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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: D'Lo Brown on June 14, 2019, 05:47:37 PM

Title: SI: Five Offseason Sleeper Teams
Post by: D'Lo Brown on June 14, 2019, 05:47:37 PM
https://amp.si.com/college-basketball/2019/06/14/ncaa-sleeper-teams-colorado-marquette-tennessee-vcu

Quote from: Michael Shapiro, SI
MARQUETTE

Perhaps no team was decimated more by the transfer market than Marquette. The Golden Eagles lost both of the Hauser brothers in March, robbing Markus Howard of two elite sharpshooters. But Howard was a consensus All-American for a reason. He’s arguably college basketball’s premier scorers, an elite high-volume guard who can pour in 50 on a given night. His presence alone should carry Marquette to the tournament.

Can the Golden Eagles actually make any noise in March? The jury is still out. Senior Sacar Anim will need to carry an increased scoring burden and an improvement from last year’s No. 123 scoring defense will help lighten Howard’s load. Howard is good enough to keep playing into March. He’ll need some unexpected help to make noise in the tournament.

Sort of tepid support given that the writer actually selected us as one of only five sleeper teams. Still, a pretty nice endorsement given that you'd think most writers would simply look at the Hausers leaving and think we're decimated.
Title: Re: SI: Five Offseason Sleeper Teams
Post by: Loose Cannon on June 14, 2019, 05:55:00 PM
https://amp.si.com/college-basketball/2019/06/14/ncaa-sleeper-teams-colorado-marquette-tennessee-vcu

Sort of tepid support given that the writer actually selected us as one of only five sleeper teams. Still, a pretty nice endorsement given that you'd think most writers would simply look at the Hausers leaving and think we're decimated.

They might read this Message Board.
Title: Re: SI: Five Offseason Sleeper Teams
Post by: D'Lo Brown on June 14, 2019, 08:30:46 PM
They might read this Message Board.

Not if they've simply blocked about 3 posters.
Title: Re: SI: Five Offseason Sleeper Teams
Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on June 14, 2019, 08:35:01 PM
https://amp.si.com/college-basketball/2019/06/14/ncaa-sleeper-teams-colorado-marquette-tennessee-vcu

Sort of tepid support given that the writer actually selected us as one of only five sleeper teams. Still, a pretty nice endorsement given that you'd think most writers would simply look at the Hausers leaving and think we're decimated.

Andrei had the best response to this: https://twitter.com/PaintTouches/status/1139610211004682242

Title: Re: SI: Five Offseason Sleeper Teams
Post by: brewcity77 on June 15, 2019, 12:27:22 AM
Andrei had the best response to this: https://twitter.com/PaintTouches/status/1139610211004682242

I'll admit, I cringed when I saw that. Just a huge dose of statistical stupid.