Here we go again... Retired jerseys

[MUfan12]

Jae Crowder says he will be wearing #15 next year.

[Shanunu]

I would bet that he just doesn't know about the retired jerseys that Marquette has. I don't expect to see him wearing 15.

[4everwarriors]

I would bet that he just doesn't know about the retired jerseys that Marquette has. I don't expect to see him wearing 15.

Does he know Crean left MU? We're going back to the original rules now.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

#15 is sacred, as far as I'm concerned. I don't even like to speak of it.

[77ncaachamps]

I'm sure Jamil Lott would be touched if he donned the #51 instead.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Some BLT

http://www.lostlettermen.com/author/butch-lee/

[wyzgy]

who did jae tell he was going to wear #15?  i mean, someone should have known that it has been retired and informed him.  on the other hand, he should call butch up and ask him.  unfortunately,  butch may need  the scratch and could work something out-you know rent-a jersey.  if jae is doing well, the price goes down.  then we run in to the money thingy-MU  could donate it to butch's favorite charity 

[Aughnanure]

We retire jerseys, not numbers. Would people demand that a player couldnt wear #11 b/c its retired for Apollo 11? Maybe if the NCAA didn't limit the numbers so much ity would okay to retire them completely. The only one anyone shouldnt wear for a while is #3.

[APieperFan3]

I'm sure Jamil Lott would be touched if he donned the #51 instead.

or perhaps Mark Lavin

'77 Walk-On

[romey]

We retire jerseys, not numbers. Would people demand that a player couldnt wear #11 b/c its retired for Apollo 11? Maybe if the NCAA didn't limit the numbers so much ity would okay to retire them completely. The only one anyone shouldnt wear for a while is #3.

I'm guessing you aren't old enough to know Butch Lee's impact at MU.  I love DWade. He is without a doubt one of my all time favorite MU players and my favorite current NBA by a long shot.  Butch Lee was the NCAA tourney MVP when WE WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

[Aughnanure]

I'm guessing you aren't old enough to know Butch Lee's impact at MU.  I love DWade. He is without a doubt one of my all time favorite MU players and my favorite current NBA by a long shot.  Butch Lee was the NCAA tourney MVP when WE WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

And no current recruits remember it either, however they do remember Wade.  Sorry, I didn't mean it as a rip on Butch Lee, I'm just sick of the limits on players' numbers. 

There are only 36 available numbers, 13 (I think) are the retired ones. So that leaves 26 spread out across 13 scholarship players and whatever walk-ons we have. So if you have 2 walk-ons, that leaves only 11 unused numbers every year. This has caused so many numbers to be reused every single year by different players.  Im just going to get real sick of seeing  #22, #23, #2, #1, etc every single year and its nice to see a new number on a player after a while.

If the NCAA allowed 0-99 numbers I would be all for totally retiring numbers, and for retiring more of them probably.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

We should have four retired numbers: 3, 15, 24 and 31 (Ellis only) and nobody should wear them.

I know all about everybody else, but IMO that should be it. 

[MerrittsMustache]

If the NCAA allowed 0-99 numbers I would be all for totally retiring numbers, and for retiring more of them probably.

Totally disagree. Maybe I'm just old school but I like the "no digit over 5" rule in college basketball. It should also force schools to think long and hard about what numbers to retire. I don't want to see teams become like the Celtics and retire the numbers of mediocre players who happened to be on title teams. Retiring your number should be a special honor, if too many players achieve it, the meaning is lost.

[Aughnanure]

Totally disagree. Maybe I'm just old school but I like the "no digit over 5" rule in college basketball. It should also force schools to think long and hard about what numbers to retire. I don't want to see teams become like the Celtics and retire the numbers of mediocre players who happened to be on title teams. Retiring your number should be a special honor, if too many players achieve it, the meaning is lost.

I can agree that I would not like to see an MU player wearing 97. However, I wish they would allow #6 or #9. Is it really that hard for officials to report players' numbers to the scoring table?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I can agree that I would not like to see an MU player wearing 97. However, I wish they would allow #6 or #9. Is it really that hard for officials to report players' numbers to the scoring table?

have you watched any of the officating in the last few years? 

[ChuckyChip]

And no current recruits remember it either, however they do remember Wade.  Sorry, I didn't mean it as a rip on Butch Lee, I'm just sick of the limits on players' numbers. 

There are only 36 available numbers, 13 (I think) are the retired ones. So that leaves 26 spread out across 13 scholarship players and whatever walk-ons we have. So if you have 2 walk-ons, that leaves only 11 unused numbers every year. This has caused so many numbers to be reused every single year by different players.  Im just going to get real sick of seeing  #22, #23, #2, #1, etc every single year and its nice to see a new number on a player after a while.

If the NCAA allowed 0-99 numbers I would be all for totally retiring numbers, and for retiring more of them probably.

There are actually 37 total possible numbers (don't forget 00).  Nine have been retired (3,11,14,15,20,24,31,43,44)- so that leaves 28 available, which is plenty to go around..for now.

Would anyone object if they put 11 back in circulation?  That was retired in honor of Apollo 11.

[MerrittsMustache]

I can agree that I would not like to see an MU player wearing 97. However, I wish they would allow #6 or #9. Is it really that hard for officials to report players' numbers to the scoring table?

I guess I wouldn't be totally opposed to allowing 00-15, 20-25, 30-35, 40-45, 50-55. In other words, all single-digit numbers are in play and then the standard <5. They started allowing #1 and #2 within the last 10-15 years so you never know.

[Aughnanure]

I guess I wouldn't be totally opposed to allowing 00-15, 20-25, 30-35, 40-45, 50-55. In other words, all single-digit numbers are in play and then the standard <5. They started allowing #1 and #2 within the last 10-15 years so you never know.

Wait? They really used to not allow #s 1 and 2? What was the purpose of that?

Oh well, and I completely forgot about the double zero. One of the dumbest things Ive ever seen in sports is when a team has a player with the #0 and another with the #00. Thats the same number! Does that mean we can do #03 and #3?

[4everwarriors]

I can agree that I would not like to see an MU player wearing 97. However, I wish they would allow #6 or #9. Is it really that hard for officials to report players' numbers to the scoring table?

ZFB wore 69 at his all male high school and he didn't even play sports.

[BrewCity83]

Would anyone object if they put 11 back in circulation?  That was retired in honor of Apollo 11.

Lloyd Walton might.

[5YearsatMU]

Jae will be wearing #32 next year. 

[ChuckyChip]

Lloyd Walton might.

Wasn't Walton 22?

[4everwarriors]

Walton wore 22 at MU, as did Jim Chones. I think Lloyd wore 11 as a Buck.

[SacWarrior]

Jae realized he can't take 15 and changed to 32.

Smart move since Butch Lee is probably the greatest Marquette player of all time in my opinion.