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

[GoldenEagles03]

Offended so easily

Sorry you are offended easily. I was just pointing out that this is the rankings thread so that is what will be discussed here.

[GoldenEagles03]

We have been in 31 straight AP Polls. I'd like to see that continue.

Agreed!

Any idea what our program record is for consecutive weeks ranked?

[Uncle Rico]

Agreed!

Any idea what our program record is for consecutive weeks ranked?

69

[IrwinFletcher]

Agreed!

Any idea what our program record is for consecutive weeks ranked?

166.

Second best is our current streak of 31 which was also accomplished in 2002-2004

[brewcity77]

Agreed!

Any idea what our program record is for consecutive weeks ranked?

We've got a ways to go. Our 31 is the 7th longest active streak, the longest program streak is 166 from 1970-1980.

[GoldenEagles03]

15th by Dave Borges
16th by Chris Murray

[brewcity77]

I'm going to guess 17th.

[Jay Bee]

We r #18

[CountryRoads]

We r #18

That is some good respect.

[MarquetteMike1977]

MI. 18. Marquette Golden Eagles
2023-24 record: 27-10 lost to 11-seed
NC State in Sweet 16)
Season opener: Nov. 4 vs. Stony Brook, 8:30 p.m.,
FS1
Biggest early-season game: Nov. 19 vs. Purdue, 9 p.m., FSI
Projected starting lineup
Kam Jones (17.2 PPG)
Stevie Mitchell (8.8 PPG)
Chase Ross (6.1 PPG)
David Joplin (10.8 PPG)
Ben Gold (5.0 PPG)

[MarquetteMike1977]

Marquette is Ranked #17 in the first USA Today Coaches Poll. Up 1 from the #18 in the AP Poll

[Uncle Rico]

Marquette is Ranked #17 in the first USA Today Coaches Poll. Up 1 from the #18 in the AP Poll

Nice

[Scoop Snoop]

Marquette is Ranked #17 in the first USA Today Coaches Poll. Up 1 from the #18 in the AP Poll

I'm happy with that. I thought we might be lower simply due to Tyler and Oso being gone and voters being gloomy about Marquette.

[brewcity77]

I'm happy with that. I thought we might be lower simply due to Tyler and Oso being gone and voters being gloomy about Marquette.

When we go 8-0 in November I expect they'll move us up a bit.

[SaveOD238]

When we go 8-0 in November I expect they'll move us up a bit.

We're gonna finally have to beat Purdue to pull that one off.  I'm a little worried about @Maryland too.  Georgia in the Bahamas doesn't scare me.

[MUfan12]

Only a few hundred people are gonna see that Georgia game anyway...

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

We're gonna finally have to beat Purdue to pull that one off.  I'm a little worried about @Maryland too.  Georgia in the Bahamas doesn't scare me.

Forgetting Koby McEwen's legacy game already?

[Shooter McGavin]

Only a few hundred people are gonna see that Georgia game anyway...

Not scheduled for TV yet?  Crazy that this will be a glorified exhibition for a few people able to take a vacation.   Hopefully they will at least put the game online. 

[brewcity77]

We're gonna finally have to beat Purdue to pull that one off.  I'm a little worried about @Maryland too.  Georgia in the Bahamas doesn't scare me.

If Koby McEwen could beat Purdue at home, I'm sure Kam can do the same.

Maryland will be tough but I'm glad we get them early.

[Uncle Rico]

If Koby McEwen could beat Purdue at home, I'm sure Kam can do the same.

Maryland will be tough but I'm glad we get them early.

Kevin Willard sucks

[Pakuni]

We're #17, according to The Athletic.

UConn #4
Creighton #14
Xavier #23
St. John's #24

After losing the versatile duo of Tyler Kolek and Oso Ighodaro, Shaka Smart said that one key this offseason has been building this group's own "competitive maturity." But one big reason Marquette is here: Kam Jones' ability to take over the Kolek role as the lead ballhandler/creator. Kolek was one of the best passers in the country, and Jones cannot equal him there, but after Kolek's season ended due to an oblique injury, Jones proved that an offense in which he dominates the ball can work.

"Kam will have the ball a lot," Smart said. "Kam will be in a lot of actions. In those six games, his pick-and-roll usage was maybe three or four times as much as it was previous to that. So it'll be similar in that way."

The lead candidate to be Jones' most frequent pick-and-roll partner is Gold, who made 42 3-pointers last year as a stretch five.

"John Beilein used to say a shooting five man changes everything," Smart said. "So it just opens the floor up more, allows us to be more versatile offensively because he can be out on the floor handling, passing, shooting the ball. Oso obviously could, handling and passing, and he did, but teams didn't have to guard him. I'm just hoping that gravity will open up the paint more for us."

The man who could benefit the most there is Ross. Smart stays out of the portal and focuses on development, and Ross is probably the best candidate on this roster to take a huge leap. Smart said Ross has been "terrific" and is in "in line for a major role enhancement."

One other guy to watch is Hamilton, a redshirt freshman Smart expects to be a low-post threat who can also pass. With the creativity of Kam Jones and speed of Sean Jones (once he's all the way back from a torn ACL) and Ross, this offense should remain hard to contain.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5880977/2024/10/29/mens-college-basketball-ncaa-preseason-top-25/

[We R Final Four]

 Kolek was one of the best passers in the country, and Jones cannot equal him there, but after Kolek's season ended due to an oblique injury, Jones proved that an offense in which he dominates the ball can work.


Sure coulda used TKO against NCST.

[tower912]

Sure coulda used TKO against NCST.

4-31

[The Sultan]

4-31

Many of them WIDE open...

[wadesworld]

Kolek was one of the best passers in the country, and Jones cannot equal him there, but after Kolek's season ended due to an oblique injury, Jones proved that an offense in which he dominates the ball can work.


Sure coulda used TKO against NCST.

You do realize that TKO was used against NCST, and the oblique injury was not a season ender, right?