Quote from: BCHoopster on November 30, 2025, 07:37:24 PMRemember, schools get 20.5M a year to pay athletes and MU does not have football so that should help you think?

No, they can spend up to $20.5 million in revenue share, but outside of the Power 4 conferences schools aren't making that kind of revenue.

MU should have a over $5 million to distribute but as a private school we'll never know how much exactly. VCU is doing $4 to $5 million.

Press Box: VCU men's basketball players are set to make six figures The Commonwealth Times https://share.google/eYpKt5FU2aMOy1X5P

Quote from: hawk on November 30, 2025, 05:43:45 PMI think this is a truly sad group of people.  I have been an MU fan since 1966 and I've seen worse teams than this.  For my part I thought the team would be someting like 8 and 3 in nonconference and maybe 12 and 8 in conference.  I'm fairly certain that this team will finish well short of those numbers.  It is upsettiong that Gold has not stepped up to be a 14 and 7 kind of guy and that Hamilton is not a monster on the baseline or that Parham has not settled in yet, all that said the teams T rank is 65  and not abyssmal.  My take on this is that this is a real young team and is still trying to find the connectivity of more recent teams, give them some time.  The big east is a mess, it is entirely possible that MU could woin 10 games in conference and make the NIT field.  The people who think that winning a national chamionship is or should be the goal I would suggest getting a life.  Winning is hard and the fact that the last four years have been successful and entertaining should not be dismissed.  This team could yet pull itsef together and have some success but even if that is not the case,  next year looks like the potential begining of another 4 or 5 year run.  It is the job of the fan to believe in the team and certainly, the burden of RGV while distastful, is no reason to jup ship.  Shaka has earned some consideration for past performance.  Be fans, hope for the best and look for a turn of fate next season, afer all it is still only a game and if you really want to worry about something look at your government.

Thank you for your thoughts, Hawk.  People should not give up and no longer be fans of this team or MU basketball.  Now, there are a plethora of concerns, and many fans here have shared them quite extensively.  There is a lot of merit with what I'm reading from everyone and the anger, frustration, and mostly depression jumps off the scoop site like a kangaroo. 

I'm in the camp that things are pretty dire, but I will give Shaka the benefit of the doubt at this moment. Especially after several very good seasons.  At the same time, I don't think his model is going to work moving forward and therefore he has to adapt and change his thinking.  As others have stated, when you whiff on a recruit or many recruits, it's a monumental problem if you don't take transfers.  This is indisputable. 
I think fans are pissed, and depressed, because realistically we haven't seen anything to suggest we have much potential at all to beat quality teams. 

Quote from: The Sultan on November 30, 2025, 01:14:08 PMWhen the team is losing, stuff like "Get Lost in the Fight" sounds like something a two-bit inspirational speaker would say at an insurance convention in Sioux Falls.

Agree and they are lost somewhere alright but maybe not in the fight. It is like they are fighting with 2 hands behind their backs with no transfers.

Funny having this conversation.
RGV wouldn't have held for Crean, Buzz, Wojo.
Now Ws and Ls aren't important, but RGV is?

Quote from: MU82 on November 30, 2025, 10:23:05 AMAll of them.

More I think about it, Sheek and Miletic have to go, too. I mean, they haven't scored a single point for this season's team!

Wasted scholarships

I was going to start a thread about Nigel James Jr. and his odds of getting BE Freshman of the Year but I'll just put it here

Nigel will likely be on a short list with
Acaden Lewis and Matt Hodge from Villanova and Reibe from UConn for the award.

That, on its own, answers the question for me. Nigel should start and play a majority of the minutes, with Sean relieving him and giving Marquette a different look as needed.

I think Nigel will have a great shot at the award, given a full season of health

Quote from: Class71 on November 30, 2025, 07:03:32 PMHow about 5-6? Will we do better than that?

If they beat Wisconsin they will.

I'd be pretty surprised if that game wasn't competitive.

Unfortunately, even 6-5 in the OOC is so rough that the team would need 15-5 type of record in the BE, with a win versus UConn/StJ to have at large hopes.

Remember, schools get 20.5M a year to pay athletes and MU does not have football so that should help you think?

Quote from: MU82 on November 30, 2025, 06:24:33 PMI disagree that Shaka will turn back to Sean ... but at least this is less "difficult" than your convoluted reasoning about Shaka benching his second-best player because he's afraid of losing Sean to the portal but not afraid of losing Nigel to the portal.

Freshman know what they are signing up for when they come to Marquette. Nigel is the first Freshman to start for Shaka so I don't think it would be even a little bit of a surprise to see him turn back to Sean.

We shall see soon enough.

Quote from: Jay Bee on November 30, 2025, 11:44:56 AM"It not hard" to imagine more than 6 BE wins. Also, I assure you we will
not be 4-6 heading into conference play. Sounds like you probably don't really watch much ever, hey??

How about 5-6? Will we do better than that?