Hey at least we aren't DePaul

[Goose]

jsglow

Great insight. I have no doubt Lovell is committed and is a high energy guy. I see him running down Wisconsin Ave from my office window often and the guy is cranking it. I guess my point was does he have his eye on the basketball program or is he more focused big picture? He is making changes and I applaud him for that, because long term it will make MU a better place. Hope that have top tier ball program is high on his list moving forward!!

[jsheim]

jsheim

Respect your opinion, yet do not share it. Many of us on here lived through being the 2nd best program for a decade and have experienced every up and down since. If the goal of the university is not for the program to be elite I have little interest in supporting it. I have ZERO knowledge that is the case but by my eye test they are closer to Dayton than elite.

Please note---I am using Dayton for my whipping boy rather than SLU. In honor of Rick on his bday Dayton is my new program I do not want to become.

OK, is true I don't relate to those days...I mostly relate to the late Crean and Buzz years.  And I can guess that if Duke didn't make the tourney for three years and had 1 elite 8 in a decade, they might be a bit unhappy. But as has been said, I just don't want to be angry for so long a time...and I've enjoyed following this year though disappointed for sure.

[MU82]

Maryland just lost to Minnesota, which hadn't won a Big Ten game all season.

Would a Marquette loss at DePaul be "better" or "worse"?

[JWags85]

Maryland just lost to Minnesota, which hadn't won a Big Ten game all season.

Would a Marquette loss at DePaul be "better" or "worse"?

Worse, we'd have been swept in a season series by a 175 RPI team.

[BM1090]

Worse, we'd have been swept in a season series by a 175 RPI team.

No. Better. Not even close. We're nowhere near Maryland and DePaul is better than Minnesota.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

No. Better. Not even close. We're nowhere near Maryland and DePaul is better than Minnesota.

This is one of those things that mathematically makes sense but in reality has no bearing on reality.  Losing to DePaul twice would be bad for the team and a disappointment regardless of whether or not other NCAA tourney teams had a bad loss.

[BM1090]

This is one of those things that mathematically makes sense but in reality has no bearing on reality.  Losing to DePaul twice would be bad for the team and a disappointment regardless of whether or not other NCAA tourney teams had a bad loss.

But the question did not include the previous loss. It was a potential loss tomorrow vs. Marylands loss yesterday.

[Marqevans]

We beat Providence twice.  Does that make us Providence?

Yes, but DePaul beat Providence also.

[GooooMarquette]

Yes, but DePaul beat Providence also.

So we're all Providence...but MU is also DePaul.  Is anybody Kevin Bacon?

[Dr. Blackheart]

I miss the days of debating proper "Slaps of Five" etiquette.  How the mighty have fallen.

Let's "bitch slap" the Demons and get our Wojo back.

[Lennys Tap]

Maryland just lost to Minnesota, which hadn't won a Big Ten game all season.

Would a Marquette loss at DePaul be "better" or "worse"?

Multiple losses in the same season to a sub 150 RPI team would be hard to top for futility. If DePaul beats us again there's no solace in another fanbase's agony or embarrassment.

Don't think it will happen, though. Go Warriors!

[MU82]

It was nice to have an in-conference laugher.

[Silkk the Shaka]

Scoop didn't exist then.    I do remember Chicos defending Crean's honor with every fiber of his being on the jsonline site.

Moral of the story: Chicos is one gigantic loser