Bleacher Report Dark Horses

[The Thing]

MU listed as a dark horse in the Big East Tournament by Bleacher Report...

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Regular season rundown: It hasn't been a season of great note for Marquette to this point. The Golden Eagles ended the regular season at 19-11 overall and 10-8 in the Big East Conference. That's the same conference that became a bit of a rock fight in the latter portion of the season. Marquette is right in the thick of it, finishing sixth of 10 teams.

Recent form: The Golden Eagles are the winners of four of their last five, including two victories over a solid Xavier squad. Only Creighton scores more per game in the conference than the 82.7 of Marquette. The team also sits third in the conference with a 49 percent team shooting average.

The jets have really been on of late, surpassing 90 in each of its past two games, both wins. The team has been so sharp, in fact, that it is now seventh in KenPom's offensive ratings.

Title chances: Everyone has to throw a Hail Mary, right? Here goes mine. I'd put the chances of this actually happening at only 10 percent or so, but we all must sometimes take risks in life.

Marquette gets Seton Hall in its first game on the bracket then would have to upend mighty Villanova before moving on to, chalk assumed, Butler. Villanova is a high mountain for anyone to climb, but Marquette just might be able to shoot its way over it.

[forgetful]

Well Kenpom puts our odds at 8% and the 4th most likely to win the thing, so the author isn't exactly going out on a limb here.

[The Thing]

My apologies but I clearly don't know how to post a link. If someone else who actually knows what they are doing could post I would appreciate it!!

[Galway Eagle]

We finished 6th?

[Babybluejeans]

Don't even bother posting a link. Bleacher Report is basically a Russian spam farm.I highly recommend this: http://deadspin.com/5973856/heres-an-easy-trick-to-block-all-bleacher-report-results-from-showing-up-in-your-google-searches

[jficke13]

Starve the beast, deny bleacher report its clicks.

[rocky_warrior]

We finished 6th?

Yup, a pretty uninformed, boilerplate article.

Though I'm shocked at how hard it is for people to figure out "tied for 3rd".  I can excuse not knowing MU's BET seed, but we ended the season tied for 3rd with a 10-8 record.  Easy.  No?

[muwarrior69]

Yup, a pretty uninformed, boilerplate article.

Though I'm shocked at how hard it is for people to figure out "tied for 3rd".  I can excuse not knowing MU's BET seed, but we ended the season tied for 3rd with a 10-8 record.  Easy.  No?

Based on our overall record we are 6th, but tied for third based on our Conference record. Even the Scoop Big East Standings has us 6th.


As a moderator you can change that if you like.

[rocky_warrior]

Even the Scoop Big East Standings has us 6th.

As a moderator you can change that if you like.

No, it has us tied for 3rd at 10-8.  It then sorts by overall wins/losses, not "BET seed" (which is not a simple calculation).  Therefore Marquette is listed 6th, but it's dumb to think that's our place in the conference.

I could "fix" it, but since it comes from an automated data source, I'm leaving it be.