At this point

[Fred Garvin]

Would have really hurt to put the freshmen in? My God,let them play,they are blowing right past everybody on the court now!!!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

What's the point of putting freshmen in just to get blown out in garbage time?

[warriorstrack]

I predict two more conference loses.

[Fred Garvin]

Freshmen need to play more ,need to start looking toward next year.Hopefully they can play in the NIT,get those kids some important minutes for next year.Burton is starting to get it,JJJ needs to play,won't get any better sitting on the the bench,except for his cheering ability!

[MUeng]

I predict two more conference loses.

I'd be happy with that

[Nevada233]

If your a High School Senior being Recruited by Marquette, with the playing time these guys got this year would you come here?

Just asking.....

[jesmu84]

If your a High School Senior being Recruited by Marquette, with the playing time these guys got this year would you come here?

Just asking.....

buzz has marquette recruiting at the highest it's ever been, arguably. i think we're doing fine

[Wojo'sMojo]

If your a High School Senior being Recruited by Marquette, with the playing time these guys got this year would you come here?

Just asking.....

I think it would have to give you a little pause...I mean JJJ was ranked in the top 40 and never sees the floor. I think it would be foolish to believe that other coaches wouldn't use that against us in the recruiting wars.

[AirPunches]

IMO JJJ hasn't really shown he deserves to be out there for extended minutes. I think he should be in the rotation but I can't argue with jake or mayos play in the last few games.

[Atticus]

buzz has marquette recruiting at the highest it's ever been, arguably. i think we're doing fine

Thankfully in-state recruiting has been good because there is talent there. Our out of state recruiting isn't exactly...above average.

[Niv Berkowitz]

I think it would have to give you a little pause...I mean JJJ was ranked in the top 40 and never sees the floor. I think it would be foolish to believe that other coaches wouldn't use that against us in the recruiting wars.

I think you armchair recruiting QBs need to stop your over analyzing. As its been pointed here a lot, our frosh are playing equally to most all other similarly ranked frosh. Work hard, earn time, gain trust, get more time.

I have no problem with the set Buzz is going with. DW and JT are finally playing with confidence and being aggressive. Add that with three seniors and the young guys aren't gonna play much. It's Feb18 now and we are tryin to make the tourney.

[Nevada233]

I think it would have to give you a little pause...I mean JJJ was ranked in the top 40 and never sees the floor. I think it would be foolish to believe that other coaches wouldn't use that against us in the recruiting wars.

Correct....

We trying to make what tourney... The NIT

[AirPunches]

I think you armchair recruiting QBs need to stop your over analyzing. As its been pointed here a lot, our frosh are playing equally to most all other similarly ranked frosh. Work hard, earn time, gain trust, get more time.

I have no problem with the set Buzz is going with. DW and JT are finally playing with confidence and being aggressive. Add that with three seniors and the young guys aren't gonna play much. It's Feb18 now and we are tryin to make the tourney.

I agree but I am more worried about player development. Of the upperclassmen...who has gotten better over their career?
Derrick=same
Jake=same
Jamil=same
Juan=regressed?
Otule= he was so bad when he got here but has maybe gotten a little better
Gardner= same
Mayo= same

I think that is where then concern should be. Other than Vander, the coaching staff has not been very good at developing high school talent.

[Wojo'sMojo]

So Mubuzz we can forget about the frosh for the rest of this year?? Correct.

Well JJJ has played a combined 3 minutes in the last 3 games. John Dawson 9 combined minutes in the last 3 games. If I was a recruit that would make me think twice. Their playing time might have been consistent with others around their ranking during the non conference, but has fallen off significantly as of late.

[Nevada233]

Well JJJ has played a combined 3 minutes in the last 3 games. John Dawson 9 combined minutes in the last 3 games. If I was a recruit that would make me think twice. Their playing time might have been consistent with others around their ranking during the non conference, but has fallen off significantly as of late.

JJJ has 3 min in 3 games sheesh hes playing Walk-On mpg.
JD 9 in 3 games after G town I thought he'd have some kind of role guess not.

[Boone]

The NCAAs isn't even a pipe dream. Player development should be the focus the rest of the year. If the freshmen and Taylor don't get more minutes the rest of the way, next year's gonna suck more than this season.

[79Warrior]

JJJ has 3 min in 3 games sheesh hes playing Walk-On mpg.
JD 9 in 3 games after G town I thought he'd have some kind of role guess not.

Last game Dawson played he was a turnover machine. The guys on the bench are not the answer to this years problems. We have no shooters. Creighton on put on a clinic, again.

[bilsu]

Freshmen need to play more ,need to start looking toward next year.Hopefully they can play in the NIT,get those kids some important minutes for next year.Burton is starting to get it,JJJ needs to play,won't get any better sitting on the the bench,except for his cheering ability!

The season is not over yet. We needed to go 4-2 and now we need to go 4-1.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I agree but I am more worried about player development. Of the upperclassmen...who has gotten better over their career?
Derrick=same
Jake=same
Jamil=same
Juan=regressed?
Otule= he was so bad when he got here but has maybe gotten a little better
Gardner= same
Mayo= same

I think that is where then concern should be. Other than Vander, the coaching staff has not been very good at developing high school talent.

Nothing factual about this statement. Every single one of those players has improved since they stepped foot on campus. Just because they have not reached the expections we as fans have does not mean that they didn't improve.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The NCAAs isn't even a pipe dream. Player development should be the focus the rest of the year. If the freshmen and Taylor don't get more minutes the rest of the way, next year's gonna suck more than this season.

NCAA is not a pipe dream. 5-0 probably means we are in. 4-1 is squarely on the bubble. Even 3-2 could get us in if we beat the right teams in the BET.

Even if we went 0-5, we can still win the BET.

Until this season is done, we play to win now. Unfortunately that means we will probably see very little of Dawson and Johnson from here on out.

[brandx]

NCAA is not a pipe dream. 5-0 probably means we are in. 4-1 is squarely on the bubble. Even 3-2 could get us in if we beat the right teams in the BET.

Even if we went 0-5, we can still win the BET.

Until this season is done, we play to win now. Unfortunately that means we will probably see very little of Dawson and Johnson from here on out.

No way 3-2 gets us in unless we win the BET. 3-2 probably doesn't even get us to the bubble.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

No way 3-2 gets us in unless we win the BET. 3-2 probably doesn't even get us to the bubble.

If we knock off Creighton and Nova and then lose the championship to SJU or X we could still conceivably get in.

[ronald dragon]

My guess would be 5-0 we're in, 4-1 and we have to do some work in the BET.

[4everwarriors]

This team has so many warts it isn't even funny. Real lack of big time talent. Fundamentally poor with virtually no outside threat and inside players who can't finish or rebound.

[willie warrior]

Stop it--just stop it--talking about making the tourney. Face reality, for once. The team is not deserving, and would get the proverbial ass handed to them. And with the pre-season expectations that EVERYBODY had, we should decline an NIT and the kids should concentrate on grades.