Aircraft Carrier

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Some here are certainly more in the know than I am, but could it be that Shaka does not want to go to the portal because the NIL money is not there and knows he'll be out bid when it comes to money. This is the "new" landscape of college basketball.

Why is that people don't take Shaka at his word for why he has avoided the portal thus far and instead come up with stuff like this?

[K1 Lover]

Some here are certainly more in the know than I am, but could it be that Shaka does not want to go to the portal because the NIL money is not there and knows he'll be out bid when it comes to money. This is the "new" landscape of college basketball.

No it's not that at all. It's solely about him staying true to the culture and coaching philosophy he wanted to install at Marquette.

If Shaka starts choosing portal players over current ones, it would essentially be him admitting that he was wrong in his belief that continued development and connectivity can pay greater dividends than a transfer can.

[Small Orange Soda]

No it's not that at all. It's solely about him staying true to the culture and coaching philosophy he wanted to install at Marquette.

If Shaka starts choosing portal players over current ones, it would essentially be him admitting that he was wrong in his belief that continued development and connectivity can pay greater dividends than a transfer can.

At the same time, recruiting over players has existed long before NIL. There's a difference between getting a transfer who is going to take minutes from Chase Ross and a transfer who is going to take minutes from guys who haven't developed into what Shaka hoped for.

[PointWarrior]

Whoa there Go back 50 years when MU was a runner up in 74 and won it all in 77.

Yes, I should add "in the last 40 years" to be fair.  Some of you got to witness greatness.  Most of us only got to witness a Kansas drubbing in the final four and bad exits the past three years with some moderate buzz succes in between

[muwarrior69]

This is quite possible. The articles and notions and everything else has a positive spin to it. Everyone gets paid the same, no agents etc. We already know were going to miss out on big names because of that. Whatever, what matters is are we able to compete at all?

Exactly!

[Hards Alumni]

Who are Zaire and Parnham?

A couple of traveling magicians you can see under the big top this summer!

[Hards Alumni]

Spot on. Except there are a bunch of Scoopers that dont see what is front of them, unless Shaka chanb\ges things up. Next year will be rougher than this year. But we all can cross our fingers.

You and Viper on each other's meat like this is like an ouroboros of stupidity with two snakes instead of one.

[warriors141]

Why is that people don't take Shaka at his word for why he has avoided the portal thus far and instead come up with stuff like this?

What Shaka said is not said in stone. Smart people have an open mind and are willing to change their thinking when provided with new information and/or if something is not working.

Shaka didn't have enough help for Kam, who has had to do way too much and as the season has gone on that shows

[Vander Blue Man Group]

What Shaka said is not said in stone. Smart people have an open mind and are willing to change their thinking when provided with new information and/or if something is not working.

Shaka didn't have enough help for Kam, who has had to do way too much and as the season has gone on that shows

Smart people should also be perceptive enough to take someone like Shaka at his word.

[Pakuni]

Remind me what seed Marquette was in the tourney in his 2nd season, Biff.

They don't hang banners for high seeds.
I mean, earning a 2 seed is a great and made the season fun, but it it's ultimately forgettable if not followed by tournament success ... or memorable in a bad way with an early exit.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

They don't hang banners for high seeds.
I mean, earning a 2 seed is a great and made the season fun, but it it's ultimately forgettable if not followed by tournament success ... or memorable in a bad way with an early exit.

Did I say they hang banners for high seeds?  Seems like you're entirely missing the point of that exchange. 

Also, I completely disagree that it's ultimately forgettable.  If that's the case for you, fine.  That's not the case for many others. 

Going out in the round of 32 against MSU didn't ruin the regular season and conference tourney titles for me.  If they did for you that's sad.

[Scoop Snoop]

Did I say they hang banners for high seeds?  Seems like you're entirely missing the point of that exchange. 

Also, I completely disagree that it's ultimately forgettable.  If that's the case for you, fine.  That's not the case for many others. 

Going out in the round of 32 against MSU didn't ruin the regular season and conference tourney titles for me.  If they did for you that's sad.

I kept quiet here before that game about my MSU concerns, but I had emailed my Marquette alumni family members that playing against MSU's Izzo was not the matchup I wanted to see, mostly because of Izzo's experience and success. There are always odd seeding/matchups in the tourney, so I refused to complain about it afterwards.

Too bad the Spirit Shop does not offer blue and gold baby rattles for some Marquette fans.

[The Sultan]

They don't hang banners for high seeds.
I mean, earning a 2 seed is a great and made the season fun, but it it's ultimately forgettable if not followed by tournament success ... or memorable in a bad way with an early exit.

They hang banners for conference titles and conference tournament titles.

[MU82]

I think the majority of this board only watches Marquette games, its obvious the opinions about these other teams and coaches are only from the games against us.  Just conveniently miss all the times these "better" Big East teams or ranked teams around the country get blown out and have just as many flaws and question marks as us.

There is not a single program in the country that is a top 2 seed every year.  To expect that is impossible.  This is college basketball, these arent the best players in the world, so there are no guarantees each season or even game to game.  Even the best players at this level are extremely inconsistent, if they weren't they'd be in the NBA already.  The best coaches in the country would tell you they prepare as much as possible, but they have no idea what to really expect each game and each season, so for fan bases to expect elite play every year is insane.

This program is in a great spot the way Shaka has built it and the next few years are going to be really fun.

This post is so reasonable that I had to double-check to make sure I was still reading Scoop.

[Pakuni]

They hang banners for conference titles and conference tournament titles.

Great. That's different than a tournament seed.
And I believe conference tournaments are the postseason.

[Pakuni]

Going out in the round of 32 against MSU didn't ruin the regular season and conference tourney titles for me.  If they did for you that's sad.

I appreciate your concern over something I didn't write.
 

[Vander Blue Man Group]

I appreciate your concern over something I didn't write.
 

Seemed like a safe inference based on your post.

Also, still waiting to hear where I said anything abkut hanging banners for 2 seeds.

[Newsdreams]

Who are Zaire and Parnham?

Duh, Ramsey's cousins

[MU82]

Who was our aircraft carrier when we won BEx2 in 2023? Who was our aircraft carrier when we won the BE and advanced to the Elite 8 in 2013? Who was our aircraft carrier when we went to the Sweet 16 in 2011 and 2012? Who was Nova's aircraft carrier when they won national titles in 2018 and 2016 (and 1985, for that matter)?

Lots of ways to build a successful roster. Lots of ways to win.

And not a lot of aircraft carriers out there.