Oso planning to go pro
Those are facts, and they're real and they matter.Of course, they also could be considered "excuses," and we don't tolerate those.
I'm not one of those on this board that bitch and moan about everything Marquette and am not offering this as an excuse. The team is young and inexperienced, but I enjoy the building of the program more than most. I am patient. I feel like transfers happen going in a program and going out of a program, but truly believe Marquette will only be successful if it is able to keep most of its players and this is what killed the previous regime.
The 5th oldest player on the team is a true freshman (Kam Jones). The 4th oldest is a sophomore with freshman eligibility (Tyler Kolek).
I like the spine of this team. I think everyone is really going to love Kuath and Morsell. KK will be one of the best interior defenders in the conference and everyone is familiar with Morsell’s game. Those two will set the tone and let the younger players grow into their own game. A lot of us have been programmed by the Wojo droids to “trust the process.” This team has the possibility to overachieve (top 5 in BE) if they all buy in defensively.
Wojo is ancient history and has absolutely nothing to do with me wondering if we're good enough to reach the NCAAs. I've only been "programmed" by realistic expectations after watching coaches most would consider very good (or even great) not winning big their first year at a new school. Coaches like Beard, Buzz, Wright, K, Beilein, Sampson, Howland, etc etc etc. I obviously hope Shaka does better than Sampson did in Sampson's first 3 seasons at Houston ... or better than Howland did in Howland's first 2 seasons at Pitt, first season at UCLA and first 3 seasons at Mississippi State ... but I tend to be pretty pragmatic about these things.The only Marquette players I've seen for more than a 2-minute highlight video are Lewis, Elliott and Morsell, so I haven't made any predictions at all. I do predict I will be quite satisfied if the season goes as well as you think it could. That would be great!We Are Marquette!
Immediate eligibility for transfers makes winning right away much more realistic.
Assuming your best player doesn't immediately transfer as well.
Athlon magazine (remember going to the news stand to get all of the college basketball magazines?) projects a 9th place finish for MU.
Thats about right, they played the TBT team, score after the first period, 25-4. Played competitively the rest of the way, lost by 20 or so. Best player wasStevie Mitchell. Kurth was lost trying to guard Jamil, they do not play a center. O-Max was not very good. Diener lit them up.
All we have to do is be better than the other team on the floor and we will win.
Thats about right, they played the TBT team, score after the first period, 25-4. Played competitively the rest of the way, lost by 20 30 or so. Best player wasStevie Mitchell. Kurth was lost trying to guard Jamil, they do not play a center. O-Max was not very good. Diener lit them up.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
The tbt team would be a leading competitor for the national championship. So that's really no surprise. They would smoke any big east team.