When threes started dropping for them I admit to getting concerned after we had a few unsuccessful trips down the court. Our young guys handled it well and runs are expected

Last Year in 2025 THE BIG EAST at 5/11 Teams making The Big Dance had the 2nd Best Percentage of Teams making The Big Dance of any conference outside of the SEC. Edging out all the other conferences.

Quote from: Newsdreams on January 27, 2026, 11:17:06 PMI don't know, MU lost the 2nd half

Thanks for filling in for Rico. 

Marquette's NET RANKING Improved from #144 To #130

Marquette and Cincinnati are the only 2 Schools without a Road or Neutral Win in the NET TOP 236 Teams!

Quote from: Vander Blue Man Group on Today at 07:51:56 AMNot worried but I didn't think it was an absolute lock for some of the reasons above.

And, as I mentioned elsewhere, I was disappointed they started settling for 3s  in the 2nd half and went away from what was working so well.

Agree. I expected a very different second half. A combination of Marquette having played at a furious pace and wearing themselves down plus McDermott ordering changes for his team at halftime was almost certainly going to result in a flipped script to a degree.

To answer Tower's question...no, but if the halftime lead had been 20 rather than 29? Yep.

A game like last night worries me in a sense that Shaka thinks we have enough moving forward.

This team could be good if we add a few older guys to help Nigel next year.

Right now Tre and Sean are slotted as our only Seniors and both could realistically move on. Need to give NJ some help.

Royce

Keep them off the line and don't let them get a million offensive rebounds and we're all good. Way easier said than done, though.

A promising example for MU? Payne... Jacksonville (and Incarnate Word) transfer. Just a monster on the boards who can block shots. Gets to the line an eff-ton (can't shoot there, but #FTsNoMatta). PS - bruh fouls a ton.. let's hope for some early foul trouble - Shaheen's an auto-bench 2 fouls in first half guy too.

My buddy texted when they went up 70-46.  CU immediately had a 5-0 run.  I was convinced that was the start of the comeback.

Quote from: Spaniel with a Short Tail on Today at 08:07:44 AMI was.

https://gomarquette.com/news/2011/1/15/Louisville_Rallies_For_71_70_Win_Over_Marquette

With six minutes left, I told my wife we were going to defeat Louisville by the largest margin in Yum! Center history. Then that happened.