Oso planning to go pro
Sustained excellence is critical. We have had big wins before. Villanova comes to mind, especially when we beat them in Philadelphia.We haven’t sustained it. We faded at some point along the road. Yesterday was great but it will mean far more if it is the foundation win on our team’s return to glory.Marquette has had too many false starts that I won’t say we are back. That’s for our coach and our team to say in the coming days and weeks.
The important piece I take from this is that they only attempted 16 3’s the entire game. That shows that they were much more aggressive in taking the ball to the hoop.
Well, except that we took 25 3’s, or 41.7% of our FGAs. For the year, we’re at 45.1%
We also took 15 free throws. And how many 3’s in the last 8 minutes of the game when it was over?
I've said this before and I'll update again for newer Scoopers. All Marquette fans can be divided into three groups:1) The Sweater Vests -- We're starting to die off. We don't just recall the McGuire years, we lived them. We saw some incredible basketball. Many of us were on campus in March 1977. We think Marquette should be a dominant team in college basketball, up there with Duke, North Carolina, Villanova, Kentucky and others. We've gotten very quiet in recent years. Some of us ponied up the cash to tank Wojo. We loved last night because it was nostalgic. It reminded us of our youth. We hope we see a Natty again before we join Coach Al on the Warrior cloud in the sky. We worship Al McGuire and long for being a Top 5 team again.2) The Window Wags -- These are folks who came of Golden Eagle age during the time of O'Neill, Crean or Buzz. Each was a short window. They saw the beginnings of what could have been a return to glory only to see our coaches disappear to Indiana, Tennessee or Virginia Tech. They know kinda what we can be but have never seen a consistent winner because our coaches take a hike. These are the folks that will be converted to sweater vests if Shaka is the real thing. Last night was a "we're baaaaaack" moment for these folks. These folks worship Dwyane Wade and grasp the "one shining moment" against Kentucky.3) Wojo's Wusses -- This could easily be Deane's Dreams or Dukiet's dumps. These folks had to live through some of the worst basketball ever played at Marquette. They cry at the whisper "Tony Reeder" or "Hausergate." They also encompass the later Majerus and Raymonds years. We almost lost the program in these years and these are the folks grasping on to any straw they can. They'll be fine if we're consistent and Shaka stays. Last night was a holy crap moment for these folks because they rarely saw anything like it. These folks don't worship anyone and are cynical. I know I would be if I grew up on this basketball.
Idk if it can be this perfectly summed up but I get the broader point you're making. Though if a person went to school from 92-96 or 93-97 they saw MU make the tournament 3 times, make a march run, and make an NIT championship. Are they in group 2 or 3? Technically they saw more Deane which puts them in 3 but saw more basketball success than a person who was at MU 90-94 who would be in 2 which is odd considering the rest of 2 is 01-02 to 12-13
Important to note that those of us in those time frame are the LAST WARRIORS.
What about those of us in the Hank era?
You’re kind but sad.
I think this question becomes much muddier and confusing with a loss tomorrow.We go from a major high in the Baylor win to a disappointing turnaround loss to a probably less gifted UW team.With a win tomorrow, I think it's fair to say we have potential to have a special team being able to stack multiple good efforts in a row against good teams (though a loss doesn't necessarily rule this out either).I'm going to the arena with no expectations and just an excitement to see how this team follows up Tuesdays shellacking.
The good thing is that nobody here believes we are contenders for the Final Four (at least not yet), and that the optimists here believes our team has great potential.One thing I have absolutely no doubt about is whether or not this team will work hard.
...They have to find their go-to guy on offense, and I haven't seen him yet."