Quote from: Hards Alumni on December 04, 2025, 12:53:21 PMThat's why you're a poster on a message board that anyone can join and not a college basketball coach.

Apologies, this isn't personal, it's like 75% of the board at this point.

You got that right. Although a few are calling for the guy who's averaging 8 boards to have PT reduced to 15 mins a game.

Yes, we need more good shooters.

Even with the drama and disfunction in Milwaukee, the Bucks are still above the Bulls in the standings. 

Giannis for Pat Williams anyone? He's young with great upside. 

Quote from: Its DJOver on December 04, 2025, 03:43:18 PMIf <insert definition of an upset> happened, then maybe it's an upset.

LOL. Right?

If <insert definition of an upset> happened, then maybe it's an upset.

Quote from: The Sultan on December 04, 2025, 03:26:37 PMIt was literally an upset.

If you consider it an upset any time a team favored by a couple of points loses,maybe it was. But I'll bet if you went back and looked at reports of that game you wouldn't see headlines like "Badgers Upset Eagles" or "Wisconsin Shocks Marquette".

If Marquette wins Saturday you will definitely see words like that thrown around. In my book there's a pretty big difference in expectation for a game with a 4 point spread as opposed to a double digit spread.

Quote from: brewcity77 on December 04, 2025, 03:08:19 PMYes, he came assuming he would be a 3/4 wing, but Buzz saw him better suited at the 5. They also weren't sure Otule would be back that year, so that might have impacted the minutes he'd get. So he went to Iowa State where he played two seasons entirely at the 5.

Wasn't there talk of redshirting him too? Maybe I'm misremembering that part.

MU has several problems, but one of the top issues on my list is that they have no true jump shooters.

When I watch the games, even against a weak team like Valpo, I could count several shots that the opponents make that nobody on MU could get off, much less make.

I count in this category, players who can get off a 3 point shot quickly, including off the dribble or coming around a pick, players who can drive into the lane and pull up and get off a 10-15 shot over their opponent, and players who can post up and get off a turnaround or fall away shot. Some of these shots have a much higher chance of going in than some of the heaves that MU players are forced to toss up when they drive to the basket and are challenged by a rim protector.

This lack of jump shooters makes MU extremely easy to defend. It shouldn't be any surprise that they have trouble getting off a decent shot in those end of game situations. 

Quote from: vogue65 on December 04, 2025, 03:23:02 PMBecause there are selection criteria. 
You are correct, I don't know the rest of the story.  Nevertheless, Marquette looks to me more like Northwestern or Princeton than St. John's or Seton Hall. 
Remember when the decision-makers wanted MU to reassemble Duke?

I think it's safe to say that you don't know any of the story.

Quote from: wisblue on December 04, 2025, 03:20:24 PMWhen UW beat MU in 2022 it wasn't considered an upset.

It was literally an upset.