Scholarship table
We're 2/3 through so I got ahead of myself but I think everyone catches my drift. This group has to tools to ascend to greater heights. That's really my main point. And we are definitely not excruciatingly boring like other teams.
Anything less than a national championship is an F
Seriously, all this needed was a "so far."I don't think many of us would say Shaka should grade less than A (if not A+) for this season SO FAR.That's fair and it's real and it still allows for great things to happen over the next 2 months.And I'm pretty sure that's what Muggs was saying.
Loss to Wisconsin means even with a natty the ceiling is a C
Blue, he took a program in complete disarray and in less than two years has us in prime position despite only having one big and modest size. If we get a 2/3 seed that's an A+ in my book. Especially when you consider we were picked 9th by the coaches. Meanwhile Michigan is a unmitigated disaster.
Yup. Al McGuire never lost to Wisconsin
Michigan missing the NCAA tournament after 5 straight years of reaching the Sweet 16 (or better) has nothing to do with anything here. I guess I'm just a tougher grader than you are. A+ suggests to me that it couldn't possibly be better. and if the team wins the Big East and gets a preferred seed, it isn't unreasonable to expect an NCAA win or two to top it off.
How can you possibly give any grade if we don't take advantage of the opportunity?
That's fair. I can get overzealous and ahead of things.
Idk about grades until after he's had his first test
MuggsyI do not think you are ahead of yourself. In less than two years Shaka has build an identity for the program and the excitement is real. More importantly, many folks think they are just getting started. What he has done in short order is well above of my lofty expectations.Negative to that, my expectations have risen a great deal. MU needs to win in March and keep the mojo going. This program is just getting out of the starting blocks and they need to keep winning.I still am hesitant to say out loud what I think they can accomplish this year, but it is much bigger than winning the BE title. It is time to show the country that MU basketball is back.
I would also give Shaka an A+. However, this team would not beat the 1975/76 team, which is my favorite MU team of all-time.Top 6 scorers Tatum, Lee, Ellis, Walton, Whitehead and Toone all played in NBA.