Quote from: wadesworld on December 23, 2025, 01:17:23 PMShaka would be very attractive for most programs. It's pretty well known that Kentucky at least "made the call" as did Michigan.

It's not 2023 any more. If Shaka were a stock, he'd be more Pfizer than Nvidia.
Recency bias weighs heavily in coaching searches, and a coach coming off a 18- to 20-loss season in the Big East isn't going to be a hot name on the P4 carousel. And that's not even considering Shaka's stance on transfers and agents. You think Kentucky is hiring a guy who says "I don't talk to agents"?

What's Juwan Howard up to these days?

Quote from: WarriorFan on December 23, 2025, 10:11:25 AMThe main parallel between now and the Dukiet years is weak administration.  Where Dr. Lovell made it clear that top tier hoops was a priority, there has been no such vision or strategy from the DEI dumbo currently in charge.  (in fact, no vision or strategy on anything at all). Is Mr. Kim Ah DEI in a position to sit down with Shaka and say - hey, you need to do things differently because the school depends on MU hoops being in the top 25?  Nah. 
In that case, a strong AD would be the one to do so.  In MU case, it seems the coach selected the AD rather than the AD selecting the coach... so again - he's not the one.
What would remain as the only possible input is the input of some major contributors -if they can get through the above two filters - but contributors have a history of not having unified messaging.  And that would be enough to make a coach just leave rather than just do things a bit differently and get back to winning.
I fear MU basketball doesn't get fixed until there is a real University President and a very strong AD. 
(note well that Raynor was not historically weak, but by late 80's the times had passed him and he was no longer effective - he was not even present enough to be effective)

WTF, you have no idea

Quote from: Pakuni on December 23, 2025, 12:39:09 PMMaybe you missed the post I was replying to. Elon believes Shaka would be a top candidate for "all" P4 openings.
If Jon Scheyer quits tomorrow, Duke is calling Shaka. If Bill Self retires at the end of the yeat, Shaka is hearing from Lawrence. 
So sayeth Elon.

You're right.  Duke would call Wojo first.  And yea, if Self retired and word got out that Shaka was looking to move on from MU - I feel it would be much greater than 50/50 chance as to if he'd get an interview.  And the same would apply to Ohio State and UNC.  He'd be in the running - and he would crush it at UNC.

That aside, as Wades posted - Kentucky and Michigan sniffed around on Shaka. How nice he showed some loyalty and didn't dump MU for two programs that are MASSIVELY better than MU.

And what coach do you think would want to come to MU after a guy who came into the MU program, which hadn't won an NCAA game in 10 years, took over a team that ranked 83rd prior to his arrival, and produced what Shaka produced Years 1-4?

Quote from: vogue65 on December 22, 2025, 11:16:03 AMNobody mentions the admission standards.
Why did Buzz leave?
He couldn't recruit.
Why did Al hang it up?
He said, because he couldn't recruit.

The Big East was set up to compete with the Ivy League.  So here we are, enjoy.

The bar was set at mid-major with a TV contract.
Now with pay-per-view the world has changed again.

I'm glad I'getting SS, it will help pay for all my streaming subscriptions.

What does being old give me?
Experience and strategic thinking.

Wut???

Quote from: ghostofcorms77 on December 23, 2025, 12:31:58 PMIf Shaka wanted Pitt, and Pitt wanted Shaka. Marquette would be rid of paying the buyout. I'm not saying he's going to leave for Pitt. I'm simply stating, what a very reliable pundit put on a board.

Everyone gets a fresh start. Shaka can reinvent the wheel again. And Marquette can use that funding to go pry someone away.

You've had a shocking amount to say lately about shaka and board members and buyouts.

Created account in May 2023 to only post about Jimmy Butler/MU beef. No posts before that. No posts since that topic.

But lots know with apparently lots of insider knowledge with booster connections.

Ben Simmons is currently a free agent and has reportedly paused any search for a new team to focus on professional fishing with the Sport Fishing franchise he owns.  That is not a Onion headline or NBACentel, its direct from a senior NBA writer.

Assuming this is probably the end cause Ive gotten the impression over the last 5+ years that Simmons doesn't really like basketball all that much.  Wouldn't call him a bust but truly one of the most bizarre career paths of a consensus #1 pick in recent history.

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on December 22, 2025, 08:56:17 PMKam gets his first NBA field goal in the final seconds of a Pacers loss at Boston.

Congrats, Kam, hope it's the first of many.

Quote from: JWags85 on December 23, 2025, 12:57:14 PMWhy haven't we included the Pats in the lucky fraud discussion with the Seahawks and Bears?

https://x.com/nfloncbs/status/2003487335414129129?s=46

We established that they played in the AFC East a long time ago. It's like citing well-known sources.

Quote from: wadesworld on December 23, 2025, 07:05:36 AMWhen we won the Big East regular season and Tournament title and got our first NCAA Tournament win in over a decade our season was "a wash at best?" When we made a Sweet 16 our season was "a wash at best" because of seeds and Vegas spreads? The reward for being awesome in the regular season is playing worse teams earlier in the Tournament. Trying to discredit seasons because of a single result is crazy, but MU fans will be MU fans.

I genuinely wonder how Marquette fans get this attitude that we are above Sweet Sixteens and can turn our nose up on those. We have 17 Sweet Sixteen appearances in the history of the program. 11 of those came before 1980. We are not the program that a decent amount of Scoopers think we are.

Thanks for this

1SEs post is peak insanity

Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on December 23, 2025, 12:49:17 PMDoes anyone else doubt 4.3% growth in the 3rd quarter?

4Q is going to be rough.  Pretty much every customer and supplier and companies in adjacent industries I've spoken with said this is their worst December since the Great Recession.

Well a bunch of the most valuable companies have a circular revenue model between them so it doesn't shock me, but it's not sustainable in the slightest.