Scholarship table
Didn't just yesterday you say that if the MU hung onto their top 25 rankings post-PC 2OT loss, they'd be a top 15 team right now, which also equates to a protected seed?I am not arguing either way as I think MU has too many losses at the moment to be a top 16 team resume-wise, but I am getting more convinced by the day they may actually be one of the best 15 teams in the country even if the resume doesn't support that with the Wisco and Miss St losses.
Gonna scrub in the next couple days, but now we might be in the 4-seed range after all.
Saw a few people upset over this on Twitter. The Field of 68 has a rotating panel every night to discuss the games of the night. They also have a bracket show called Fielding the 68. John Fanta hosted tonight with Chris Mack and Jeff Goodman and they completely skipped over Marquette when talking about the 4 Big East teams that played. Marquette still flying under the radar. I love it but also how do you gloss over Marquette to talk UConn tonight? Come on!https://www.youtube.com/live/rqHySuki8R4?feature=share01:40 = Alabama defeats Arkansas12:32 = Nate Oats interview17:10 = Should Arkansas be worried?20:58 = Who’s better: UConn or Xavier?26:02 = Sean Miller interview44:35 = Is Indiana in real trouble?52:30 = Is Memphis a tourney team?56:24 = Texas comes back to beat TCU1:01:30 = Was Missouri a fluke?1:03:40 = Baylor finally gets a win1:06:45 = Toasts of the Night!
The media hates Marquette.
I was listening to Fanta in a twitter space and they talked mostly Marquette, before Fanta closed it to do 68. Said he'd vote Kolek first team all big east, bunch of other nice things.
Goodman generally doesn't talk Marquette and generally does gloss over our games on After Dark. Plus, they were able to get the gang back together with Mack and Miller, so that was gonna get front billing.
Loyal to Buzz
I'd rather be under the radar anyways
Scoopers (not just you) keep saying stuff like this. And stuff like, "I don't even want us to be ranked because we always seem to lose after we're ranked." We've been under the radar and unranked for most of a freakin' decade. I want to be on the effen radar! I want other teams to fear us. I want fans of our rivals to say, "Uh-oh, here comes Marquette. I hate playing them." I want to be ranked every week, with the ranking going up until we hit #1. I want our coach and players to have to answer countless questions while sitting on the dais at the Final Four.We've had plenty of years "under the radar," thank you.
It was the Sean Miller interview. Fanta was hosting and said "about Marquette..." then Goodman surprised them with Miller (former Field of 68 contributor) and they never went back.But yeah...it's nuts to spend 6 minutes on UConn without acknowledging that maybe Marquette had something to do with that outcome.
Dauster loves Marquette, as does Fanta. Both are big Field of 68 guys,
I'm fine with being ranked and also under the radar. We can't have both for much if we keep winning though. Wins in the next 2 and there is no under the radar.I think being disrespected is fuel and Marquette and the fanbase can use the "9th in the Conference" as motivation. That's a dangerous weapon to have as someone else put it yesterday.