Has tweeted out some fantastic stuff today. Check it out.
I linked in them in the 2023-24 Expectations thread.
Fantastic indeed.
I like the sound of winning a national championship. Great stuff from Fanta.
https://x.com/John_Fanta/status/1709735359930630213
Great stuff!!!!!
Final Four? Doesn't Fanta know Joe Lunardi has MU in Dayton for the play-in games?
We return 8 of our top 9 from a team that went 17-3 in a top 3 conf, won its conf tournament & beat the national champion twice. I think not having us as a contender is malpractice.
Quote from: The Lens on October 05, 2023, 11:54:13 PM
We return 8 of our top 9 from a team that went 17-3 in a top 3 conf, won its conf tournament & beat the national champion twice. I think not having us as a contender is malpractice.
Yep, they are a stronger, more skilled and more experienced team than last year. Should be fun to watch.
Got to love Fanta.......comes to Milwaukee....raves about Marquette.... Says they should be the preseason favorite to win the Big East after winning it last season and returning almost everyone.....
Yet on the Field of 68 podcast picks Creighton to win the league....... ::)
Quote from: MuMark on October 06, 2023, 11:48:58 AM
Got to love Fanta.......coles to Milwaukee....raves about Marquette.... Says they should be the preseason favorite to win the Big East after winning it last season and returning almost everyone.....
Yet on the Field of 68 podcast picks Creighton to win the league....... ::)
The highlighted explains it
Quote from: MuMark on October 06, 2023, 11:48:58 AM
Got to love Fanta.......coles to Milwaukee....raves about Marquette.... Says they should be the preseason favorite to win the Big East after winning it last season and returning almost everyone.....
Yet on the Field of 68 podcast picks Creighton to win the league....... ::)
Playing to the audience.
Just like bands playing in their "favorite city in the US"...... at every stop on a tour.
He picked Creighton last year too
Phuck em
Quote from: swoopem on October 06, 2023, 12:57:02 PM
He picked Creighton last year too
Phuck em
Be nicer to john Fanta, My wildest dreams preseason last year was like 6th in the big east and an 11 seed. I thought Kam could score enough to keep us on the bubble, but I did not forsee Oso and Kolek performing through the stratosphere. I know I was pleasantly surprised.
EDIT: also he's picked like 4 different teams to win, including Marquette a couple times.
So I just rewatched the field of 68 big east podcast. Fanta does says "he's going to make a case for Creighton to make it interesting" so he did qualify that but Fox Sports published Creighton as his official prediction. Idk if Fanta can't decide or is trying to drive traffic by a marginally controversial take or what
Quote from: Galway Eagle on October 06, 2023, 02:02:39 PM
So I just rewatched the field of 68 big east podcast. Fanta does says "he's going to make a case for Creighton to make it interesting" so he did qualify that but Fox Sports published Creighton as his official prediction. Idk if Fanta can't decide or is trying to drive traffic by a marginally controversial take or what
He's made it abundantly clear that he hates Marquette.
Dude better not show his face in Milwaukee any time soon...
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Bulletin Bd material
Quote from: The Sultan of Semantics on October 06, 2023, 02:16:31 PM
Dude better not show his face in Milwaukee any time soon...
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Told you he hates Marquette. Maybe more than ESPN hates Marquette
I think Shaka told him to pick Creighton. Keep our guys as the hunters
Quote from: lawdog77 on October 06, 2023, 03:27:54 PM
I think Shaka told him to pick Creighton. Keep our guys as the hunters
Smoke and mirrors....
Quote from: lawdog77 on October 06, 2023, 03:27:54 PM
I think Shaka told him to pick Creighton. Keep our guys as the hunters
Another coach playing head games.
Trying to find a way to get them to play harder.
Can Fanta dunk?
The guy makes too-sweet orange soda, so what do you expect?
Quote from: Uncle Rico on October 06, 2023, 02:59:12 PM
Told you he hates Marquette. Maybe more than ESPN hates Marquette
Everyone in the media hates Marquette.
Quote from: MuMark on October 06, 2023, 11:48:58 AM
Got to love Fanta.......comes to Milwaukee....raves about Marquette.... Says they should be the preseason favorite to win the Big East after winning it last season and returning almost everyone.....
Yet on the Field of 68 podcast picks Creighton to win the league....... ::)
Not to nitpick, but they are two different things.
Saying that Marquette should be the preseason favorite to win the conference is logical, and wouldn't come as a surprise if true.
That's not saying that they will win the conference though.
Picking Creighton to win the league is also a fairly logical prediction.
I'd say that picking Marquette or Creighton is logical, picking UConn is understandable but a bigger reach imo.
Picking anyone else is pretty foolish.
I know what TK's response was when told that Fanta picked Creighton ! ! ! 8-)
Fanta made the argument for Creighton winning but also said Marquette is the best team. TO, Dauster, and Fanta all picked us.
At the Beginning of the Big East Tournament many Prognosticators said MU was favorite to win BET, yet many of the same said U Conn favored to win Natty.
Can be a similar situation this year. MU could do well in Tournament and make it to Final Four and Beyond while Creighton could win regular season crown.
Injuries can have a major impact on a lot of this.
Quote from: Herman Cain on October 08, 2023, 02:22:40 PM
At the Beginning of the Big East Tournament many Prognosticators said MU was favorite to win BET, yet many of the same said U Conn favored to win Natty.
Can be a similar situation this year. MU could do well in Tournament and make it to Final Four and Beyond while Creighton could win regular season crown.
Injuries can have a major impact on a lot of this.
I don't think I saw any prognosticators predicting MU to win the BET last year. Almost everyone said UCONN.
Quote from: Herman Cain on October 08, 2023, 02:22:40 PMAt the Beginning of the Big East Tournament many Prognosticators said MU was favorite to win BET, yet many of the same said U Conn favored to win Natty.
I would be interested to see these prognostications. I don't remember a groundswell of people saying that Marquette was the BET favorite or that UConn was the NC favorite. There might be people who said UConn
could win the NC, but I'd actually be shocked if there was any reputable outlet or prognosticator that did so. They were a 4-seed, and most people seemed to think Alabama, Houston, and to a lesser extent Purdue were the favorites. In their own region, both Gonzaga and Kansas were regarded as more likely to make the Final Four and cut down nets.
If you have receipts that prove your assertion, I'd be happy to read them, but I honestly think you are just making this up.
Quote from: brewcity77 on October 09, 2023, 09:49:27 AM
I would be interested to see these prognostications. I don't remember a groundswell of people saying that Marquette was the BET favorite or that UConn was the NC favorite. There might be people who said UConn could win the NC, but I'd actually be shocked if there was any reputable outlet or prognosticator that did so. They were a 4-seed, and most people seemed to think Alabama, Houston, and to a lesser extent Purdue were the favorites. In their own region, both Gonzaga and Kansas were regarded as more likely to make the Final Four and cut down nets.
If you have receipts that prove your assertion, I'd be happy to read them, but I honestly think you are just making this up.
At the time we won the regular season going into the BET tournament . Big East related TV commentators .
Quote from: brewcity77 on October 09, 2023, 09:49:27 AM
I would be interested to see these prognostications. I don't remember a groundswell of people saying that Marquette was the BET favorite or that UConn was the NC favorite. There might be people who said UConn could win the NC, but I'd actually be shocked if there was any reputable outlet or prognosticator that did so. They were a 4-seed, and most people seemed to think Alabama, Houston, and to a lesser extent Purdue were the favorites. In their own region, both Gonzaga and Kansas were regarded as more likely to make the Final Four and cut down nets.
If you have receipts that prove your assertion, I'd be happy to read them, but I honestly think you are just making this up.
I think in general people thought UConn had a larger upside.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35862415/men-final-four-march-madness-predictions-espn-college-basketball-experts-tournament-picks
Before last year's tournament, ESPN asked for predictions from 42 of their folks who work in college basketball.
11 picked Marquette to get to the Final Four. No one predicted they would win the championship.
10 picked UConn to get to the Final Four. Three predicted they would win the championship.
3 out of 42 wouldn't be what I call "many said they were favored" but to each their own.