Dolphins are going to pay Tua $54 million to play for someone else this year.
Lol

This whole recruit over thing is just semantics.......Adrian wasn't expected to be the starter this year but he earned it and he is........Lowery was expected to be a starter and he lost it and he's gone.

If Shaka brings in a portal guy they might expect him to start but there are no guarantees.......which is good .....you tell the existing players that just like with Nigel and Adrian jobs are there to be won.

If they bring in Minnessale and when he gets here Owens or Walker or Ian beats him out then that's how it will go.....and that's good.....we don't know how good any of them will be next year.

Nigel was probably expecting to wait his turn when he got here.......back up for a year or 2 and then take over........the injury changed the timing but does anybody really think that change still wouldn't have happened even without the injury?

He was better than Sean and would have passed him injury or no.

Wisconsin brought in multiple guys over the last few years......some were huge pieces......some were not.

There was no reason to think Tonje was going to be an all American when they signed him........but that's what happened. Boyd has been great......some others hardly played and left.

I hope they bring in at least 1 or 2 guys with only 1 year left.....the 27 class is loaded and it's much easier to manage the roster with a couple of seniors using up eligibility. Plus the idea of adding pieces is not only a talent upgrade but also to get older and more experienced to give the young guys time.

Quote from: mu_hilltopper on March 08, 2026, 04:30:12 PMI was at the game yesterday.  I realize the students were on spring break, but there were a few hundred.

Question:  Why no court rushing?  Best game of the year, Hurley tossed, #4 in the country?

Was there a memo?

The NBA style security structure of the Fiserv forum, which includes metal barricades and raised seating in the lowest level seats, would make court storming physically difficult. The way it looks someone would have to physically scale the barricade and fall several feet to the floor just to get to the court. Security guards could also help prevent that from happening.

I'm glad that Marquette was spared the embarrassment of storming the court over a regular season victory that didn't win a championship or anything like that.

Eh, I'm ok with no court storm.  I've always thought it was better left for beating a number one team (but I understand it's fun and did it myself for a much lesser opponent).

I was unable to attend and had to watch the game on delay but it seems the crowd was louder than they have been all season.  It must have been very cathartic for those who attended after such a long year.  Can't help but think that kind of attendance and engagement by the fans and most importantly, the fight the team displayed under Shaka's leadership is pretty reassuring for recruit's and current player's families that MU is/was a good choice for their son. 

On our end, there were at least two large security guards blocking the one aisle from the student section to the court. Not that that matters.

I mean one of the biggest upsets in MU history right - at least recent history? Maybe Wojo's win over Nova? But that was an NCAA 10 seed that was 13-6 coming into that game (28th in Torvik).

Quote from: mug644 on March 08, 2026, 09:10:26 PMThe bolded bit is insightful and worth flagging. Shaka has been quite explicit about not wanting to recruit over players and he has also implied that he'd be willing to use the portal to fill gaps. All that, along with investing and believing in development. This offseason he'll really need to face up to talent gaps and try to turn things around next year. In year 1, he brought in two 1-year players (Kuath and Morsell) and two multi-year players (Kolek and O-Max). Now, if he brings in any 2-year players, he'll be hinting that the current redshirts and incoming freshman might not get the development opportunities that he's offered earlier classes. And that might lead to some of them, especially in the crowded positions, to look elsewhere.

I'm guessing that Shaka will stick with his commitment to development (ie, double down on his youngsters) and use the portal this year to make up for a weak junior class. That is, he'll bring in 1 or 2 1-year players. Any other roster openings will be given to projects, late signing freshmen, or held for mid-year recruits/transfers.

Shaka recruits over players all the time. This team starts two freshman and a sophomore. That doesn't happen if you don't recruit over upper classmen.

With Kim English out the door, anyone know if Jamier Jones is someone we could bring in?

Quote from: mu_hilltopper on March 08, 2026, 10:20:16 PMI gave the Big Arch a try.   Didn't like it.  It'd be better without the "crispy onions" .. and the beef patties .. too much.

It tries to be a premium burger but .. misses.

Thanks for the review. I'll still probably give it a try, but I don't doubt that I might agree with you.

I think James, Stevens, and Parham are starters. Bring in a scoring wing to start would seem to mean that DO leaves or is content to come off the bench for at least another year and possibly two.