Quote from: We R Final Four on January 06, 2026, 03:00:14 PMWow....that is painful to read.

lol I was a deans list business student at Marquette University but English was my worst grade and only class I got a C in haha. Am not a slave to the grammar police. If you did not get what I was saying I apologize.

I'm curious, a genuine question for the most ardent defenders of Shaka this season: when March comes, if Shaka says he's rolling with the same group and will add 1 Wrightsell-esque transfer to replace Zaide and say he utilized the portal, would you find that acceptable? That he just needs more time to develop his guys, RGV style, are you ok with that going into next season?

Quote from: Mu8891 on January 06, 2026, 11:15:02 AMIt's " much ado about nothing " ?

Yah.  Right.  Assistant coaches get suspended in the middle of the season all the time. 

In reality, it's just another demonstration of what a train wreck this season has been.  I wish they could just throw in the towel on the season and be done today.

Assistant coaches (and head coaches) actually do get suspended in the middle of the season all the time.

I'm not saying this isn't a big deal, though.

The Demond Williams situation is going to be highly entertaining.

NIL and Transfer Portal Soecial on now on ESPN 2.
Seems to be saying it is the Wild West where Billionaires help. Any regulation seems to help versus No Salary Cap. Like we have now or Baseball has no Cap now.  Any Cap will help versus no cap. Legislation of some sort versus no cap would seem to help Marquette. Show talks much about Portal too.

NIL and Transfer Portal Special is on ESPN 2 now.

It started out about NIL for the 1st part.
Then stated talking about the Transfer Portal 2nd part.

The Show is called Paid To Play

Quote from: jesmu84 on January 06, 2026, 10:04:21 PMPlease explain how this will benefit US citizens or Venezuela citizens

When we're promised our inflation/oil money checks two weeks before the election

Quote from: MuggsyB on January 06, 2026, 10:34:51 PMWe absolutely have to win this game.  A loss would be an MU hoops catastrophe indescribable with words alone. 

No it wouldn't. This season is a pile of shiit inside of a dumpster fire amidst the plague. Losing to Xavier would simply be another day ending in Y for MUBB.

Quote from: tower912 on January 06, 2026, 03:30:45 PMThat is even better than the Trinidad Chambliss story.

Chambliss' story is great, but to me its just a derivative of a standard late bloomer story mixed with overstated undersized concerns.  He was a REALLY good HS player, in football and basketball, but was kind of a tweener size wise and was more of an athlete than a straight QB prospect.  Even still, he ended up at Ferris St, who was a top 5 D2 program and then he sat and developed for a few years.

But Mestamaker? He was more of a punter than he was a QB in HS.  Completed less than 25 passes...IN HIS WHOLE HS CAREER.  The bowl game he started last year, he had almost 100 more yards passing in that game than he did all of HS.  There are plenty of former walk ons who become stars (Baker Mayfield and JJ Watt come to mind) but they, like Watt and Baker, usually turned down smaller offers to walk on at big schools. What Mestamaker has done already is just astounding.  Ive praised Eric Morris here previously as a QB whisperer.  I can't wait to see what he and Mestamaker do at a bigger program with more resources at Ok St.

Quote from: GoldenEagles03 on January 06, 2026, 09:19:00 PMGeorgetown just lost at DePaul.

Georgetown made 1 singular shot in the second half...and we lost to them.

Sweet Jesus.