Quote from: #UnleashThePortal on March 11, 2026, 09:23:12 PMTre isn't staying to be the 12 man as a senior.

There's more money in riding the pine for Marquette than in starting for a low major.  So unless he really feels he can show out in a more featured role, he should take his bag by staying.

Not the worst use of a roster spot now that there are 15

Quote from: burger on Today at 04:48:19 AMWe lost this game with the 9 and 8 point runs by Xavier when Hamilton was in the game....

That is like giving Xavier a 17 point spread....

This did not happen. Hamilton played four minutes. He was -1 in the first half and -4 in the second.

Shaka has a lot to be blamed for, particularly depth-wise, but playing Hamilton and Tre spot minutes wasn't the problem. Missing a lot of shots was the problem.

Why do I get this visual that Fanta perpetually carries around a 12 pack of grape soda????

Two holsters of 6 packs on each hip....Like a gun slinger....

I know....I know....Pretty sick.....

I will know Shaka has changed when he has "cut bait" with the "non-contributors" who are not Big East level players....Let alone "maybe" not even Division 1 players.....

Quote from: mugrad_89 on March 11, 2026, 07:51:05 PMHopefully this was the last game we will ever see Hamilton in a Marquette uniform.

We lost this game with the 9 and 8 point runs by Xavier when Hamilton was in the game....

That is like giving Xavier a 17 point spread....

A Xavier player in the first half came down one on three....James....Chase....and Hamilton....Hamilton moves away from the "contest" and let Chase and James go for the "contest"....And James got one of his first half fouls.....Hamilton minimum should have done the "contest" and maybe taken the foul....He is supposed to be the RIM Protector.....So he cost MU 5 to 10 minutes of "non-James" in the first half besides his oomplete incompetence when on the floor......

That is on Shaka.....

Quote from: wisblue on March 11, 2026, 08:14:10 PMI can't say I was looking forward to the possibility of playing UConn again. When a team pulls a huge upset over a clearly superior opponent, the probability of coming back in a couple of days and beating them again is lower than the probability of beating them the first time.

I'll bet right now they won't be 3 for 21 on three-point shots tomorrow.

They were never going to win the game. Doesn't mean I don't want the opportunity.

Quote from: The Sultan on March 11, 2026, 08:46:11 PMWhich is why Shaka is changing his approach. Yet we have multiple posters claiming that beating UConn means he will just stick with what's he's been doing.

That's not happening. No one, especially those who write the checks, thinks a UConn win erases a 20 loss season.

Quote from: panda on March 11, 2026, 08:53:46 PMWhat many are missing here is the poor performance is coupled with a horrible big east this season. We could barely keep the pace against other bad teams. If this was a season with typically competent providence, creighton etc. We would've looked much worse. Need a ton of help to get back to where we need to be.

This

Quote from: Mu8891 on March 11, 2026, 08:37:23 PMGolden - don't hold your breath

He's won't make any staff changes, and at best he's going to add two guys from the
Portal.

He LUVS Caedin, he's not going to bounce
Tre.  He won't.

Unfortunately, the UCONN game will bolster his hubris, and he will convince himself that if he yells RGV just a bit louder all will be fine.

This

Quote from: #UnleashThePortal on March 11, 2026, 08:34:24 PMYa gotta give owens another year as well. Ended up being one of the better players.

WTF?

Quote from: #UnleashThePortal on March 11, 2026, 08:29:57 PMNow now, this is pretty much what's going to happen every off-season now. Teams that were great last year might be awful, and teams that were awful might be great.

It's the wild west, and Marquette sat out. Then we got Ben as our center.

And we got bent as a high major team. GoollllddBrick was never a BEast center