dr. Blackheart]

I know my chit. Ellis took classes @ Mount Mary while at MU. His design was da untucked jersey, aka da 1977 championship uni. Da bumblebees made der debut in da 1970 NIT and Bo had nothin' ta do wit them, ai na?

<a href="https://youtu.be/znSTcRk2q-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://youtu.be/znSTcRk2q-8</a>

[willie warrior]

I know my chit. Ellis took classes @ Mount Mary while at MU. His design was da untucked jersey, aka da 1977 championship uni. Da bumblebees made der debut in da 1970 NIT and Bo had nothin' ta do wit them, ai na?

Obviously you are right. But they probably inspired him immensely.

[Galway Eagle]

Obviously you are right. But they probably inspired him immensely.

Howso? The untucked ones looked nothing like the bumbles

Maybe they incentivized him to be more out there but there's no noticeable inspiration

[Newsdreams]

Agreed, but how about Syracuse, Louisville, or God forgive me, Virginia Tech?  Watching Villanova is a little like watching grass grow as well.  Dribble, dribble, bounce, bounce, pass, pass, shoot....score.

To change the subject slightly, or explain myself, St. Johns had grit, guts, character, spunk, drive, whatever.  They are not that good, but they play like alley cats.  That is something that must be recruited, it can't be instilled.  It is something that people who need to prove something have.  It comes from within and can't be instilled.  I don't see it in people of privilege, I see it in warriors, call it a nothing to lose mentality.  It is not about X's and 0's or skill or plays, it is about something else.  When you see it you recognize it and our program does not have that something. 

O.K. we win some games we should have lost, and we lose some games that we should have won, but the common denominator is a lack of that special something.....that winning something.

I loved it when Wojoe took the team to a cold playground in NYC without their fancy uniforms for a practice last year.  It worked for a game or two, but it can't be an everyday thing.  I really feel the frustration that he must be feeling. 

The coach for Depaul has that same look on his face during games......

So many alternative facts in your posts plus the underprivileged crap. Grow a pair man.

[vogue65]

So many alternative facts in your posts plus the underprivileged crap. Grow a pair man.

So now we have a new word in our vocabulary, "alternative facts", lets use it every chance we get.
BTW doesn't being prevlidged feel great?

[Newsdreams]

So now we have a new word in our vocabulary, "alternative facts", lets use it every chance we get.
BTW doesn't being prevlidged feel great?

Lol far from priviledged and if you don't have a clue about Scoop sarcasm too bad.

[mu03eng]

[vogue65]

Umm Hiroshima happened or I believe it happened from reading posts here in the past.

What we have to  fear next is Nagasaki!

Correct, it has taken a few years to recognise the new reality.

[Newsdreams]

Correct, it has taken a few years to recognise the new reality.

Lol you have no clue

[GoldenDieners32]

this thread is dumb. i could name a ton of teams that are WAY worse than MU

[teamdee]

new school marquette basketball isn't tough, gotta toughen up

[T-Bone]

new school marquette basketball isn't tough, gotta toughen up

The fan base for sure.  Hirsohima/Nagasaki/X should transfer out.   See the big picture folks.

[vogue65]

Lol you have no clue

No clue, troll, goblegook, gibberish, can't spell, I must be getting close to the quick.
It is easy to toe the party line, thinking outside the box is challenging for some.

[Dr. Blackheart]

new school marquette basketball isn't tough, gotta toughen up

Drop hoops and add Men's Volleyball, ai-na?

[TSmith34, Inc.]

No clue, troll, goblegook, gibberish, can't spell, I must be getting close to the quick.
It is easy to toe the party line, thinking outside the box is challenging for some.

And sometimes thinking outside the box is indistinguishable from gibberish because it is gibberish