Don't know if there has been any discussion about this among Marquette fans, but as a Villanova fan, the Three Amigos have been so much fun to watch over the past four years that I never miss the chance to catch them on the tube and can't help but root for them, even 'tho doing so might be detrimental to Nova.
And your team this year reminds me so much of our Foye/Ray/Lowry/Nardi team of a few years ago. It's almost like a mirror image. I saw what was on the horizon when the McNeil/James/Matthews were freshmen, and they gave us all we could handle and then some, at the Pavilion.
Anyway, the injury to Dom James is eerily similar to the knee injury suffered by Curtis Sumpter prior to the '04/05 season. Sumpter's season ending injury happened in pre-season practice, which necessitated Jay Wright going to the four guard offense. Sumpter was Villanova's best player at the time of the injury, but at least Jay had a week or two to put together a game plan for the rest of the year. James' foot injury came at the tail end of the BE season, which is a very tough time to make adjustments. As a Villanova fan I can relate to your pain. It sucks. Before the injury, Marquette had as good a chance as anyone to cut down the nets in April. Realistically, I don't see it happening now.
I wish you guys the best and look forward to our matchups in the future.
