Quote from: MarquetteMike1977 on March 06, 2026, 11:38:50 PMMiami OH Kenpom Ranking #90
Marquette's Kenpom Ranking is #91

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Quote from: MuggsyB on March 06, 2026, 10:34:52 PMCaffeine isn't an issue for me at all. 

And booze, birds and fast cars not for me at all

The Wardles were taken to double overtime by the Beacons of Valparaiso, but they held on to advance to the MVC semis, where they will go against Northern Iowa the legend that is Ben Jacobson.

How long has Jacobson been at Northern Iowa? He took over at UNI from Greg McDermott when he went to Iowa State in 2006. He was in his fourth year when UNI knocked out top seed Kansas from the 2010 NCAA tournament on a shot from Ali Farokhmanesh. Farokhmanesh is the current head coach at Colorado State.

Quote from: MU82 on Today at 12:02:14 AMYeah, taunting the crowd after you barely beat a horsesh!t team ... that's a thing I guess.

It's their arch-rivals. It's fine. I don't their they're great but they should be in regardless but won't get to the second weekend.

Pomeroy says MU has an 18% chance.

That seems high to me. I'm not a gambler but if someone said they would give me $10 if MU loses if I would give them $50 if MU wins, I would take it.

Of course part of taking that wager is that the fun and excitement of seeing MU win today would be worth $50 to me.

I'm going to the game today hoping that it is at least competitive and entertaining, but I really don't expect it. The scars from watching Ball, Caraban, Spencer, and even Stewart draining 3's like they were free throws the last two years are still there.

The possibility of Reed dominating inside while Ball, Caraban,and Mullins get open shots is pretty high.

Quote from: panda on March 06, 2026, 10:00:49 PMWhen discussing whether I'd accept a transfer who averaged what omax put up his freshman year, I said I had no opinions but was very excited about others coming in.

What this shows is my willingness to look at the bigger picture in what will be (hopefully) a similar haul this offseason, both in number of additions s and impact to the program.

The coward then acknowledges my statement, calls it a coin flip whether I said it or not, and refuses to look it up. Further vindicating his cowardice and confirming my above statement regarding the others coming in (kolek, kuath and morsell).

I then go on to use the very search function the coward refuses to use and show exactly what I said a short 5 years ago. Direct statements are below.

Panda - can't say I watched much omax his freshman year, but I lauded kuath morsell and kolek from day 1. They were incredible pickups that immediately changed the trajectory of our program.

There's a search function - you have yourself a homework assignment if you don't believe me.

Coward - You might want to re-read my post as you addressed neither of the points. 

I didn't question what you claimed to say about OMax when he transferred.  I figured it's a coin-toss about whether that was true or not and I don't care enough to waste time looking for it.


Also - what a narc move trying to call this out. SMH

WTF?

Quote from: 79Warrior on March 06, 2026, 09:27:06 PMWrong. There are strict limitations on how endowment money is spent. Billy is correct.

No kidding. I work in higher education so I know exactly how endowments work.

Large endowments allow certain programs to be funded through endowment distributions, which frees up money to be directed elsewhere through the general budget.

I will give you an example. The college where I am now has an academic department with three faculty members, which is enough to meet current student demand. Endowments completely underwrite all three faculty members - compensation, research, etc. The department receives no annual budget support through the college. That means that dollars that normally would be funding an academic department, can be reallocated to fund something else.

That's why I said Georgetown's athletic department's funding issues is one of budget and priorities. My guess is that they could easily fund their basketball progream more substantially, but simply choose not to.

Quote from: MuggsyB on March 06, 2026, 07:07:37 PMMU may in fact shock the world and punk UCONN tomorrow.  I get the chances are slim, but they're not none.  UCONN has been very inconsistent.  Again, it's very unlikely.  But it's probably in the 18-20% chance range as opposed to 0.0.  They're not worldbeaters.  My personal opinion is they're closer to a 25-30 team than top 5.  Fk' em.  It's doable. 

If UCONN is up and motivated for this game (like playing for a #1 seed) then MU is cooked. If UNCONN isn't all in, then MU has a puncher's chance.

Final game, I've been told here before how players always revert to the mean - so that means Ben will go 13/13 from beyond the arc. #math

Quote from: MuggsyB on March 06, 2026, 07:07:37 PMMU may in fact shock the world and punk UCONN tomorrow.  I get the chances are slim, but they're not none.  UCONN has been very inconsistent.  Again, it's very unlikely.  But it's probably in the 18-20% chance range as opposed to 0.0.  They're not worldbeaters.  My personal opinion is they're closer to a 25-30 team than top 5.  Fk' em.  It's doable. 

MU is not a world beater either.