2500 more marines are going to the middle east. For a war that was "over" days ago.

Quote from: Hards Alumni on March 02, 2026, 08:52:45 PM

Sturgill Simpson's project.  It is fantastic.

He is one of the greatest acoustic players of this era.

Quote from: The Sultan on Today at 02:30:19 PMAnd as I posted earlier, I think you are wrong. This is just about dumb people making dumb decisions.

And I think you just made my point. He is too dumb to to make a geopolitical decision. It is way simpler. Epstein.

Quote from: panda on Today at 04:47:04 PMWhatever happens happens. I'm along for the ride. Make up make out is the best kind of make out

Hey - I thought you guys would just hug it out! Find some common ground😀Everyone is on edge when you have a season like we did...

Quote from: brewcity77 on Today at 06:40:44 AMIf this is was a blip, then yes. If they rebuild through the portal, reinforcing the core 3, and are back in single digit seed, fighting for protected seed territory next year, then yes. However that is clearly not a given and this season has shown that Shaka no longer gets the benefit of the doubt.

If we're 25-10 (14-6) after finishing top-3 in the league and playing on Saturday in the BET at this time next year, great. But if we're 17-16 (7-13) and dropped our first BET game while never seriously getting close to the bubble, then Shaka will be gone and deservedly so.

If he backs up the worst season in many of our living memories with success, he'll be back. But if he follows it up with more failure, he'll be gone. And it's absolutely crazy that you of all people don't see that clear as day.

This wasn't our worst season in many poster's living memories.  Wojo Year 1 and 2 were worse teams at least according to KenPom.  Yet, you were a Projo for 5 years?  Haven't you also been a progress isn't always linear guy?

This year was an outlier.  I'm confident Shaka will get it turned around within 1 year, and even if he doesn't I'm still giving him another year.  Fire Shaka after next season and I'd put it at 80%+ chance that all of Nigel, Adrien, and Royce are done at MU too.

I just don't get why you don't acknowledge all the good Shaka did Years 1-4 (way beyond what Wojo accomplished), but you're a hot seat for Shaka guy because of this season?

Quote from: MuggsyB on March 08, 2026, 04:42:33 PMWho are your mid-major sleepers for the tournament?  I think we could see a lot of chalk. 

I laughed at some of the matchups in my bracket today, Miami/Miami (AGAIN), Northern Iowa/Kansas, and Lehigh potentially playing into Duke.

Depending on matchup, McNeese, Akron, Northern Iowa, Hofstra, and Wright State are all teams I think could pull a stunner.

Quote from: MuggsyB on March 10, 2026, 09:50:22 AMI know Gonzaga & SMC are called "mid-majors" but they're clearly not.  Let's assume SCU is in, regardless of today's result.  Let's even assume Miami is in if they don't win their tournament.  Who are the other non-autobid mid majors that will make the NCAA tournament? 

Miami-Ohio and VCU come to mind. Utah State and St. Louis will be in if they are eliminated.

Quote from: Jay Bee on Today at 08:44:04 AMbro, pass it

So you loved Jerel's 87 O-Rating as a freshman?  Or Wes's 99?  And you think Dominic James is better than Nigel James?

Stephens turned in 112.4, on albeit on less usage than Wes.  Parham clocked a 114 O-Rating on 20% usage

If either Chase or Ben Gold played like Novak did as a senior with the Big 3. this team would have been similarily good.  Instead?  Both players regressed offensively.

Larger point is that there is a lot to like about our underclassmen, and you are a massive Damarius fanboy...so that should excite you.  I like DO, but I like Mike Phillips better.  Think he'll take a nice step up next season.

Quote from: BM1090 on Today at 11:20:41 AMI don't disagree with this, but I do think it's interesting that we had a lot of people comparing Wojo's trajectory with Jay Wright, insisting it takes time to build a program. I was actually onboard with some of these arguments even though it never materialized.

Shaka's first five years here mirror Nova from 06-12, minus the one final four. 13-19 season with a young but talented core in 2012, improved to 20-14 the following year, then the elite run started after that.

If Shaka misses the tournament next year but it's a 19-13 kind of year and it's pretty clear we'll be better the following year, he should be retained. As long as we see a willingness to change his strategy from what got us to this year, there's no reason to move on. He's a good coach that's brought us to regular season heights that I hadn't seen in my lifetime.

It's funny because I was looking for historical comparisons of how a good rebound for our program might look and Jay Wright's 2012 was the first that came to mind. Others worth taking a look at, Bob Huggins 2013/14 at WVU and his 2019 at WVU, then Coach K's health-shortened 1995 season at Duke.

Quote from: GoFastAndWin on Today at 04:42:47 PMTalked to an Aztec fan the other day. He thinks Miles Byrd did little to improve his draft stock this season and due to kind of losing that opportunity, he will look to transfer to another program which plays a disruptive defensive scheme and lots of transition scoring. He does have a propensity to over-gamble for steals, but so did Chase, and MB is an upgrade based on frame. Ironically, like Chase,  he also failed to convert this year on some crunch time buckets. He's 6'6" with a 7' wingspan and it sure would be nice having him and DO creating upheaval out there in the passing lanes with the improving on-ball D from Adrian and Nigel. Get him and a solid rim protector in the portal and we're back. Add a decent backup PG to that mix and the sky is the limit.

Give me a good starting 5, Byrd, and Minessale and let's ride.

Quote from: Jay Bee on Today at 05:49:10 PMThis is quickly turning into a Dayton chat board...er, transitioning to

Love is love beejay