The three Amigos freshman year won the great Alaska Shootout tournament.  Took out #2 UConn and made the NCAA tournament.  They also had Steve Novak.

Quote from: tower912 on January 12, 2026, 02:01:51 PMI think it will be 90 something 60 something. 

Bump.  9 players.  7 freshmen and sophomores on the road at MSG.   Predictable and expected.

Due to a departure and injuries, that is how many minutes were played by freshmen and sophomores last night.  At MSG.  Against the preseason #2 in the country.   They didn't quit.  They got beat up and wore down.   Objectively, it was exactly what one should expect from a team dressing 9 players, on the road, against a good team.  Like Michael Phillips or any 190 lb freshman  should be expected to effectively defend Hopkins or Ejiofor. 

Yup, it sucks.  The remaining 9 are what MU has for now.   Hopefully, this pays off in seasons to come.

Quote from: MuggsyB on January 13, 2026, 08:26:42 PMThis needs to change.  And pronto Viper.  MU fans are extremely upset and rightly so.  Again, if we were remotely competitive, and close to an NIT team, I think we could deal with it better.  This is entirely different.  I'm a big Shaka guy but we must get that immediate hard pivot once this debacle of a season is over.  If he refuses to do so it's going to get indescribably ugly IMHO.

This entire fiasco is not going to end well. But Reeker is in the Himalayas smoking for the solution.

Agree combination of all 3.
Have coached many teams and many games. I had a bad year like this in there. But I was a volunteer coach Not a coach making millions. Not a coach with a school and city counting on me.

Quote from: #UnleashMalik on January 13, 2026, 08:28:59 PMEveryone will instantly stop caring about Sam, and NJ will instantly become the most hated player in marquette history if he goes to Wisconsin.


Do it.

SJU if he leaves. Slick chatted him up. I think he stays put,  but back home would be my guess if he wants out. Nigel has to believe MU will get better. He is a competitor. Could go either way after this dumpster fire.

Quote from: Vander Blue Man Group on January 13, 2026, 10:54:00 PMHyperbole.

If Shaka pivots and brings in 2-3 high-level portal additions this season will be an outlier.

You accuse others of hyperbole but you're banking on Shaka bringing in 2-3 HIGH-LEVEL portal additions when the only portal usage he's ever had post "just got the job and need to fill a roster" 2021 is a singular NAIA guy who played not even 5 minutes for Marquette. So, nobody.

"Sure if Shaka does something he's literally never done, and triples down on said thing he's never done, we're right back!" And we're the ones being unreasonable? LMAO got it.

Quote from: MuggsyB on January 09, 2026, 10:10:49 PMIt helps being 6"8. 

Now how would you know that?

Geez you make Grok sound like it's from Mequon

Quote from: Zog from Margo on January 13, 2026, 11:15:13 PMI'm not so sure. MU's second half performance with its lack of improvement on either end, focus, and effort is a bad look for any coach. Maybe dealing with players who collect the same paycheck regardless of where things go for the balance of the season isn't Shaka's cup of tea. I wouldn't be totally shocked if he pulled a Tony Bennett and hung it up. This is Shaka's worst season as a D-1 coach and MU's worst season in memory.

And I'll be shocked if he walks away at 47-48 years old.

Not sure what the point of repeating ad nauseam how bad this season is. We're all aware.

How did Seton Hall do last year and how are they doing so far this year? Yet Marquette has no hope and Shaka is going to pack it in?

Also, development isn't linear.