Quote from: JWags85 on Today at 11:10:42 AMTK had 2 points on 1 of 4 shooting 14 min in a win against the Clippers.  However, he had 4 reb and 5 assists and a team leading +18.  That's the kind of stuff Mike Brown loves and will keep him in the rotation.  Tied for 4th on the team in assists despite being 10th on the team in minutes.  Also second best A/TO on the team.

So far he's still getting pretty good run even after McBride's return. When Shamet comes back, if Brown actually wants to play Shamet,that will be a big test of Kolek's staying power. Here's hoping!

What fun it must be to be a Washington fan. Your QB and the school are lawyering up against each other. Good times.

I'm a 'live by the terms of your contract' kind of guy, but this can't be good for team building. I'd guess if I was a UW fan, I'd hope they can get a pound of flesh from Williams on his way out the door.

Quote from: MU82 on Today at 01:44:10 PMYup. I didn't see every Dolphins game or anything, but he sure seemed like a pretty decent NFL QB for a couple years there before he got concussed 744 times.

It certainly didn't help, and for the last year and a half Tua has played like someone just trying not to get hurt.  But McDaniel also made him look better than he really was when things were going well.  All the presnap motion and short timing stuff had defenses creeping up, which opened single coverage and lack of safety help over the top.  When you look at all the deep balls that Tua was completing during that time, people were talking about how Tua was a great deep threat QB - but there was A LOT of Tyreek camped out waiting for the ball to get to him and then getting tackled by defenders whom he had previously torched. 

Quote from: Pakuni on Today at 08:04:25 AMI've been told by some here that MU would struggle to find a competent replacement willing to take the job if Shaka were to leave.



https://x.com/TheFieldOf68/status/2009263960373997728?s=20

Marquette has been strong since Shaka got here but Up until 2026 this year was a complete bust. The program is strong and this year should have been better. All we can do is try and salvage this year by The Crown or NIT. Shaka helped destroy the beginning part of this year but his record is Very solid and believe Shaka is not going anywhere and Marquette will Bounce back.

Quote from: Viper on Today at 10:42:51 AM(There are too many winnable Big East games out there, and we'll win a few of them.) ...which one's do you anticipate as W's? At seasons start I predicted 9 BE wins, with a possibility (if the ball bounced our way) of 11. I'm down to a prediction of 3 at this point.

I mean, the other games against X, Georgetown and Seton Hall, and both DePaul games for sure. Providence and Butler, haven't seen them enough yet; what I have seen they can look real good one game and real bad the next.

Note that I'm not saying we will win those games, so I guess I don't "anticipate" them as wins. But it's not as if we were boat-raced by GT or SH ... and we already beat X, opening up a big lead in the process ... and DePaul is still DePaul unless they prove otherwise.

Hell, I don't even think Creighton or Nova are all that this season. There are always upsets. Would MU beating either of them at Fiserv be more shocking than SH beating UConn last season?

I like to think I'm pretty realistic, but yes, I'm also an optimist around these parts.

Quote from: Hards Alumni on Today at 11:11:27 AMI think the main problem with Tua is that his brain rattles around his skull like a spray paint can.

Yup. I didn't see every Dolphins game or anything, but he sure seemed like a pretty decent NFL QB for a couple years there before he got concussed 744 times.

As I said a year ago, if any of this crop of freshmen is actually better than Cooper Flagg, I'd be pretty effen impressed. And yes, I'm pretty effen impressed! Especially with Dybansta. What an incredible, unique, all-around game. Seems like a real team-first player, too. Not that the others aren't, but he especially so. Very impressive.

Maybe he'll stay at BYU another year to work toward his degree. 

Quote from: wadesworld on Today at 11:15:14 AMMAGAphones will eat up all the lies despite video footage showing what happened.  Crazy world we live in.

It's exactly like Jan. 6. "Nope! It's actually the cops attacking the peaceful tourists!"

The only difference this time is that 5 years ago there were the Liz Cheneys and Adam Kinsingers and Mitt Romneys willing to remind people that what they saw was what they saw. Now, it's pretend your eyes saw it "our way."

He is a much better shooter then Ben, plays soft right now, will grow into his body, get stronger, he is a prospect that I would want in a second, family has good genes!

Quote from: Hards Alumni on Today at 01:02:19 PMTurns out it hard to run with the big boys.  They have a small school (2nd smallest behind legacy Providence), old facilities, and it isn't even a nationally ranked school.

If you want my other hot take, Xavier probably shouldn't have been invited either for the exact same reasons (though it is ranked... but not highly).

At the end of the day, I know why those schools were invited (media market, recent success, coaches).  Creighton is a much better fit than either of them.

Say what you want about SLU and Dayton, but they're better fits in every way long term... even though they're both gross.

That's a pretty wild hot take, Xavier was more successful for longer than either of those two and farther east. They were the only one that was a shoe in. Maybe I'm underestimating how much a school's ranking counts in high major athletics but not long ago Nova was only regionally ranked in US news so I can't imagine it's that big of a deal.