Is Marquette An NCAA Tournament Team?

[CTWarrior]

Losing at home to DePaul...that's a resounding No

Agreed, we're just not that good.

[Class71]

No.

[mugrack]

No f ING way

[warriorfan 14]

this question should be re-phrased to is marquette a NIT team. i'm not sure we even make that tourney right now. incredibly disappointed

[brewcity77]

LOL tonight was pathetic.

[MattyWarrior]

No way we play in March

[tower912]

No way we play in March

Well, we have to play in the Big East tourney. 

[CTWarrior]

LOL tonight was pathetic.

The thing is, DePaul missed layups and wide opens 3s left and right.  They didn't play very well and we still lost at home to them.  That was just awful.  We need a PG and another PF in the worst way.

[Norm]

When was the last time MU did not go to any postseason tournament for 3 straight years? If MU doesn't turn things around soon they are in danger of missing even the NIT again.

[MUDPT]

I don't understand how you can already conclude that Butler is better than us.  They might be.  But they are 0-2 against Providence, a team we beat on the road, and their only 2 conference wins are against St. John's and DePaul, the 2 teams you say we're better than.  Their best wins (at Cinci, vs. Purdue, vs. Tennessee, vs. Temple) are no better than our best wins (at Providence, ASU neutral court, LSU neutral court, at Wisconsin).  Nothing that has happened so far this season says they are any better than we are, and they are 2-4 (beat St. John's and IUPUI, lost twice to Providence and once to Xavier and Nova) against mutual opponents while we are 3-2 (beat IUPUI, St. John's, Providence, lost to Nova and Xavier).

Never mind tonight, but Purdue is way better than Providence.  Butler is/ was way better than Marquette.

[MUfan12]

MUfan12 - can't figure out the "12"...was that the last year you were a "fan".
I'm curious, when did you stop hoping MU would get in the tournament this year? before season started? after Belmont? after SH?

I guess there comes a time when we give up hope...last year around GT#2, I threw in the towel...but still .. before the BET Nova game...maybe?

Anyway the point is.....its just to easy to play the intellectual CYA game ... MU is gonna lose this and that and not get in the tournament.

When MU got down by 8 to providence was there anything in your soul that hoped they would come back...or were things going as planned?

You were saying?

[Class71]

Folks I really do not want to hear how DePaul and St. John's should not be in the Big East, that they bring the conference down. Time we face the fact we are again a bottom feeder. Great kids, great coach, just can not win basketball games.

[muwarrior97]

No, No, No, No, AND NO!!!

[brewcity77]

The thing is, DePaul missed layups and wide opens 3s left and right.  They didn't play very well and we still lost at home to them.  That was just awful.  We need a PG and another PF in the worst way.

I said as much on Twitter. DePaul didn't even play well. Just a poor display at home.

[Norm]

When was the last time MU did not go to any postseason tournament for 3 straight years? If MU doesn't turn things around soon they are in danger of missing even the NIT again.

OK, looked it up in the archives. The last time MU went 3 straight years without a postseason appearance was '63-'64, '64-'65 and '65-'66, the last year of Ed Hickey and the first two years of McGuire.

[dgies9156]

NO WAY

[Lennys Tap]

Head to head isn't everything. Even though we lost to the hapless Blue Demons I think we're a smidge better than them. For now anyway. We're #8, we're #8!

[bilsu]

Head to head isn't everything. Even though we lost to the hapless Blue Demons I think we're a smidge better than them. For now anyway. We're #8, we're #8!

We are headed to finish last two years in a row.

[ecompt]

This is the most clueless comment i've seen on here in a while, and that is saying something.

This will probably be a top 20 team preseason next year if Ellenson returns, and probably a team that will be in the top 15 most of the season.

Very few teams go from 6-12 in the BE to Top 20 in one season. If they play a tougher schedule next year they go 14-15, tops.

[rocky_warrior]

OK, looked it up in the archives. The last time MU went 3 straight years without a postseason appearance was '63-'64, '64-'65 and '65-'66, the last year of Ed Hickey and the first two years of McGuire.

I hate stats.  Hopefully we make *some* postseason tourney this year.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Very few teams go from 6-12 in the BE to Top 20 in one season. If they play a tougher schedule next year they go 14-15, tops.

They do when half of their team is freshmen. This season will be rough but next season will be very good.

[MUMountin]

OK, looked it up in the archives. The last time MU went 3 straight years without a postseason appearance was '63-'64, '64-'65 and '65-'66, the last year of Ed Hickey and the first two years of McGuire.

Well, if history repeats itself, then we're in good shape for the next decade or so. 

[jsheim]

You were saying?

What I said still stands:
"I guess there comes a time when we give up hope..."

you gave up too early.

AS of today I will give a break to someone who says its hopeless. DePaul loss was a killer. Did you know there's another thread started trolling for Wojo's head on a platter? I don't like the three "chucking" like anyone else...but that's too much!

as for me...@STJ win, <STET win>, BUT win, 2 of (@SH,@X,@CR,@BUT), PV win, CR win, @DP win, V loss, GT win = 10-8  BET=1-1 = Tourney 

and if that breaks down like it did with DP, there's always another formulation

[CTWarrior]

as for me...@STJ win, <STET win>, BUT win, 2 of (@SH,@X,@CR,@BUT), PV win, CR win, @DP win, V loss, GT win = 10-8  BET=1-1 = Tourney 

and if that breaks down like it did with DP, there's always another formulation

Yeah, we're more likely to go 4-14 than 10-8 in the BE.  If I had to guess our BE record now, I'd guess something like 6-12.  Fortunately, I'm not a great long-term prognosticator.

[Dawson Rental]

Well, we have to play in the Big East tourney.

Props to tower for simply responding "No" to the thread title prior to DePaul, and for stating somewhere that he's through counting on freshmen have a big impact in the Big East.

You're getting to be an oracle, dude!