Quote from: Jay Bee on Today at 12:38:26 PMOK. I partially forgive you.

Wait! What about "Lenten prayers"? The season of repentance and forgiveness? What would Jesus do?

Quote from: DoctorV on March 02, 2026, 11:07:12 PMWhen the first portal addition comes.

This place will be ecstatic

Willard will be excited for new nicknames

Quote from: hawk on March 02, 2026, 10:54:19 AMNo question that this season is/was a debacle.  It stands as a failure to properly evaluuate talent and shines a light on the problems of not using all tools available to build a team.  It is also ta testament to the success of the last four years.  Five guys into the NBA is a lot of talent to pass through a program.  That said I am optimistic about next season.  Parham,James,Stevens and Owens are forming the basis for the next big leap in the progam.  I expect Shaka will bag a starting center for next season to solidify the post that along with the four reurning key players makes MU instantly back in the pictuue.  Given the players coming in next season I seee no particular reason why MU should nt bee back in the NCAA.  If either Sean or Tre decide to leave the program I'd expect shaka to pick up a point guard in the portal as well.  If they both stay that is still probably enough to get back to the dance.  Whatever the case turns out to be I am confident that SDhaka knows what needs to be done and will act accordingly.  His name is Shaka Smart not Shaka idiot. 

Night leap for next year? That would be nice, but the bar is so low right now, so a .500 season could be a "big leap" but is not acceptable for MU basketball.

Quote from: Jay Bee on March 02, 2026, 01:38:00 PM#Fake News #Lies

Great Midwest Conference, my boi. Later, CUSA (freedom from Dayton, thank goodness).

Dayton owns Shakas ass.

OK. I partially forgive you.

Quote from: Zog from Margo on March 02, 2026, 07:50:40 PM#FakeNews #Lies

I didn't say MU lost because they missed FTs. I said the total misses roughly approximated the difference in the game. They missed 10 FTs and, as you note, 3 opportunities to hit second shots. They left 13 points at the line and lost by 11.

They lost because MU played lousy and DePaul effectively plugged the middle and forced MU into perimeter shots. You might say the reason MU lost goes to my original point—-they shoot like crap whether from the FT line or the 3pt line.

Missing an FT is like missing a moderately contested layup. It's a golden opportunity to put points on the board and  Shaka's teams leave a lot of points at the FT line. They also leave a lot of points at the 3-pt line. They shoot like crap and their shooting doesn't improve year to year. Get a shooting coach because no one the current staff seems to be able to help players improve their shooting. 

Rumor is that Gold will be a paid assistant next teaching all the bigs on how to gun from the perimeter. He will be affectionately called Coach GoooolllldddBrick!

Maybe Trump started the war to distract from Kristi Noem's testimony before the Senate today.

Quote from: Shaka Shart on March 02, 2026, 09:16:36 PMHmm

https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for

Let ye who hath not engaged in adultery with his multiple wives, been married thrice and divorced twice, settled a sexual assault accusation, and had an out-of-wedlock child with a mistress cast the first stone.

Quote from: Jay Bee on Today at 12:05:35 PMEhh, you said AT LEAST this, but maybe more.

Don't feel alone. Lots of you weirdos who hate to acknowledge Markus played point at all.

I mean, I can find multiple instances in the archives of me referring to Markus as a point guard.
Like here, when someone questioned why Wojo didn't recruit point guards.

    Quote from: bilsu on December 05, 2017, 04:35:09 PM

    What I find ironic is Wojo, who was a point guard, has trouble recruiting point guards.


Wojo's first recruiting class included 4-star PG Traci Carter.
Wojo's second recruiting class included 4-star PG Markus Howard.
https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=54971.msg967771#msg967771

Or here, when someone said Markus was a great player, but awful point guard:

  Quote from: #UnleashKolek on December 18, 2021, 03:37:58 PM


  2. Markus was a great player, Markus was an absolutely awful pg. You cam be both.




2. This makes no sense. What you're really trying to say is that Markus wasn't a certain type of narrowly defined point guard. Neither was Iverson. But he played the point.
https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=62628.msg1397341#msg1397341

Quote from: TSmith34, Inc. on Today at 08:07:49 AMIs it bad that Ka$h fired the Iran experts at the FBI last week?

Is it bad the reason he fired them was because they had been assigned to the Trump classified documents investigation?