10'wins?  Laughable... not going to get there

Quote from: Heisenberg on Today at 11:27:12 AMExactly, this looks to be a 10-23 team this year. Is there any urgency to win games? To accomplish what? Get to .500 so we can pay to play in the CBE?

Or is this a rebuilding year and play everyone to see who gets asked to stay and who needs to go to make room for portal transfers?

As one who has followed the program as a student, grad and ardent fan and supporter since the late 50s, I find this to be a tough season to absorb especially since there are still 19 games remaining including the BET. The Dukiet years have been the hardest to take. While there is disappointment this year there is reason for some optimism that was not there for Dukiet based on the active frosh, the redshirt frosh and incoming recruits as well as potential'26 recruits as well as hopeful development. But still believe there should be some careful use of the portal and rethinking how revenue sharing and external NIL possibilities are used in the recruiting process as well as among current guys on the roster.

Quote from: MU82 on Today at 10:45:20 AMIf Ross is still busting it at practice, if he has a good attitude, and if in the coach's mind he still "wants it," it would send a bad message and set a bad precedent to bench a player just because.

By no means do I think Chase should be/needs to be benched. Despite his recent struggles, he's still the best player out there for MU.

That said, what's with the seeming obsession around here (not just your post, by any means, 82) with practice? Of course we want every player to bust it in practice, but that shouldn't be the deciding factor in who plays (much less that look in their eye).
Marquette basketball is not a developmental program. Making players better than when they arrived is not the goal. Winning games is the goal. And the best way to win games is to play the guys who perform best in the games, not the guys who try the hardest in practice.
 
Obviously, we want players to grow and improve during their time in the program, but that should be a by-product of trying to win, not the endgame. I'm certain Caedin Hamilton and Ben Gold are better basketball players today than they were when they arrived on campus. And they probably try hard in practice. Good for them for that (sincerely).
But I don't care unless that improvement is leading to wins, and it's not.

Quote from: Johnny B on Today at 01:55:29 PMIn my mind I had pronouncing it DUE-key-et the whole time. It's Due- Quette..?

Yes. I is silent. 

Quote from: HutchwasClutch on Today at 09:23:15 AMI wouldn't rate this team quite as bad as Dukiet's 88-89 team.  Other than Tony Smith, cupboard was really bare.  There were no good freshmen and Trevor Powell out of Milwaukee Washington HS was the only sophomore who was anything. 

This team and Dukiet's teams are close enough that it doesn't speak highly of either one.  I will say the 1980's Tony Smith would make this year's team MUCH better.

Quote from: willie warrior on Today at 05:49:23 AMWould have to go back to Ed Hickeys era, maybe his last season. Back in those days we did have Don Kojis who was a stud. But as I recall, his last year was like 5-21. Too lazy to look it up and get a bad memory.
Something definitely needs to have a significant emotional event to get this stuff to change now. Saw the team going downhill last year but did not fathom it would be this bad. The gap is now a chasm and really don't see much to change it. Might as well play the young guys now to let them grow. Probably too late, but bring some of the redshirt out.

Yes the team was 5 and 21 in the 63-64 year and Hickey was given the choice of quitting or being fired.  He quit.  The year before the made the NIT with a 20-9 record.  They had decent teams under Hickey but that last year of his six years was terrible.   

Quote from: WhiteTrash on Today at 11:00:54 AMComing into the week, the Bears lead the NFL in  games lost to injury.

We are looking at counting stats for injuries?

The 5,077 attendance figure at the Georgetown was questioned by those in attendance. Probably 3,000.

Ten years ago, Georgetown was averaging just under 10,000 a game. Now, 4,354.

Yes - when he was hired the newsletter that went out and a big deal it. He did play the piano at the announcement event as well. Literally went back playing pianos in bars after leaving coaching

Quote from: AccredoJoe on Today at 01:41:18 PMClass of 75. Dukiet was bad but at least his name rhymed with Marquette. Since I live is Omaha now my friends certainly were a bit obnoxious yesterday. My wife was Creighton nursing student. This is the worst. The team is clueless. I hate to,say this but since I'm in the at the end of my life cycle I'm half way into the last quarter of the game hoping for overtime. Don't want to waste precious time watching an inferior product.

In my mind I had pronouncing it DUE-key-et the whole time. It's Due- Quette..?