Brian Hamilton / The Athletic Article on MU

[Galway Eagle]

They were 18-8 and about .500 in conference when he was injured.

Gotcha I thought he was injured when they had like one or two losses my bad.

[MUfan12]

That team probably sneaks in the tournament if he didn't fight the tackling dummy.

I don't see Markus doing that. Not a killer.

[NCMUFan]

Two all time great Marquette guards.   Leave it at that.

[LAZER]

Two all time great Marquette guards.   Leave it at that.

Seriously

[Galway Eagle]

That team probably sneaks in the tournament if he didn't fight the tackling dummy.

I don't see Markus doing that. Not a killer.

A real tough player would've won that fight

[The Lens]

We absolutely were tracking to miss the Dance even before Travis was hurt.  But that's an indictment of his coach not him.

'03-'04 & '04-'05 were the absolute TC Master Pieces.  Vintage performances by our guy that offered UGA fans a glimpse into their future.

[Galway Eagle]

So in 05 we're 14-2 on January 15. We have two upperclassmen future NBA players on our roster, ranked 25.

What happened?

[The Lens]

Look how we got to 14-2...

295   Western Carolina       W, 75-64   73       Home   1-0       
120   Illinois St.                  W, 60-32   59       Home   2-0       
44 Air Force                  W, 69-65   53       Home   3-0       
167   Sam Houston St.       W, 84-71   69       Home   4-0       
83   Kent St.                   W, 66-61   61       Home   5-0       
178   Oakland                   W, 95-87   68       Away   6-0       
209   Delaware St.           W, 66-60   58       Home   7-0       
NR   South Dakota St.   W, 76-60   63       Home   8-0       
17 Wisconsin                   W, 63-54   63       Home   9-0       
13   Arizona                    L, 48-43   55       Home   9-1       
80   Nebraska                   W, 81-62   61       Home   10-1       
249   Coppin St.                   W, 65-55   58       Home   11-1       
292   IPFW                           W, 91-57   72       Home   12-1       
247   Tulane                   W, 82-68   66       Away   13-1   1-0   
53 Memphis                    L, 78-68   68       Away   13-2   1-1   
132   South Florida           W, 66-64   60       Home   14-2   2-1   

We were 2-2 in games vs. competition 55 or better in KenPom

It is amazing how much better our non-conf schedule is now.  Absolute Dark Ages back then.

[The Lens]

We were 18-8 overall and 6-7 in Conference USA when Travis broke his hand. 

[avid1010]

Ask Wade why they reached the FF...

Ask Novak what it was like to do anything half-ass around Travis...  It's not a knock on Novak (he had the better NBA career)...but very different people.

Attend practices...observe the difference in leadership between Markus and TD.  TD is wired differently than Markus.  Totally different approaches to leadership, and totally different response to losses.  Crean was intense...TD took it to a new level.  Buzz practices all looked like practices from the TD era...guys beat the sh1t out of each other.  Wojo and co. were totally different.  Not that the Hausers and Markus couldn't be winners under the right coach...IMHO they were just different than the leaders of the TC and Buzz era.

[bilsu]

Gotcha I thought he was injured when they had like one or two losses my bad.

I am going by memory, but I believe Diener was hurt before he broke his hand. I think he got hurt 7 or 8 games into season. Probably was his knee. I remember him playing with a limp. He was averaging over 20 points a game before he got hurt.

[Boone]

dealt with neck injury for at least the home DePaul game

[Dr. Blackheart]

dealt with neck injury for at least the home DePaul game

Tackling dummy injury

[The Sultan]

Ask Wade why they reached the FF...

Ask Novak what it was like to do anything half-ass around Travis...  It's not a knock on Novak (he had the better NBA career)...but very different people.

Attend practices...observe the difference in leadership between Markus and TD.  TD is wired differently than Markus.  Totally different approaches to leadership, and totally different response to losses.  Crean was intense...TD took it to a new level.  Buzz practices all looked like practices from the TD era...guys beat the sh1t out of each other.  Wojo and co. were totally different.  Not that the Hausers and Markus couldn't be winners under the right coach...IMHO they were just different than the leaders of the TC and Buzz era.

Ok. I still don't know what this has to do with anything. Being "wired differently" and having a different response to losses doesn't really mean anything if it doesn't lead to more winning.

[Hards Alumni]

Ask Wade why they reached the FF...

Ask Novak what it was like to do anything half-ass around Travis...  It's not a knock on Novak (he had the better NBA career)...but very different people.

Attend practices...observe the difference in leadership between Markus and TD.  TD is wired differently than Markus.  Totally different approaches to leadership, and totally different response to losses.  Crean was intense...TD took it to a new level.  Buzz practices all looked like practices from the TD era...guys beat the sh1t out of each other.  Wojo and co. were totally different.  Not that the Hausers and Markus couldn't be winners under the right coach...IMHO they were just different than the leaders of the TC and Buzz era.

Markus is/was every bit the competitor that Travis is/was.  They're players playing in different eras.  Marcus is one of the all time greats, and an absolutely clutch player.

Time seems to create fake nostalgia.

[tower912]

It is my recollection that Markus's too aggressive leadership style was a contributing factor to other's dissatisfaction.

[Uncle Rico]

It is my recollection that Markus's too aggressive leadership style was a contributing factor to other's dissatisfaction.

Typical small town Wisconsin snowflakes

[panda]

It is my recollection that Markus's too aggressive leadership style was a contributing factor to other's dissatisfaction.

More like Wojo's lack of leadership.

[Dawson Rental]

I'm guessing he's referring to the rapes, two recruiting violations (minor), him trying to leave every year not just once, the bar/qdoba fights, the crazy transfers every year (buzz was ahead of the game there)

And let's not forget the top 100 freshman flops.