So....What are we ranked on Monday - 1/6/2025?

[Mu8891]

Beat the UW ...
I will say MU is ranked 22nd

[GoldenEagles03]

What are we going to be favored by on Saturday?

I wouldn't be surprised by anything from -1.5 to -7.5

[DoctorV]

This is the point in the season where some knucklehead gets all up in arms about it not mattering.

Then it turns into a several page thread about the visibility versus the uselessness of the polls etc.

Then it shockingly delves into a several page argument on whether "others receiving votes" #4 is actually 29th or not.

It's all so much fun 😂

For the record it matters to me, and I say #20. In the unfathomable result of a loss UR.

[MuggsyB]

What are we going to be favored by on Saturday?

I wouldn't be surprised by anything from -1.5 to -7.5

I'm gonna go with -4.

[MU82]

This is the point in the season where some knucklehead gets all up in arms about it not mattering.

Then it turns into a several page thread about the visibility versus the uselessness of the polls etc.

Then it shockingly delves into a several page argument on whether "others receiving votes" #4 is actually 29th or not.

It's all so much fun 😂

For the record it matters to me, and I say #20. In the unfathomable result of a loss UR.

Always better to be ranked, of course.

[Shooter McGavin]

If we win Saturday we could be safely in the top 25.

Ha!  Very lawyerly statement Goose.  Substitute could with will and that is the optimistic Goose we're all coming to know and expect. 

[5DollarPitcher]

What are we going to be favored by on Saturday?

I wouldn't be surprised by anything from -1.5 to -7.5

My guess is -1.5 or -2.5. 

The rivalry of this matchup combined with the fact that neither team has a 2015 Badgers squad eliminates anything over 3 points.

[GoldenEagles03]

My guess is -1.5 or -2.5. 

The rivalry of this matchup combined with the fact that neither team has a 2015 Badgers squad eliminates anything over 3 points.

Not sure on KenPom but Haslametrics has Marquette a 7+ point favorite.

[5DollarPitcher]

Not sure on KenPom but Haslametrics has Marquette a 7+ point favorite.

There are intangibles in this game that Haslam's computers can't calculate.  I'll stick with my prediction.

[Shooter McGavin]

There are intangibles in this game that Haslam's computers can't calculate.  I'll stick with my prediction.

Our style of play disturbed Wisconsin last year.  We lost that game because of one player who went in the first round of the draft making extremely difficult shots. They don't have that player this year.  MU should win handily.

[Newsdreams]

nope ranked

Wrong 26 or 27

[ZiggysFryBoy]

24 AP, 28 coaches.

[mu_hilltopper]

Well, duh.

#5 AP, #9 coaches.

[real chili 83]

Well, duh.

#5 AP, #9 coaches.

MOPE

#1, #1

[Eye]

Pomeroy has MU as a 5-point selection. Go Warriors.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Well, duh.

#5 AP, #9 coaches.

#19 in AP and #77 in coaches.

[GoldenEagles03]

#19 in AP and #77 in coaches.

If we beat UW, Matt Painter and Chris Jans will each rank us #2 in the country behind their own teams.

I think we'd be in the top 25 if we can pull one out on Saturday.

[Goose]

Shooter

I meant to say we would be safely in the top 25. I think we win handily and will be ranked inside the top 20 on Monday.

[🏀]

Not sure on KenPom but Haslametrics has Marquette a 7+ point favorite.

Opening lines rarely differ from KP by a 1.5 point spread.

[Elonsmusk]

Opening lines rarely differ from KP by a 1.5 point spread.

Truth.  Ken Pom predicts MU 70-65.  Accounting for rivalry maybe that knocks 1-1.5 off the line.  Yet MU coming off the trouncing of Baylor and UW loss - trend is your friend. I'd guess it will open at MU -4.

[Eye]

CBS' Gary Parrish has MU at 20 in his latest Top 25 and 1

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2022-accbig-ten-challenge-scores-dukes-victory-vs-ohio-state-helps-acc-secure-win-in-series-finale/?fbclid=IwAR2iHFy6qJAWibHtcILu3wQ8Btf6ZHDZh1seBCvweNHebsLIC3gpU9NJRRA

[BM1090]

My guess is -1.5 or -2.5. 

The rivalry of this matchup combined with the fact that neither team has a 2015 Badgers squad eliminates anything over 3 points.

We'll be favored by 4-5 at opening. I would guess that gets bet down to 2-3. I'd feel comfortable betting MU -3.5 or less.

[PointWarrior]

Who else likes it when Goose says "we win handily"

Shooter

I meant to say we would be safely in the top 25. I think we win handily and will be ranked inside the top 20 on Monday.

[real chili 83]

Per his podcast this week, why does Gary Parrish "hate us"?  Did he graduate from a tech school from the greater Michiana area? 

[GoldenEagles03]

I think if we win we are ranked.

I feel good about the effort this team puts out, not so sure on the execution against a slow paced team.  Watching film on UW over the past few days I wonder how teams don't just run them out of the gym.  Like a few have posted on here, they do not look good.  They just find a way and they are really good at that.  If I knew nothing about either team and saw them play, I'd probably tell you Marquette should win easily.  Knowing what we know this will probably be close down to the final minutes and added in the rivalry aspect it could come down to the final shot.

I hope that Marquette is able to impose its will like they did with Baylor and show that Tuesday wasn't an outlier performance.