Must Win Tonight v. PC to Salvage Season

[Tha Hound]

In December, after some interesting wins, I kept looking at the Barttorvik ratings where MU was around #100 and I thought "this is wrong, MU is better than the 100th best team in the country, in a few games the stats will catch up and they'll move lower."

Now MU is #110, with a 14-16 predicted record.   Seems the rating was spot on and the prediction is likely correct, plus or minus a game or two.

PC is not a "must win" game.  MU is not moving down ~40+ spots this season.

Brew is closer to right .. MU is fighting to get an NIT invite.

   

[1SE]

I think the only "must wins" left on the schedule now are vs. GT and Butler. A Q4 loss would probably knock us down 3 or 4 seed lines.

[Shooter McGavin]

I think the only "must wins" left on the schedule now are vs. GT and Butler. A Q4 loss would probably knock us down 3 or 4 seed lines.

Ha!  That post by hilltopper did not age well.

[Carl]

Whole thread is gold

[Vander Blue Man Group]

So ... please tell me none of you think
MU will sweep Gtown, DePaul, SJU and Butler ?!  They will go about 4 / 4 ... give or take a game ... in that group.

Right now ... as bad as they are, I don't see where MU gets to even 7 BE wins.

This was a good one, too.

[DoctorV]

Thing is, one nice "comfortable" double digit win over a top 30 NET team like Providence will move MU from 83 into the 60s again in the NET, but it would have to be a convincing win.

That would then put Marquette back in decent position to battle for a bid going forward.

There are plenty of opportunities for big NET gain wins coming up in the next month (8 of the next 10!) but of those I would argue that tonight is probably Marquettes most realistic shot at one of these wins, especially if you were to hope for a convincing double digit win.

Providence is seasoned and good, but MU usually plays them well. Justin is coming off of a really bad performance and is due for a nice bounce back game. Morsell, Kur, and Greg as senior leaders are likely starting to realize that it's now or never on the season. The shots are bound to fall at some point and why not some tonight. Home energy versus a ranked opponent and some stifling defense for 2 halves aren't out of the question, and Providence is due for a dud.

Or Marquette can come out like they did versus Creighton...

Hopefully the former. Leggo

This thread houses one of my favorite/best personal posts of all time.

For the record, I attribute this post to the 7 consecutive wins, or should I say 8? 😛

[NCMUFan]

I think the only "must wins" left on the schedule now are vs. GT and Butler. A Q4 loss would probably knock us down 3 or 4 seed lines.

I have to believe that to have the "We can beat anyone mentality", they will also need to beat UCONN and Creighton.  No one likes to be swept for the season. 

[1SE]

Must win to pull to .500 in our Q1A games.

[MU82]

Ah, Barttorvik ... always 100% accurate and fun!