Quote from: Fieldhouse Flyer on November 20, 2025, 07:30:30 AMI might check back here in March 2026, but certainly not before then, so good-bye for now.

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Quote from: panda on Today at 09:08:26 AMThe over has been the play with Marquette all season long

True, true, related.

Quote from: MU82 on November 25, 2025, 04:28:29 PMLooking at the last two posts, I'd say lots of Scoopers (maybe even most?) agree with what both Pak and wades are saying. I know I do.

Strange that this ended up in the scheduling thread, but...here we are.

There's a lot of good points in both posts. Shaka has chosen his path and, no matter how loud and frequently scoopers scream that he HAS go to the portal, he has not taken the advice from scoop as onepost stated that maybe he should. As if he could do so in the middle of the season, right? He may , at the end of this season, go to the portal but I really, really hope it is not because he is relying upon scoop to guide him. If so, we are SO screwed!

A few points:

1) Instead of COLE this year, we have COPS-the Cult of Portal Strategists-who are totally obsessed with the portal and Shaka's decision to not use it.

2) In the pre portal days, coaches like Boeheim, Bennet, and others had their own versions of RGV and Bennett won a natty in 2019, so it can work. There may have been transfers, but if so, they came the "old way"-sit on the bench and lose a year of eligibility, so please...it was not a portal hybrid.

3) While Shaka's system is not inherently flawed, his current players have not shown anywhere near the promise we/he hoped for, and he was the one who chose them.

I'm really not sure what the COPS hope to accomplish, beating the subject of the portal like a dead horse, but of course they have every right to do so. I cannot help but wonder if some are at least subconsciously enjoying the team's struggles because it validates them.

It is probably only a matter of time before a guy in Austin who bought up the remaining inventory of "Fire Shaka" T shirts for 50 cents a pop ships 3-4 pallets to Milwaukee where easily impressionable students will snap them up and wear them to the games.

Quote from: mileskishnish72 on Today at 08:47:38 AMMan, 161.5 sounds like a lot of points but if we give up 100 again it is certainly doable. Nice to reread the Oklahoma preview (with update). If Shaka stays with the same D, gotta go with the over. That almost certainly guarantees that Shaka will adjust.

The over has been the play with Marquette all season long

If Kiffin was staying, he would have said so by now right? I feel otherwise he's just allowing a big distraction.

Quote from: MU82 on November 27, 2025, 09:10:49 PMSo? That has nothing to do with either Viper's post or my post.

But it did give you the opportunity to make yet another "Shaka sucks" post, so congrats!

Dude, way too much drama in your posts lately. You're better and more knowledgable than this.

There was no "Shaka sucks" but it was a "Shaka needs to modernize" post. We can keep saying "yeah, but look at what he did in 2023" but the fact is the game has changed since then and 2023 finished in a disappointing fashion. 2023 might as well be the 70s when we were a "blue blood" with how MBB has evolved since then. Shaka isn't keeping up and seems more concerned with protecting his "RVG" brand (not UT-RGV. Go Vaqueros). It's slowly becoming the modern version of Bucky's old "our academic standards are too high."

Man, 161.5 sounds like a lot of points but if we give up 100 again it is certainly doable. Nice to reread the Oklahoma preview (with update). If Shaka stays with the same D, gotta go with the over. That almost certainly guarantees that Shaka will adjust.

Quote from: wadesworld on October 02, 2025, 05:47:21 PMSomething about Ben tells me ICE is fine with him. He looks like the good guys in this country.

Ban dis guy

Quote from: brewcity77 on Today at 08:03:44 AMYet another nonsensical post. I know ridiculous hyperbole is your defense mechanism, but you don't have to implore it every time out.

It would make sense to play in St Louis or New York, where there are Marquette alums. It would make sense to play in Philadelphia or Boston or DC where you have Big East connections nearby & can appeal to current players and future recruits.

Just because Marquette has a lack of imagination on this stuff doesn't mean you have to reinforce or validate it. That's being as lazy as they are.

Nonsensical posts are the ones that don't understand the landscape of college basketball. Apparently that's you. Very few programs are going to "destination cities" for their fanbase anymore. They're playing neutral site games instead of flying to Maui.

MU playing two non conference games in Chicago isn't "lazy." It's smart. Huge alumni base, easy drive for Milwaukee area fans.

You want Marquette to go play where there is a fraction of the alumni base and much further away from Milwaukee. I guess if that's being "imaginative" then sure. Getting what should be a semi home game on a neutral court is great.

No idea, but our press defense sucks ass. We're turning teams over but when we don't, we get eviscerated. If we press Oklahoma, they'll likely destroy us. They don't turn it over and the Brown/Pack pair will kill us at the rim and from three if we're commiting to high pressure, IMO.