Quote from: Galway Eagle on December 02, 2025, 10:41:12 PMDuane had a higher ceiling than Zaide. Iirc he went for 30+ during that year

Fischer was solid, injured but solid.

Chase over Carlino, who could lose us a game as much as win it. Chase has more to his game.

James over Derrick not close

Leaves Juan vs Ben. Inclined to say Juan.

More fun than this would be 2026 vs Wojo's final year.

I think Zaide has a way higher ceiling than Duane. More athletic and better defender with a serviceable shot. Zaide had 28 last year as a Sophomore at Villanova. Duane was a better individual scorer though.

Quote from: rocky_warrior on December 02, 2025, 10:37:07 PMSo did Florida (shrug)

Florida last year had 10 players average double-digit minutes per game.
MU had 7.

Shaka would be well-served to run off bums like Hamilton, Norman, Owens, Jones and bring in actual high major players for next season. But the guy I listened to in the postgame doesn't sound logical enough to do something so obvious. So good luck cashing in on those needs, DoctorV.

Quote from: DoctorV on December 02, 2025, 10:30:18 PM10-10 in conference would be 15 for the season so I'll stick with that.

I gotta get me some of what Dr V is drinking/smoking/snorting.  I'm searching for ways to watch games with optimism. 

Duane had a higher ceiling than Zaide. Iirc he went for 30+ during that year

Fischer was solid, injured but solid.

Chase over Carlino, who could lose us a game as much as win it. Chase has more to his game.

James over Derrick not close

Leaves Juan vs Ben. Inclined to say Juan.

More fun than this would be 2026 vs Wojo's final year.

As bad as this team is...it still mostly revolves around one position.

We are probably 8-1 right now if we have Fischy instead of Hamilton. That's how much that position matters.

Quote from: brewcity77 on December 02, 2025, 10:33:33 PMI went with less than 10. Don't see us winning away from Fiserv. Who do we beat at home? Xavier, DePaul, maybe Creighton, anyone else? Not sure.

Nah.

Chase and Nigel alone, along with a few games of Ben/Parham hitting some timely 3s will get them above 10 wins imo.

Gonna need several games shooting 35% or better from 3 though, since facing improved defenses will lead to more 3P attempts, and we haven't seen that from this group

Quote from: Pakuni on December 02, 2025, 10:32:45 PMBasically ran a 7.5-man rotation last year and our guys were cooked by February.

So did Florida (shrug)

Quote from: JoanofArcMascot on December 02, 2025, 04:28:33 PMNot counting Sheek Pearson and Ian Miletic in this ranking because they haven't played yet. Also, guessing on others who have played so little and the ones who left because there's no way of knowing how it would have worked out if they had stayed, here's a ranking of Shaka's high school recruits since taking the Marquette job:
1. Chase Ross, 2. Nigel James, 3. Michael Phillips, 4. David Joplin, 5. Adrian Stevens, 6. Josh Clark, 7. Royce Parham, 8. Ben Gold, 9. Zaide Lowery, 10. Sean Jones, 11. Damarius Owens, 12. Tre Norman, 13. Keeyan Itejere, 14. Caedin Hamilton, 15. Al Amadou, 16. Emarion Ellis.
I'm sure most would rank Phillips and Clark lower but I just have a feeling about their upsides. The one I hope ends up being the most underrated on this list is Owens, because he flashed so much potetnial last year. ... Ellis is on the roster at Graceland University, an NAIA school in Lamoni, Iowa. Hasn't appeared in any games yet. Not sure if he is injured and/or redshirting. He spent a year at Bradley, where he averaged about two points a game, and a year at Nicholls State, where he averaged 4 ppg. ... Itejere is at his third school, having spent two years at Northern Kentucky and is at Rhode Island this year. Averaging about 8 points, 5 rebounds, shooting .833, blocking a shot per game. Had similar stats at Northern Kentucky, where he blocked 1.5 shots per game. Amadou averaging 1.5 and 1 in limited action for St. Joseph.

You might as well have ranked the redshirts given how your rankings fell.