Quote from: tower912 on Today at 11:53:37 AMIf you squint, you can see freshman year Amal.

Really squint.  Amal was an athletic freak.  Would be great if Clark could be that at his height. 

He does intrigue me though.  Seems coordinated and athletic enough to be decent down the road. 

Ill be at the game, so thats not no one!  I dont care how the team has looked so far, Ill always look forward to attending a game like this.

Quote from: vogue65 on Today at 05:25:55 PMHolloway just took down N.C.State,ranked 23rd, with a crew of transfers who could shoot.
Seemed to me that everyone on the court came from somewhere.  Some even at their third school.

No need to debate, the numbers will reveal the new reality. The Hall looks like no.3 in the beast.

How did Holloway do it????

Very impressive win, but my Gawd you are assuming a lot! Did Seton Hall's upsets of UCONN last season immediately make them a highly ranked team or earn an invite to the Big Dance?

Your "no need to debate" is classic Muggsyian absolutism. 

Could Seton Hall be the biggest surprise in The BE this year? Sure. But this one game conclusion that there is no need to debate is ridiculous.

St. John's lost like dogs.

Quote from: MuggsyB on Today at 03:13:44 PMWow.  The Hall score is a positive so far. 

Depends on your perspective.

It's kind of frustrating that everyone else is picking up wins against Power 5 teams while MU struggles with CMU and loses home games to some pretty mediocre teams.

Quote from: Mu8891 on Today at 05:35:11 PMThere will be no one at this game. No one.

Of course not! There are almost no Marquette alums in the Chicago area, and it is far too long of a drive from Milwaukee. There will be no one at this game. No one.

StJ to 3-2. Fun game.

There will be plenty of teams with transfers that will finish in last place in multiple conferences. 

It will be pointed out in a sarcastic way that because of this the portal is not a panacea.  And there will be inside jokes and laughter.

But, what goes unspoken, is that it is always about player evaluation for fit and talent.  These people know this but will continue the jokes about bad teams with portal players.

Whether you recruit only freshman or only portal players the same evaluation for fit and talent applies. 

Closing the door on a major way of player procurement seems unnecessarily burdensome to logical people.  Perhaps they are the ones that should be snickering and not the other way around.

The facts are our coach doesn't want to use the portal.  So we all have to accept if for now.  But making fun of portal use on other teams, good or bad, is silly. 

Quote from: vogue65 on Today at 05:25:55 PMHolloway just took down N.C.State,ranked 23rd, with a crew of transfers who could shoot.
Seemed to me that everyone on the court came from somewhere.  Some even at their third school.

No need to debate, the numbers will reveal the new reality. The Hall looks like no.3 in the beast.

How did Holloway do it????

I'll take this bet. 

Seton Hall's real shooting % is 236th in the nation, including today.  They're 195th in 3 point shooting.  They're 255th in 2 point shooting.

Going back to St. Peter's, his best 3 point shooting team was 111th.  His best offense has been 70th in KenPom.

His highest usage guy currently, shot 29% from 3 last year at Merrimack.  Elijah Fisher shot 31% from 3 at Pacific.  Their current best 3 point shooter shot 26% from 3 at Elon last year.  AJ Staton-McCrary shot 41% from 3 at Samford 2 years ago, went to Miami and shot 31% against better competition. They also added Mike Williams who shot 37% from 3 2 years ago and plummeted to 25% last year.

I don't think they will win. Hope I'm wrong...

And, I can't understand why the Hell they would play two NC games in Chicago?!

They already play Duh Paul every year.
Adding IU ? Fine.  But why OU ?  It's flat out stupid. There will be no one at this game. No one.