Oso planning to go pro
But wait, how come MU has not made it. After all, we have Wojo.
By my count, 43 different schools have made the Sweet 16 during the past 5 seasons. Here's the list, organized by number of appearances:Gonzaga (5)Duke (4)Kentucky (4)North Carolina (4)Kansas (3)Michigan (3)Oregon (3)Purdue (3)West Virginia (3)Wisconsin (3)Arizona (2)Florida St. (2)Michigan St. (2)Notre Dame (2)Oklahoma (2)Syracuse (2)Texas A&M (2)Texas Tech (2)UCLA (2)Villanova (2)Virginia (2)Xavier (2)Auburn (1)Baylor (1)Butler (1)Clemson (1)Florida (1)Houston (1)Indiana (1)Iowa St. (1)Kansas St. (1)Louisville (1)Loyola-Chicago (1)LSU (1)Maryland (1)Miami, Fl (1)NC State (1)Nevada (1)South Carolina (1)Tennessee (1)Utah (1)Virginia Tech (1)Wichita St. (1)
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.
In the last 40 years, we have made it that far how many times? Five? Miracle we made it that far in one of them.
And it wasn't easy in 2003, 2011 or 2012, either. Could have easily lost to HC or Mizzou. Could have easily lost to Syracuse. Could have easily lost to Murray State. I'm too young to remember 1994.
I don’t think this is a sweet 16 team. Hope I’m wrong but we’ll see.
Based on how they've played through 9 games, I don't think they're a Sweet 16 team, either. Too undisciplined. Too inconsistent.But I believe Marquette has the talent, experience and depth to become one. There are a lot of players who are either brand new to the team (Koby, Jayce, Symir) or taking on more prominent roles (Sacar, Brendan, Jamal, Greg). Hopefully they can continue to improve as they figure out how to play together.
So it's not a crapshoot, hey?
No one gets to the Sweet 16 without winning some that could go either way
Not sure I agree with that. Plenty of examples of teams that have destroyed their first two opponents to get to the Sweet 16. Of course you are correct that many have not gone that way and the games could have gone either way.