To land a roster out of the portal would require a change to his entire operating philosophy.

Quote from: jesmu84 on January 24, 2026, 03:27:36 PMhttps://x.com/i/status/2015144593067585905

I didn't mean you should have guns, I meant I should have one and you should be scared of it

My wife asked what was up with all of the Europeans on Illinois.   I told her.  Made her a Purdue fan for the first time in her life.

The shift in the universe probably led to the Purdue loss.

Quote from: #UnleashJosh on January 24, 2026, 02:16:26 PMWhy did you remove the part where I said "were all very well aware"

We already know this. Thanks.

First, I wasn't responding to that portion of the quote. 

Second, allow me to repeat the conclusion for you, since you don't seem to be "very well aware" of the problem: With 2500+ players in the portal every year, there are plenty of underdeveloped, unproven transfers that are functionally identical to the underdeveloped, unproven HS players he's been recruiting.

Where Shaka gets players is irrelevant. The Portal (and lack of using it) is not the problem. If Shaka doesn't change his entire operating philosophy, we can land an entire roster out of the portal that is just as bad as this year's team.

Mizzou with two buzzer beaters.to go to OT then beat Oklahoma. What a day to be stuck inaide watching hoops!

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on January 24, 2026, 02:46:05 PMI consider the "one bad or horrendous season" to be the culmination of four years of roster building. There was plenty of time to see this coming and to take corrective action.

This is revisionist history.  Most experts, pre-season metrics, the coaches poll, etc. saw Marquette as a bubble team, give or take, going into the season. 

No one saw this kind of season coming.  Even any of the worst-case prognostications were nowhere near what has unfolded. 

Shaka and staff likely got overconfident based on the success of the previous 4 seasons (sorry, I'm not playing the dumb "3-and-a-half seasons" crap"), and that's understandable to a certain extent. 

Now reality has slapped Shaka in the face a bit and we'll see how he responds. 
 

Both/and.

Quote from: tower912 on January 24, 2026, 03:00:15 PMThe why is because Canada made a trade deal with China.

I think the "why" is the speech yesterday by Carney.

Quote from: cheebs09 on January 24, 2026, 11:29:29 AMBased on the injury, you might have to wait until before the draft to trade him. Honestly, it's not like you need to trade him in order to lose games at this point.

Teams will absolutely still try to get GA before the deadline. If the offer is right, you absolutely trade him.

I have a feeling we end up with either KAT and Kolek for GA or Jimmy and 3 firsts for GA. Both would be awful. But John Horst is clueless and will cater to what GA wants.