Great ambitions!

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on Today at 08:40:24 AMI'm worried that Marquette fans will not just limit their displeasure by not attending games at Fiserv, but resort to other actions like booing, Fire Shaka signs, Use the Portal chants that have already been reported, and so on if they do attend. I HATE when that happens to a coach and his team, whether Marquette or elsewhere. But not believing in the coach gets things like these started. Absolutely no good comes from it. It is 100% negative. Well...except for the visiting team and coach. I'm sure they love it.

Well, hopefully that idiotic portion of the fanbase is small.

Quote from: Vander Blue Man Group on Today at 08:02:32 AMShaka's "credibility" in regard to random basketball fans is meaningless.

I'm worried that Marquette fans will not just limit their displeasure by not attending games at Fiserv, but resort to other actions like booing, Fire Shaka signs, Use the Portal chants that have already been reported, and so on if they do attend. I HATE when that happens to a coach and his team, whether Marquette or elsewhere. But not believing in the coach gets things like these started. Absolutely no good comes from it. It is 100% negative. Well...except for the visiting team and coach. I'm sure they love it.

Let's get that winning streak started again (or at least another W). With home games vs. Butler and DePaul still to come, there is distinct hope that MU avoid finishing last in the league. Fire up the deflections and rebounding and MU can finish ahead of 3-4 teams. Which is another way of saying the bottom of the Big East is absolute trash.

Quote from: MU82 on January 17, 2026, 10:52:27 PMYes, Marquette will be preseason #1 going into next season.

I'll raise you one: The Number one seed in the NCAAT.

Shaka is likely pullin' down a lot more than $2M per. He's not unloading a bunch of guys. Hopefully the Lowrey spot is used on an impactful portal guy. Maybe Cody Hatt drops heavy. SH finishing top half in-conference is probably a reflection the conf is not very good, btw. IF Shaka leaves MU, voluntarily or involuntarily, I can foresee him coaching out at a MAC school. He might get RGV admin buy-in at that level. And hey, MAC schools are free of Scoop-like scrutiny and win pressure!

As for Ben Johnson, I can completely understand why a rival fanbase would intensely dislike him.

However, he's definitely not a bully.  Nor do I think he's a douche, but I'm obviously biased.

In addition to being a good football coach and a great offensive mind, the biggest breath of fresh air in regard to Ben has been the accountability.

Unlike his predecessor, he doesn't make excuses.  When he makes a mistake or thinks he could have done a better job he calls himself out first and foremost.

That's gotta build credibility and trust in a locker room.

Quote from: Shaka Shart on January 17, 2026, 11:36:27 PMI don't know if I can stomach the patriots falling ass backwards into the Super Bowl

The Texas D is LEGIT. They'll make Maye's life a nightmare tonight. 40.5 is the U/O, taking the under is as safe a bet as Depaul -2.5 was on Friday.

Quote from: 1SE on Today at 12:53:05 AMSince the hashtag hasn't picked up yet, thought Josh deserves his own thread. Seriously, what gives. Does Shaka really think Caedin is still the future? What possible reason is there not to give Josh extended run to see what we have ther? he seems.far more likely to be a backup piece next year than Caedin. And even if he's worse, who cares? We only win 2 BE games instaed of 3? I see no downside and only upside to getting the young man more floor time. #FREEJOSH
 

Good point. I agree with you that there is more upside with Josh than Caeden. He'll learn more by playing than sitting on the bench.

Quote from: Hards Alumni on January 15, 2026, 06:11:32 AMNo idea who they are.  Real ones follow Bukowski, Andy Herman, and Demvosky on twitter and that's it.

I'm a Bears fan and Bukowski has consistently shown up in my feed the last month. He's awful.