“I’m worried that Marquette will miss the 2025 NCAA Tournament.” -Field of 68

[Jay Bee]

The projected starting 5 went toe to toe at Creighton with next to no bench help.  Proof of concept, for me.  I trust Tre and Zaide.   If some combo of the young bigs can progress well enough to combine for 30 productive minutes, I can see a continuation of the last two seasons.

MU lost by 14 and gained their last lead of the game less than 7 minutes into the contest. Tre 0/4 and zero points.

#COLE

[Shooter McGavin]

I have them as a .500 team at the moment.

Herm probably will too.

[tower912]

MU lost by 14 and gained their last lead of the game less than 7 minutes into the contest. Tre 0/4 and zero points.

#COLE

Tight game on the road against a top 15 team for 36 minutes before playing only 6 caught up to them.   Playing without Oso with no prep time.  Players puking  behind the bench.   Heroic effort.    69-67 with 4:26 to go.
   One offseason better?  With some depth?  Sign me up.

#pedantic

[NCMUFan]

Season shot.  Pack it in.

[Uncle Rico]

Herm probably will too.

Well, if that’s the case, they’ll be far better than .500 then

[Spotcheck Billy]

Tight game on the road against a top 15 team for 36 minutes before playing only 6 caught up to them.   Playing without Oso with no prep time.  Players puking  behind the bench.   Heroic effort.    69-67 with 4:26 to go.
   One offseason better?  With some depth?  Sign me up.

#pedantic

JB must not have even watched that game.

[tower912]

JB is absolutely correct about the final score, MU'S last lead, and Tre's pukeworthy stats.   

[Herman Cain]

Herm probably will too.

I was overly concerned with last years non conference schedule. I loved our squad but over rated  the relative strength of our non conference  competition, was pretty close on conference versus where we ended up. 

Was not the first time I over rated non conference opponents over the years . COLE

Learned my lesson, will not let the trauma of Wojo influence  my season ouook thinking any more. We are in a beautiful new Shaka Era and I will just focus on our  team and let schedule play it self out.

[MU82]

Too many unanswered questions at this point in time and need a lot to go right and very little to go wrong.  I just don't see anyone matching or surpassing Kolek and Oso in production on this roster, but we are a long way away from the start of the season.

Sounds like most takes on Marquette in May 2022.

What if Shaka, who has proven over and over again that he is pretty darn good at developing players, proves it yet again?

[muwarrior69]

We had it last year. Our starting line-up was two seniors and three juniors.

That is my point, last year and this year.

[wadesworld]

I was overly concerned with last years non conference schedule. I loved our squad but over rated  the relative strength of our non conference  competition, was pretty close on conference versus where we ended up. 

Was not the first time I over rated non conference opponents over the years . COLE

Learned my lesson, will not let the trauma of Wojo influence  my season ouook thinking any more. We are in a beautiful new Shaka Era and I will just focus on our  team and let schedule play it self out.

Marquette's non conference was just about as good as advertised.  Illinois was better but Kansas was worse.  Wisconsin was better but UCLA was worse.

We played a 3 and 5 seed on the road, a 1 and 4 seed (who would've been higher if not for injuries) on a neutral, and a 7 seed at home.

You didn't overrate our schedule.  You underrated our team.  You constantly proclaimed the team was a "greater than the sum of its parts" team.  We had 2 guys who will be on an NBA roster next year, and guys like Kam, Ben, and Chase could get there someday too.