Kolek planning to go pro
Is this Marquette women's team good? I saw that they beat a ranked Big Ten team (Illinois) and boatraced another high major (Arkansas) while remaining undefeated. That seems like a good start, but I can't find the kind of computer rankings that I use to compare mens teams.
Maybe once again I have no idea what I’m taking about 😂. MU enters the AP poll at 23 this week. They are the last remaining BE team with no losses in non-conference play.
Roughly speaking, the program has been at a similar level for about 7 seasons over 2 coaches. We’ll see.
4 seed in bracketology? Impressive.
And that would mean hosting the 1st and 2nd rounds which they've never done. But I'm not sure they will end up that high - we will see. Important first two league games - home to Creighton this Wed 12/13 and at UCONN on New Year's Eve - those are the two other ranked teams in the BE now and the teams picked to finish ahead of them in the preseason conference poll. They are both ahead of Marquette in the NET for now also.Hopefully MU takes care of business at Illinois State tomorrow.Nice article on Kenzie Hare from Ben Steele recently - https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/marquette/2023/12/01/marquette-golden-eagles-guard-kenzie-hare-is-elite-3-point-shooter/71753931007/I've seen Lisa Stone at a few MU games last season and this season - there's a bit of a connection with Hare who originally committed to Stone at SLU but then reopened her recruitment when SLU fired Stone and that's when MU signed her.
Shades of our mens team ranking vs. finish last year? Let's hope so.
Great win, wish I could have watched it. Big East needs to get out of that FloSports deal ASAP.
I don't see that happening unfortunately. I wasn't going to pay for a FloSports subscription initially but they started that the season fans weren't allowed at games so I spent the money for the subscription. And I've renewed it since then - comes up again in January and I'll probably end up renewing as I just don't want to miss out on the road games.They wanted to give me a heart attack tonight I think . I was quite excited when they went up 30-19 in the second quarter but then they had trouble scoring and it ended up tied at the half. Karlen had a monster game of course leading MU with 25 points and adding 12 rebounds. And the seniors all came up big down the stretch - King, Karlen and Nkumu combined for 18 of MU's 22 points in the 4th quarter. MU only had 8 turnovers which was nice to see with some high TO games they've had - Creighton also only had 8 to's but MU was way ahead on assists with 21 assists to their 10. A little contrasting styles tonight with Creighton shooting 8-30 from the outside and MU going 4 of 7 from the outside and 3 of those makes were in the first quarter. Those 7 three attempts were a season low for MU.Creighton was 16 and MU 26 in the NET before this game. Creighton blew out MU in both games last year so nice to get this win. They move to a program best 10-0 on the season.Two very winnable home non-conference games left - Sun vs. Appalachian State and Thu at noon for a scream game vs. Bucknell with field trip kids. If they take care of business as they should, they would be 12-0 heading into their 2nd BE game which is at pre-season BE favorite UCONN.
FloSports has been the $ option for Big East Olympic Sports annually. Marquette, the other schools, the league etc…are aware of its lack of popularity and its lack of accessibility annually. I was recently told by people involved in the process that the league is finally seeking alternatives to FloSports for future deals instead of the auto renewal with FloSports.
That’s good to hear. I like the leagues that use espn+ as I already have a subscription to that. I’ve gotten to watch their two road games this season with that subscription.
Marquette's NET is 23 this morning but is sure to take a hit after thier next two games - Appalachian State is 207 and Bucknell 296. These are games where they really need to take care of business and hopefully they do. Their first game after a short break for Christmas is at UCONN on New Year's Eve. While UCONN has been hampered by a lot of injuries and isn't as strong as most years, they are still a really good team. They blew out Louisville yesterday who is ranked one spot ahead of MU in the AP poll right now.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
That's not how NET works. As long as you beat your cupcake by the amount you should, your NET won't go down and will improve if you plaster them. RPI was the metric that would go down simply by playing a bad team and it's no longer used in basketball.That being said, only beating App State by 8 at home is probably going to negatively impact their NET