The defensive rotations still puzzle me.  And, apparently, several of the players.

Quote from: Elonsmusk on January 04, 2026, 08:28:58 PMOkay. DM me. Thanks.

Nah

Quote from: onepost on January 04, 2026, 08:27:13 PMHaha classic. Because I don't want to publicly air out what someone is dealing with. Plenty of people have asked and I've been happy to share privately.

Okay. DM me. Thanks.

Quote from: tower912 on January 04, 2026, 08:19:09 PMThey haven't got the wrinkles out of their original schemes. Doing a 180 in 2 days of practice seems like the solution?  I appreciate the proactive thought process, though. 

But I'm on Scoop, I know better than the coaches!

Yes, way easier said than done, but it seems like in most sports trying to turn the game into a 'grind it out game' sorta levels the playing field. But, agreed, Shaka and the staff should have identified the issue earlier.

Quote from: Elonsmusk on January 04, 2026, 08:23:47 PMWhy not share?  You're anonymous here. No harm in posting something you know to be true. Allegedly. But in reality you're just trolling.

Haha classic. Because I don't want to publicly air out what someone is dealing with. Plenty of people have asked and I've been happy to share privately.

Sadly, truTV and ESPN+ may be the norm.

Um... Wut?

Quote from: 1SE on January 04, 2026, 02:08:50 PMBen gold needs to learn how to shoot.

3/268 since valpo.

Brutal.

This is easily the worst shooting Marquette team I've ever seen.

I said earlier in the season that they can't shoot from 3, they can't shoot from 2, and they can't shoot from 1.
Confucius say that in the game of basketball if you can't shoot the ball from any of the 3 levels you will be very very bad.

It actually seems like they are playing with a bit more defensive intensity and heart the last few games but at the end of the day it doesn't mean much when you can't put the ball in the basket.

As an aside- I know that Shaka/Nevada have an offensive "system" in place, but at what point do you scrap it and completely adjust?
The offense is a complete abomination of mindless dribbling, usually by Nigel or Chase, and an extremely difficult shot at the rim or a 3P attempt. No screens, no actions, limited ball movement. It's disgusting offensive basketball imo.
I know there isn't much you can do when the team can't shoot for squat, but you can attempt to change your system to find something that works rather than stick with what doesn't

People complimented the offense for that KenPom stat that showed MU gets the closest shots at the rim in the BE, but imo that's also short sighted.
The reason Marquette gets that is because it's Nevadas system to either shoot a 3 or go all the way to the hoop, with nothing in between.
As we've seen with our eyes, teams sag and let Marquette shoot from 3 because they are awful, so that leads to intensely contested drives amongst the trees and a brutal attempt near the hoop.
That's not a good shot, no matter the distance to the basket.
Yes, they have been bad at "layups," but most of these shots are erratic contested drives due to lack of offensive scheme and pick/roll action or lack of ball movement to create legitimately good shots.
That's on the coaches.

Ok end of rant

Quote from: We R Final Four on January 04, 2026, 07:03:00 PMAt least he stopped shooting 3's.

Agree and could any of our players shoot in high school. I feel they could and if so what happened

Ok. I guess I should've just started a new poll.

Should Sean Jones return?