Reggae legend passes away at 81.

Bruce made this song a hit, but Cliff's version is awesome.

Quote from: Uncle Rico on Today at 07:33:27 AMWill Wade hosts Seton Hall today.  Otz hosts Pitino (do you all remember Porcini's?). 

Adding Tony Skinn to the watch list as well.  George Mason hosts Ohio today.

Bradley hosts Princeton.  Wardle looks to get back to .500.  Won't get an at-large bid with their start but Wardle likes beating up nerds.

I don't remember anything about Porcini's.  Is that Willie's favorite restaurant or something?

Quote from: Shooter McGavin on November 23, 2025, 09:06:29 PMI understand this argument but weren't all these players showing more, much earlier in their Marquette careers than some on the current roster.

It's better to have a higher level of baseline of talent to work with. 

I don't think so.

Look at Jop from his freshman to sophomore year and then how he continued to improve as a defender the rest of his career.  2.8 PPG to 9.2 PPG.  I think if that's what we would have seen so far from Owen we'd be satisfied (I know scoring isn't everything but that was Jop's role as a 6th man that season). 

Look at OMax's jump from his sophomore to junior season.  He transferred here after averaging 2.5 PPG at Clemson and then went 5.4 to 12.5 to a 1st round draft pick.  Improved his efficiency each year.

You can argue that some of those guys have a higher ceiling than guys on our current team but Jop certainly didn't have the athleticism that an Owens does. 

Maybe that 22-23 season was just finding lightning in a bottle with all of the massive improvements guys had at the same time when it isn't always linear. 

Ben, Royce, and Damarius just haven't improved nearly enough and I was even hoping for more from Zaide.  Maybe that wasn't realistic. 

However, I thought we'd have a strong defense and that's been the most surprising thing to me.

Quote from: Spaniel with a Short Tail on November 23, 2025, 08:26:16 PM

(I think Clark has potential to be a service able big man and is worth the scholly.)

Sure.

Chad Venning. Averaged double figures at Boston College as a grad transfer after leaving St. Bonaventure.

Baba Miller. Though I guess we don't have the money to out bid Florida Atlantic.

David Skogman, a Wisconsin kid and grad transfer who averaged 6 and 5 for DePaul after averaging 13 and 5 as a senior (or maybe we can't outbid DePaul).

There are three guys who could have contributed more than Hamilton and Clark to a team that badly needed a center that may have prevented a first-round exit last year.

In this new era of college basketball, playing the long game and hoping for development isn't like it was 5 years ago

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Will Wade hosts Seton Hall today.  Otz hosts Pitino (do you all remember Porcini's?). 

Adding Tony Skinn to the watch list as well.  George Mason hosts Ohio today.

Bradley hosts Princeton.  Wardle looks to get back to .500.  Won't get an at-large bid with their start but Wardle likes beating up nerds.

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on November 23, 2025, 06:33:01 PMNice going Muggsy! You jinxed us when you said that the Dayton game would be over at the half. Now "it goes (with)out saying...?"  If we lose, it's all your fault.

I never stated the "Dayton game would be over at the half".  Stop conjuring things fron thin air and projecting your bias towards diminutive citizens. 

Quote from: MU82 on Today at 12:25:26 AMTime to replace him with Brian Kelly, y'all.

I can't wait to hear his Elvis impersonation.

Quote from: Pakuni on November 23, 2025, 09:35:30 PMThis got me thinking, and I don't mean it as a swipe towards anyone, but if the hope is for Josh Clark to develop into a Kur Kuath-type ... why not just go get a Kur Kuath-type in the portal? Not saying they're necessarily a dime-a-dozen, but they're out there every year.
 
Seems more efficient and effective than spending 2-3 years of scholarship and resources (financial and otherwise) developing a guy who you hope becomes that type of player by the time he's an upperclassman. Why not just get someone who is that player now?

Shaka tried a traditional route, Marquette got lots of good press about it, it has been shown to not work great 2 years in. No point in going over that ad nauseam now.

Now come next year, or maybe one more year after... If it turns out this isnt successful, and he doesn't go to the portal, then this point is very very valid.

"For years" was inaccurate, so that's my bad.

Accurate: At 35 and with a beat-up body, Klay Thompson is no longer a very good basketball player.

But yes, he zapped Ja good, and the Memphis knucklehead no doubt will reflect on his inadequacies while he counts his $200 million.