Wisconsin Lutheran at Marquette

[MU Buff]

November 8th. He's a Wisconsin Lutheran player.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jmarose47/status/464510855863091201?p=v

[🏀]

Wojo probably wants to get a feel for the BC before they count.

[chapman]

How can a school have the Warriors nickname?  Outrageous!

Duke typically schedules two exhibitions at Cameron vs. doing scrimmages.  If Wojo was good with that we should see another exhibition pop up.

[Skatastrophy]

 Good. Generating more revenue never hurts!

[GGGG]

They'd be better off scheduling Milwaukee King.  Wisconsin Lutheran College is terrible.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Get to start off the season with taking some Lutherans out to the woodshed.

[lessthannick11]

Can Fischer play in exhibition games?

[keefe]

We used to kick off the season with games against Athletes In Action and Marathon Oil. And before anyone scoffs at these barnstorming exhibition teams realize they offered solid competition and beat the NCAA's best more often than not. When Marquette was one of the top five preseason teams the game against AIA was never a gimme.

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2004/12/crossed_off.html

[We R Final Four]

They beat the NCAA's best more often than not? 

I get your point Keefe, but this statement maybe a bit of a stretch.

[Benny B]

They beat the NCAA's best more often than not? 

I get your point Keefe, but this statement maybe a bit of a stretch.

From the link:
"While exact records are hard to come by, the Los Angeles Times reported in 1988 that Athletes in Action had 859 wins and 372 losses—not bad for playing nearly every game on the road."

859 - 372.  That's not only more often than not, it's more than twice as often as not.

[madtownwarrior]

at least we don't risk losing a scrimmage and costing us a seed line  

[keefe]

They beat the NCAA's best more often than not? 

I get your point Keefe, but this statement maybe a bit of a stretch.

When I was at MU we struggled against these guys. UNLV was one of the best teams in Div I and look what Tark had to say. AIA was good.

Athletes in Action also went 52-2 against collegiate competition from 1976 to 1978. According to a Campus Crusade for Christ brochure, UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian moaned after a 1977 blowout, "They beat you up in the first half, pray for you at halftime, then beat you up in the second half."

[chapman]

Too bad the NCAA still doesn't let exhibitions be fun.  The Globetrotters even played a few D1 teams per year in the early 2000's.  Just looked up their game against Maryland in 2002, when the Terps were coming off their NCAA Championship (Maryland won) -

Since beginning their college tour in the fall of 2000, the Globetrotters have posted a 13-3 record. This fall the Trotters knocked off Purdue, St. John's and Western Kentucky before falling to Vanderbilt last evening, 70-68, on an 18-foot buzzer beater by the Boilermakers.

Looks like the writer meant Commodores.

[Galway Eagle]

It'd be better to play UW SP or UW WW  I think playing some D3 powerhouses might actually help prepare us as opposed to just running through any old team

[MUEng92]

From the link:
"not bad for playing nearly every game on the road."

Nearly every game on the road?  How could they ever have played a home game without having a home?

[GooooMarquette]

We used to kick off the season with games against Athletes In Action and Marathon Oil. And before anyone scoffs at these barnstorming exhibition teams realize they offered solid competition and beat the NCAA's best more often than not. When Marquette was one of the top five preseason teams the game against AIA was never a gimme.

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2004/12/crossed_off.html

Agreed on AIA - they were awfully good back in the day.  If memory serves, they had mostly former D-1 players who didn't make the NBA...maybe the very rough equivalent of a D-league team today.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

And Marathon Oil!

[MU Buff]

When it comes to computer rankings, it's probably smarter to schedule a team like this instead of a team ranked in the 300's.

[We R Final Four]

From the link:
"While exact records are hard to come by, the Los Angeles Times reported in 1988 that Athletes in Action had 859 wins and 372 losses—not bad for playing nearly every game on the road."

859 - 372.  That's not only more often than not, it's more than twice as often as not.

All against NCAA's best??

[Room510]

They are nicknamed the WARRIORS !

http://wlcsports.com/sports/mbkb/index

How can this be allowed, and does this mean I have to wear Golden Eagle crap to the game ?

[GooooMarquette]

They are nicknamed the WARRIORS !

http://wlcsports.com/sports/mbkb/index

How can this be allowed, and does this mean I have to wear Golden Eagle crap to the game ?

Yeah, that kinda sucks.  But in answer to your question - absolutely NOT!

[Benny B]

All against NCAA's best??

Did you read the article?  Those were some pretty big names.

[redbirdwarrior]

Wojo wants to bring the Warriors back to the BC.  Nice...

[Dawson Rental]

They'd be better off scheduling Milwaukee King.  Wisconsin Lutheran College is terrible.

This must be why my grandma Waldstrom converted to Catholicism.