Most Disappointing MU players since 2000.

[Not A Serious Person]

Jameel McKay

[94Warrior]

1. Joey
2. ODB
3. Trevor Mbawke
4. Harry Froling
5. Todd Mayo
6. Erik Williams
7. Dameon Mason
8. Reggie Smith
9. Jameel McKay
10. James Matthews

Two late additions, thanks for jogging my memory:

11. Niv Berkowitz
12. Joe Chartouny

[marqfan22]

Niv Berkowitz

[Benny B]

Vander Blue.  Not disappointing as a player, but for a decision against what might have been. 

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Ike eke

[WarhawkWarrior]

 I question, Sam and Joey Hauser.  I’m most disappointed.

[Dr. Blackheart]

[WarriorFan]

For me it's Vander... who left for what ultimately amounted to not much.

[Eye]

Little different list, some guys on here for different reason, as someone said earlier, depends a lot of what your definitely of disappointing is:

Derrick Wilson - in a tough spot, asked to play big-time out of role, I like the Derrick Wilson in the TBT a lot, but that was far from his role at MU
Hauser X 2 - self-explanatory
Juan Anderson - expectations higher, left, came back
Scott Merritt and Jamil Wilson - pretty good Tonto's/Robins, far from great Lone Rangers/Batman's
Jeronne Maymonn - probably more Mr. Maymonn
Dameon Mason - kind of in same category on Hauser's
Odartey Blankson - definitely in same category as Hauser's
John Cliff - always seem to turn it over/miss a shot in big spot

Others considered for various reasons - Froling, Cheatham, JJJ, Steve Taylor, Mayo, Jake Thomas, Buycks (probably cause I was at the game at UL in '11 where he inexplicably tried to score late instead of holding the ball), Tyshawn Taylor (probably more Bob Hurley), Mbakwe, Amaroso, Grimm.

[HutchwasClutch]

Some of the players named and singled out are asinine. It’s being personalized to disappointments about decisions players made.

Vander Blue was arguably our best and certainly most clutch player on team that went to Elite 8.  Without him, no way are we conference champs that year. 

McKay didn’t play a single minute for us.  Joey was a major reason for team being top 2 all season in conference.

Judge performance for crying out loud, not a players decision off the court.

For me-
Chartouny- thought we were getting established player who would step in, start at PG and give us all kinds of intangibles that winning teams require.

Terry Sanders- role player at best, but coming out of high school, that was not how he was being projected.

Jay Zulauf-  transferred in with Ron Curry, where it seemed he amd Ron would be major pieces in O’Neill’s rebuild. Jay couldn’t play a lick

Froling and Berkowitz, I understand why they’ve been named, but international players are mostly going to be flyers. Otherwise they play pro overseas until their NBA eligible.  Neither was any good certainly. 

[HutchwasClutch]

Forgot Jamail Jones. Believe he was a top 100, maybe even scratching top 50 recruit, rode the bench mostly for Buzz.

[HutchwasClutch]

I definitely agree with Eye about Cheatham.  I thought he was going to be excellent.  He had a nice freshman year and never improved after.

[HutchwasClutch]

He had one stellar night in Alaska. I’ve always felt that was on Crean it didn’t work out for Amoroso at MU.  He could play.

[Dr. Blackheart]

He had one stellar night in Alaska. I’ve always felt that was on Crean it didn’t work out for Amoroso at MU.  He could play five card monte.

FIFY

[Mods, Delete me please. 8/26/2020]

Wade.  I'll never forgive him for declaring early and ruining what should've been a special '03-'04 season.   

[Copacabana]

For me it was Lloyd Moore.  Anybody remember him?

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2009/05/look-back-marquettes-history-with-top.html

There may not have been a bigger miss in MU history. Coming out of high school, nearly everyone thought Moore would be great. In addition to the Street and Smith ranking, he was an Adidas and Parade All American as a senior and many predicted that Moore would be the next great MU big man. Instead, he was the biggest bust in MU history, both literally and figuratively.

[dgies9156]

For me it was Lloyd Moore.  Anybody remember him?

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2009/05/look-back-marquettes-history-with-top.html

Yeup, Chocolate Moose!

[Copacabana]

Yeup, Chocolate Moose!

I had a friend who called him 'Dinty' Moore.  His first game against Minnesota is burned into my memory.

MU lost 100-66 and Lloyd got owned by Randy Breuer in the paint on his first shot attempt.

Gallows humor from the MU hopeful ensued until he transferred to Rutgers.

[tower912]

Amo
JjJ
Froling
Chartouny
James Matthews
Dameon Mason
Mbakwe
Gardner never figuring out how to be a two way player

[We R Final Four]

Chardonnay......no doubt.

[HutchwasClutch]

Amo
JjJ
Froling
Chartouny
James Matthews
Dameon Mason
Mbakwe
Gardner never figuring out how to be a two way player

Mbakwe- Crean stupidly lifted his redshirt when he was nowhere near 100% healthy and then he decided to transfer.  What was disappointing about him other than you wished he would have stayed?!

[Autoengineer]

I’m going with JJJ.  He was ranked 40- something coming out of HS if I recall correctly. 

[Galway Eagle]

I’m going with JJJ.  He was ranked 40- something coming out of HS if I recall correctly.

#32

https://247sports.com/player/jajuan-johnson-19409/

[Autoengineer]

#32

https://247sports.com/player/jajuan-johnson-19409/

Now I’m even more disappointed!   Never had any intensity.   I recall him getting benched for poor practice performance.   

[tower912]

Now I’m even more disappointed!   Never had any intensity.   I recall him getting benched for poor practice performance.

After beating #1 Villanova, the team swooned during the next couple of games.    There was a week off before the next game and Wojo announced that every position was up for grabs and would be decided by how hard a player worked the next week in practice.   JjJ reportedly showed up late for practice, which led to a DNP-CD in the following game.