Markus Hanging 40

[The Sultan]

I love how people here speak breathlessly about Maravich, even though LSU accomplished nothing as a team when he was there, yet the same fanbase will downgrade Markus' accomplishments because the team hasn't accomplished anything during his tenure.

Appreciate him while he is here.  Don't wait 50 years.

[oldwarrior81]

I love how people here speak breathlessly about Maravich, even though LSU accomplished nothing as a team when he was there, yet the same fanbase will downgrade Markus' accomplishments because the team hasn't accomplished anything during his tenure.

Appreciate him while he is here.  Don't wait 50 years.

LSU was 3-24 and drawing less than a couple thousand fans to a game during Maravich's freshman year.

For LSU the 20-8 record while drawing 9,000 per game, and a second place finish to Kentucky his senior season was big news.  Almost up to the level of football.
Remember those days only the conference winner made the NCAA's.

The Kentucky fans looked down on the upstarts from Louisiana.  After all, Coach Rupp invented uptempo ball.
But after Maravich scored 115 in two games against them his senior season, they gave him a standing ovation.
And imagined how good he could really be if he was feeding the ball inside to Dan Issel.


Agreed, for what Markus has accomplished on and off the court the past four years should be really appreciated.
Hero ball?   Perhaps those making those accusations should go back to Norman Dale and his four passes rule and looking for Jimmy to pop wide open off the picket fence.  Or was it Merle off the picket fence?

[Loose Cannon]

I love how people here speak breathlessly about Maravich, even though LSU accomplished nothing as a team when he was there, yet the same fanbase will downgrade Markus' accomplishments because the team hasn't accomplished anything during his tenure.

Appreciate him while he is here.  Don't wait 50 years.

Yeah, pretty hard not to  notice.

[Stretchdeltsig]

For me Marquette has always been a "gold blood" as compared to a "blue blood" because of the many, man great players from Don Kojus, Walt Mangam, Tom Flynn, George Thompson, Blanton Simmons, Dean Memminger, Jerome Whitehead, Maurice Lucas, Jim Chones, Butch Lee, Sam Worthen, Travis Diener, Domnic James, Steve Novak, Jimmy Butler, Wes Mathews and now Markus Howard.  And there were many other greats not mentioned here.  In short, we have been blessed with one of the greatest basketball programs of all time. We are indeed a true "gold blood." And with the highly talented recruiting class next year we will continue to be "golden."