That was a clear face mask.

The Ole Miss QB played three years of D2?  Wow. 

Or not about 2 of the top 4 seeds winning this year.

I tend to get grief when I've posted about the women's team on the other board.  And this thread is often me just posting and I get tired of talking to myself sometimes 😂.

They did just get a verbal commitment for a class of 27 kid from defending state champions Kimberly - the Paper Makers - not sure if anyone cares about that 😀.

Quote from: MU82 on January 01, 2026, 08:17:06 PMApparently we already are discussing the women's team here.

What happens at the Superbar, stays at the Superbar.  This is the place to talk about anything non-bball related, like jobs, technology, food & drink on campus,  naked beer slide strategy, recent events, etc.

I guess the MODS think Marquette Women's Basketball is not really basketball.

Quote from: Elonsmusk on January 01, 2026, 09:06:02 PMI get it..Shaka's the scapegoat for all of it.  But, his faith in the guys being able to make pretty easy degree of difficulty 3's and at the basket looks wasn't misguided.

Do you think the guys didn't work on their games in the offseason?  Certainly a reasonable coach wouldn't think with more work and experience a player is going to get worse.  Seems that's happened with Chase. Ben.  Zaide, though I think Zaide was likely an internal chemistry issue with somebody(s) on the team.

Shaka has recruited more shooting with Nash Walker, Ian, and Michael Phillips..and gotten a rugged guy who can be a go to kind of guy to get a basket - Deonte Burton 2.0 (maybe) in Alex Egbouno.  So it's not like he hasn't taken some steps to add better shooters to the program.

Shaka is not a "scapegoat." That would imply he's being unfairly blamed. In this case, the blame is entirely justified. He assembled this team and coached them to the players they are today.

As for Nash Walker ... have we learned nothing from counting on big contributions from unknown recruits? Hoping for the best, but he's more likely to be the next Niv Berkowitz or Harry Froling than an impact player.
Phillips and Miletic can't get on the court (literally, in one case) on a team entirely bereft of shooting, so who knows what to expect there.

Quote from: DoctorV on January 01, 2026, 09:22:59 PMNo I've been watching Murder she wrote

Valid excuse.  Can I recommend Barnaby Jones as your next watch?

I think we all know Elonsmusk is doing a bit, but his joke is to paint Shaka as a bumbling dolt who's luck finally ran out.

Shaka deserves better. He's been one of top coaches in college for a long time.

Quote from: panda on January 01, 2026, 09:21:37 PMHave you been paying attention the last year and a half?

No I've been watching Murder she wrote

Quote from: ATL MU Warrior on January 01, 2026, 12:45:50 PMI lived down there for 8 years and there are plenty of Miami grads. That said, when they played at the Orange Bowl, the vast majority of the people around the stadium were crapheads looking to make trouble. Inside the stadium was better, but still sketchy. And I probably went to ~15 games there. No idea what the crowd is like where they play now. 

All that said, I used to hate Miami with a burning passion (I grew up a Nebraska fan) but think I prefer them to OSU now.  Funny how those feeling change over time. 

I have a good friend here in St Pete who is alum of the U and would have actually went there for law school as well but instead attended law school in California to be with his now wife.  We've talked about how the school and its reputation, from both college football and Miami culture in general, is pretty detached from the academic reputation.  Its slipped a bit, but it was pretty regularly a top 50 school nationally for the last 20+ years.  The two other grads I know are both really bright.  One didn't get in out of HS, despite being a very good student, and turned down admission to a couple very good schools to go get a 4.0 at USF and transfer in after her freshman year.  The other was ready to go to UNC but Miami offered him a very good scholarship and that was enough to outweigh the difference.

But most of the people who really EMBRACE Miami Hurricane football have no affiliation to the university and just love the residual aura of the early 90s Hurricanes.  Playing 25 miles away from campus doesn't help either.