DePaul beat UW-m tonight by 14 points

[ChicosBailBonds]

I said they were horrible two weeks ago, I'm sticking to it.  UW-m is terrible.

[NersEllenson]

Uh oh..this must mean DePaul will beat us by 11 points..since we only beat UWM by 3 points.  We are screwed.

[warthog-driver]

I said they were horrible two weeks ago, I'm sticking to it.  UW-m is terrible.

Perhaps we should have defeated UWM by a greater margin? Certainly not the shameful performance of that night. Prithy, The Bronzed Beast of Bloomington would not have had such a miserable excuse of a win!

[ChicosBailBonds]

Nope, but I think we can stop the ridiculous claims of how good UW-m was to try and cover for our performance.  They are dreadful...as was much of our performance that night.

I really wonder if Jeter will survive this year.

[warthog-driver]

The Jete is a good man. I hope he dodges the SAM but I fear he will crash and burn.

[MUfan12]

I really wonder if Jeter will survive this year.

Especially with a new AD likely on board. He's been nothing but mediocre after his first year.

[JMcSteal]

Who is the new AD?

[DavantesInferno]

Who is the new AD?

UWM hasn't announced one yet. However, they announced three finalists in the job search on Monday. The top three are Paul Plinske, the UW-Whitewater AD, Rick Costello, deputy AD for Rutgers and Grace Calhoun the associate AD from Indiana. Whoever they pick looks to have a pretty tough job with all of the budget cuts that are expected to be made inside the athletic department.

[downtown85]

and Drexel beat Looeyville and Oakland beat Tenn.  Gotta love college hoops.

[Rollout-the-Barrel]

I'm glad depaul is less terrible than uwm in rosemont. Big east doesn't need any crappy losses.

[4everwarriors]

Our game vs. DePaul should be a dogfight.

[madtownwarrior]

Glad we have Chicos to immediate to point out when MU is crappy at the first possible moment every chance he gets...

MU was up 18 at UW-M and then played crappy, UW-M also was playing at home in their marquee game they have been waiting for for years (I tried hard not to say Superbowl). 

At the same time, it is early in the season with a young team with a third year head coach. 

Christ, the tan one nearly pissed away a game to a cupcake or average at best team AT HOME on an annual basis and sometimes did (Canisuis 68 - 65 in 2004, Delaware St 66 - 60 in 2005,Winthrop Loss in 2006, N Dakota St loss in 2007)

I assume you were here calling out how bad the tanned ones teams were then when they played bad ealry in the season....

Glad we have you MU Superfan (that should be in teal)

[chren21]

Glad we have Chicos to immediate to point out when MU is crappy at the first possible moment every chance he gets...

MU was up 18 at UW-M and then played crappy, UW-M also was playing at home in their marquee game they have been waiting for for years (I tried hard not to say Superbowl). 

At the same time, it is early in the season with a young team with a third year head coach. 

Christ, the tan one nearly pissed away a game to a cupcake or average at best team AT HOME on an annual basis and sometimes did (Canisuis 68 - 65 in 2004, Delaware St 66 - 60 in 2005,Winthrop Loss in 2006, N Dakota St loss in 2007)

I assume you were here calling out how bad the tanned ones teams were then when they played bad ealry in the season....

Glad we have you MU Superfan (that should be in teal)

UWM is terrible.  What is your summary of their team?  I think we should have beaten them by 20.  To call that a UWM home game is a joke.

[GGGG]

Nope, but I think we can stop the ridiculous claims of how good UW-m was to try and cover for our performance.  They are dreadful...as was much of our performance that night.

I really wonder if Jeter will survive this year.

If they have financial issues, I think it will be very difficult for the new AD to come in an eat Jeter's contract in year one.

[MerrittsMustache]

I said they were horrible two weeks ago, I'm sticking to it.  UW-m is terrible.

I correctly predicted that MU would have 10 TOs against Wisconsin. Everyone shower me with praise!

Wait, should I have started a new thread for this post? I'd hate to steal Chicos' thunder of making a thread all about himself.

[g0lden3agle]

I correctly predicted that MU would have 10 TOs against Wisconsin. Everyone shower me with praise!

Wait, should I have started a new thread for this post? I'd hate to steal Chicos' thunder of making a thread all about himself.

So there shouldn't be threads started up about news throughout the Big East? 

[Lennys Tap]

Nope, but I think we can stop the ridiculous claims of how good UW-m was to try and cover for our performance.  They are dreadful...as was much of our performance that night.

I really wonder if Jeter will survive this year.

My sources inside the program tell me that as long as Jeter continues to do it the right way and cleans up the stench left by Pearl he's safe. No, wait, it's Indiana that doesn't care about winning, not UWM. You're right. A proud, tradition rich program like the UWM Panthers would never tolerate this kind of failure. Never mind.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Our RPI dropped 49 spots the last 2 days, this UWM result was not a help

[dsfire]

Our RPI dropped 49 spots the last 2 days, this UWM result was not a help

Not sure where you're looking, but statsheet shows us going from 133 on Sunday/Monday to 129 today.  Even at this ridiculously early point in the season to care about RPI, moving 49 spots without playing a game would be rather shocking.

edit: I do see us down in the 170-180 range on other sites.  Not sure what's causing that difference since statsheet should be up-to-date as of last night's games.  Still, that large of a drop should not be caused by a single opponent's game.

[StillAWarrior]

I correctly predicted that MU would have 10 TOs against Wisconsin. Everyone shower me with praise!

Wait, should I have started a new thread for this post? I'd hate to steal Chicos' thunder of making a thread all about himself.

Assuming for the sake of argument that Chicos is the attention whore that you seem to think he is, what is accomplished by calling him out so frequently.  If this thread wasn't "all about" Chicos before your post, you certainly helped move it in that direction.

[lab_warrior]

Our game vs. DePaul should be a dogfight.

Was this supposed to be in teal?

[lab_warrior]

and Drexel beat Looeyville and Oakland beat Tenn.  Gotta love college hoops.

It's almost as if on a game-by-game basis, if you don't play well, you could be beaten! 

I'm not disagreeing w/Chicos that UWM is not a good basketball team, but we were up on them by 20+ and ~18, and 15 at a few points, we didn't play well for most of the second half--it's not a good win, but it's a win.  However, there is no way you can convince me that UWM wasn't way more motivated to beat us on their court versus at Rosemont against DePaul.

[MU B2002]

Our game vs. DePaul should be a dogfight.

I hope not.  Dog fighting is illegal.  Have we learned nothing from Ron Mexico sorry, Michael Vick.

[mu_hilltopper]

Love the rpiforecast.com website.

Our Current RPI has steadily dropped since December started .. from the 100s to 170s.

Our expected RPI is semi-steady in the high 60s.  Which is about right, and a very big challenge to make the NCAAs if that expected RPI is right.

[Lennys Tap]

Our RPI dropped 49 spots the last 2 days, this UWM result was not a help

1. If our RPI really dropped 49 spots because DePaul beat UWM it only shows that RPI rankings at this point in the year are TOTALLY MEANINGLESS, in which case why bother.
2. 180 translates into 3 or 4 wins in conference (max). If we're that bad, it's officially "wait until next year" time.