Quote from: MarquetteDano on January 08, 2026, 02:15:12 PMParham or Gold.

One piece of good news... Rocky and crew wait sometimes deliberate a while to pick the SOTG and it goes into the next game where there could be another win and we are talking about the new SOTG.

Not going to be problem this year!   

We live in a time where every SOTG could be the last!

Quote from: MU82 on January 08, 2026, 01:51:02 PMI mean, the other games against X, Georgetown and Seton Hall, and both DePaul games for sure. Providence and Butler, haven't seen them enough yet; what I have seen they can look real good one game and real bad the next.

Note that I'm not saying we will win those games, so I guess I don't "anticipate" them as wins. But it's not as if we were boat-raced by GT or SH ... and we already beat X, opening up a big lead in the process ... and DePaul is still DePaul unless they prove otherwise.

Hell, I don't even think Creighton or Nova are all that this season. There are always upsets. Would MU beating either of them at Fiserv be more shocking than SH beating UConn last season?

I like to think I'm pretty realistic, but yes, I'm also an optimist around these parts.

I like the optimism. Hoping I'm wrong on 3 BE wins, which is a 8 win season in total heading into the BET. Normally we want 20 wins, at least. I'm praying to avoid 20 L's!

So, today we've learned:

1. The FBI is not going to allow local agencies to be part of the investigation. Perfect.

2. Trump initially messaged a reaction before seeing any video. Upon seeing the video, was basically dumbfounded.

3. Ken Jennings is based.

Quote from: Hards Alumni on January 08, 2026, 02:00:30 PMAnd yet, their coach always left.  For a long time Xavier was beating up on A10 schools.  They had great success in the tournament, but a lot of coaching turn over has always been their problem.  Probably a good reason for that.

From an A10 school to head to Arizona, Ohio State, Providence, & Wake Forest. I mean that's not different than Tennessee, Indiana & Virginia Tech which was 75% of our last 4 coaches when the new league formed.

Quote from: wadesworld on January 08, 2026, 02:11:22 PMEh.  Our fanbase sucks but we're in a conference with Providence, Creighton, St. John's, Seton Hall, and UCONN.  I'd rank them in that order (worst to first), with Marquette coming next.  Not sure Georgetown or DePaul have fanbases, so don't know how to rank those two.

St. John's doesn't belong there. Their fans are fairweather AF, they were loud last year but this year are talking more about Tyler Kolek than anyone on their own team. Other than these last two years, their fanbase basically didn't exist.

PC, Creighton, and UConn have great fanbases. Don't know that Providence's have the best understanding of the modern game, but they are certainly vocal. X & Butler both have good fanbases, but probably smaller than the others you list.

He's shaving!

(I Kid)

Thanks for taking the time to dig deeper on Chase as it's been a point of discussion.

Truly eye opening just how horrendous he's been in conference play - kind of defies explanation.

A bad team certainly isn't going to win many conference games when your pre-season first team guy is playing like one of the worst players in the country.

Coupled with awful shooting percentages, his turnovers (for a non-point guard) are momentum killers.

Quote from: swoopem on January 08, 2026, 03:48:21 PMI agree, going into this season I got the impression that Shaka was a lifer. That's why I'm a big Shaka guy and I'm rooting for him.

But if he runs this team back without any additional transfers. His seat should be scorching going into next year

Yeah, that's totally fair.  Ultimately, he has to win and it's unlikely to expect that to happen next season unless he adds at least two high-quality transfers.