Oso planning to go pro
Cool. Definitely seems like Lovell and company aren't the kind to push for excellence and/or overachievement. 4 years in and no NCAA wins, isn't exactly high standard material. Hopefully the long leash will be rewarded beginning next season and thereafter and Wojo guides us to consistent NCAA tourney appearances year in and out.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
And in none of those 4 years has Marquette been projected to even making the tournament. So KenPom would say that Marquette has overchieved just by making it!
Yea...I'd imagine with all of the roster instability year over year since Wojo arrived, that resulted in preseason expectations being mediocre thus far under Wojo. As Wojo lamented all year long, in his 4th year at the helm, we were inexperienced this past season.
Your patience in this argument is to be commended.
And another halfway decent thread gets de-railed with a Buzz/Wojo thing. You guys are something else, it just never ends.
His head is up your ass?
He is going to be a great father. Already having experience dealing with immature teenagers.
Winner winner.
No, there is ONE guy who pollutes even single thread with the same arguments over and over and over and over and over. It never ends.
What roster instability? We've been right at the national average for the past few years. Rome wasn't built in a day Brother Ners, our Rome should be coming to completion next year (and improved upon the following year). And if it isn't, then it will be time to find a new architect
There’s no problem being at the national average in roster instability, so long as you can produce. I look at Jamie Dixon, Kelvin Sampson, Buzz, Chris Beard, Counzo Martin - all those guys have turned awful programs around in less time than Wojo.
Dixon - Fantastic coach great exampleSampson - Known cheater who loses a bunch to graduation and will likely miss the tournament againBuzz - Fantastic coach great exampleBeard - Inherited a team that made the NCAAs the year before but also a solid coach...though he loses a lot to graduation and may miss the tourney next yearCuonzo - Burned Cal's program to the ground in three year. Cut a big fart and walked out of the room
Marquette first appeared in the NCAA tournament in 1954-55. No coach since then has gone 4 straight years without making the tournament. I'm grateful that Wojo has "overachieved" to avoid that dubious distinction but would feel better if overachievement hadn't been necessary.
Dukiet did
Only coached 3 seasons at Marquette.Thank goodness.
Not sure I understand, but maybe it is how you worded it.Eddie Hickey made it in 1960-61 and not again until Al McGuire in '67-68. That's more than 4 straight years, but because Hickey made it already are you saying that rings the bell for your statement?Hank last made it in '83, we went 10 straight years and several coaches (Majerus, Dukiet) and O'Neill's 4th year until finally making it back in '93. Is it because it had to be the same coach, because certainly as a program we missed it. Not sure I understand the difference really. Those other coaches were dismissed or left on their own because of their own poor trajectory. Wojo's trajectory has been solid.
Sorry you were unable to understand. 82 and others did. I suggest you reread.
I guess I fall into the bucket of Sand Knit and Hutchwasclutch as we answered your question and must have read it differently. Maybe you and 82 have a kinetic connection. Batman and Robin