Jay Bilas Top 68 Teams Jan 7th

[Lennys Tap]

Michael Wilson with 10 pts, 7 asst, 3 rbs, 5 stl and 0 to (in a game where Duke had 24 and MU 13). Awesome line.

[keefe]

I don't remember who else was on that team, but did you notice only 5 guys playing, with the exception of Artie Green and Dean Marquardt playing a few minutes each?   How would that go over nowadays?

The freshmen all transferred out that summer.

Actually, Marquardt was recovering from a terrible car crash the previous summer and should have red shirted. He was a very highly regarded recruit whose career was definitely impacted by that accident.

[Tugg Speedman]

The freshmen all transferred out that summer.

Actually, Marquardt was recovering from a terrible car crash the previous summer and should have red shirted. He was a very highly regarded recruit whose career was definitely impacted by that accident.

If memory serves me ... Did Marquardt pass on Kentucky and UCLA to go to MU?

[keefe]

If memory serves me ... Did Marquardt pass on Kentucky and UCLA to go to MU?

Yes to UCLA. He signed because of Majerus.

[MU82]

An unranked Marquette played #10 Duke at their place on a 1980 Saturday afternoon and Al was calling the game. As the clock ticked off the closing seconds of a Marquette victory Hank came over to the broadcast table and high-fived Al. Al, oblivious to the live mike, congratulated Hank with some choice words more commonly heard in a barroom than over the NBC airways. Al was one of a kind. And he was genuine.

Here is the box score from that game. O Lee with 24 and Byrd with 21. Backcourt was Michael Wilson with 10/7 and Worthen with 15/8. Man, could you imagine those two starting for us today?

http://goduke.statsgeek.com/basketball-m/games/boxscore.php?gameid=19800210

Game was at Dane County Coliseum in Madison.

It was the single most fun Marquette game I ever attended.

Game had to be moved from Milwaukee due to some Bucks/TV conflict (if I remember correctly). So it was at Dane County, a great place to watch a sporting event. Plus, only the MU fans and students who REALLY wanted to go did, because we had to make the extended effort to get there. Plus, Al was broadcasting. Plus, Duke was ranked and had Gminski and Banks and others.

And we beat them and much merriment ensued!

[keefe]

Game was at Dane County Coliseum in Madison.

It was the single most fun Marquette game I ever attended.

Game had to be moved from Milwaukee due to some Bucks/TV conflict (if I remember correctly). So it was at Dane County, a great place to watch a sporting event. Plus, only the MU fans and students who REALLY wanted to go did, because we had to make the extended effort to get there. Plus, Al was broadcasting. Plus, Duke was ranked and had Gminski and Banks and others.

And we beat them and much merriment ensued!

You are correct, sir. The game was a TV add but there was a conflict with the Arena (something like a circus rather than the Bucks.) We didn't make it to Madison for some reason so I recall watching from our sh1tty house on 15th on a B&W TV. Great game.

[Windyplayer]

Scare part is you actually believe this drivel.

What's the difference between a lawyer and a bucket of sh!t?  Answer, the bucket

Haha. Your originality is truly enlightening.

[slingkong]

neither of which I hold against him as his insight easily overcomes those blemishes on his resume

Easy there. Without lawyers you would likely not have those patents to your name. Assuming that GE Energy (now known as ?) was the assignee, I may even have worked as they were one of my biggest clients before going in house.

[slack00]

Sooo.....rankings.  I think that's about right.  MU has accomplished less to date than Butler and Georgetown but is certainly within striking range of those teams.

[Benny B]

Haha. Your originality is truly enlightening.

The part where he made the joke or the part where he circumvented the profanity blocker with the exclamation point?  Because I'm finding neither to be very original at all... in fact, the only thing less original I can think of is a lawyer being sarcastic.  Like when a lawyer is supposed to be on her day off and helping me watch the kids, but all she wants to do is argue about meaningless crap because she's got a trial coming up and I guess I'm nothing more than a speed bag to her.

Evidently, the real buckets of sh!t are those of us who thought at one point "sure I'm marrying a lawyer... what could go wrong?"

[keefe]

"sure I'm marrying a lawyer... what could go wrong?"

well, try getting divorced

[Windyplayer]

The part where he made the joke or the part where he circumvented the profanity blocker with the exclamation point?  Because I'm finding neither to be very original at all... in fact, the only thing less original I can think of is a lawyer being sarcastic.  Like when a lawyer is supposed to be on her day off and helping me watch the kids, but all she wants to do is argue about meaningless crap because she's got a trial coming up and I guess I'm nothing more than a speed bag to her.

Evidently, the real buckets of sh!t are those of us who thought at one point "sure I'm marrying a lawyer... what could go wrong?"

That was a pity "haha"-and a tongue-in-cheek sentence to follow.

[Lennys Tap]

I don't remember who else was on that team, but did you notice only 5 guys playing, with the exception of Artie Green and Dean Marquardt playing a few minutes each?   How would that go over nowadays?

11 total minutes for our bench, and it would have been less if Worthen hadn't fouled out. Did all of our reserves transfer after the season?

[Benny B]

well, try getting divorced

You're not just a pretty face, Keefe.

[Eldon]

Sorry to my lawyer friends but

http://m.qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/106/2/503.short

All else equal, the more lawyers a country has, the slower is economic growth (rent-seeking).

[slack00]

Big East teams in Bilas's top 68:

12. Villanova
23. Creighton
35. Georgetown
40. Xavier
54. Butler
58. Marquette

Unranked: Providence, Seton Hall, St John's, DePaul

[keefe]

Big East teams in Bilas's top 68:

12. Villanova
23. Creighton
35. Georgetown
40. Xavier
54. Butler
58. Marquette

Unranked: Providence, Seton Hall, St John's, DePaul

A likely forecast of the future with interchangeability among the top 6.

[Coleman]

A likely forecast of the future with interchangeability among the top 6.

I'd agree. Unfortunately, only 4 will probably make the tournament this year. Maybe 5 some years

[tower912]

13-5 in the Big East.   9-0 at home, 4-5 on the road.   9-10 seed.   Jamil and Davante go nuts and MU gets to the second weekend.