DePaul

[MU82]

For some crazy reason I'm a little more concerned about the game at DePaul on 2/12 than I am about either of the next 2 home games, including Nova.

DePaul has experience, size, some talent and a senior shot-maker who can carry a team. Plus, (I believe) we'll be coming off a hugely hyped victory vs. Nova.

Obviously, a loss to DePaul wouldn't be as devastating this year as it was last year, but I still want to beat their brains in!

[Cheeks]

For some crazy reason I'm a little more concerned about the game at DePaul on 2/12 than I am about either of the next 2 home games, including Nova.

DePaul has experience, size, some talent and a senior shot-maker who can carry a team. Plus, (I believe) we'll be coming off a hugely hyped victory vs. Nova.

Obviously, a loss to DePaul wouldn't be as devastating this year as it was last year, but I still want to beat their brains in!

If we are fortunate enough to win the next two, which I think will be tough to do, a loss at DePaul would throw it away essentially for trying to win the league.  I get the worry, they can definitely take a team down.

[Johnny B]

Is it really even a road game? How.many DePaul fans show up on a weeknight. Only.way we lose is if we play C level ball and they catch fire from 3

[warriorchick]

We need to get as many Marquette fans as possible to the game. Tickets are cheap and plentiful.

[Warrior1969]

Yes no excuse to have a sea of gold there!

[MU82]

Is it really even a road game? How.many DePaul fans show up on a weeknight. Only.way we lose is if we play C level ball and they catch fire from 3

Well, there are other ways we lose. They play really well and we don't play as well -- say we have one of our big turnover games. Or they shoot extremely well from 3 and we don't shoot as well as we usually do. Or the majority of close officiating calls go against us. Or etc, etc, etc.

It's a college basketball game. There are upsets every single day, especially on the road. I still remember the Lazar team losing to a dreadful DePaul team last decade. It happens.

Plus, DePaul is not a bad team this season IMHO.

[wadesworld]

Much more worried about the St. John's game on Tuesday than I am a game at DePaul 3 games and 10+ days down the road.

[MU82]

Much more worried about the St. John's game on Tuesday than I am a game at DePaul 3 games and 10+ days down the road.

I'd expect nothing else from you, wades, as you are a very pragmatic fan. Thanks for confirming it!

[We R Final Four]

Much more worried about the St. John's game on Tuesday than I am a game at DePaul 3 games and 10+ days down the road.

I must agree.  Considering the upcoming games, DePaul is the furthest game from my mind right now.

[Bad_Reporter]

For some crazy reason I'm a little more concerned about the game at DePaul on 2/12 than I am about either of the next 2 home games, including Nova.

DePaul has experience, size, some talent and a senior shot-maker who can carry a team. Plus, (I believe) we'll be coming off a hugely hyped victory vs. Nova.

Obviously, a loss to DePaul wouldn't be as devastating this year as it was last year, but I still want to beat their brains in!

If this was a different year, I'd agree

This years team has taught me to remain calm, and let the talent and coaching handle it.  I have full confidence the warriors win the next 3 straight

[GooooMarquette]

I'm a very impractical fan, thinking about games in no particular order, looking past some opponents, taking many for granted. Heck, I'm already looking forward to our first Final Four since '03, and just over an hour from my house.

Thankfully, Wojo and the crew worry about things in a more pragmatic order.

[Golden Avalanche]

Marquette is clearly better then eight teams in the league. They are marginally better then Nova. That said, the Warriors aren't finishing 17-1 this season. 

You're right to worry about any game against the Lesser Eight because we'll drop one or two we shouldn't in the next five weeks. 

[Warrior1969]

Let's worry about St John's first

[MU82]

If this was a different year, I'd agree

This years team has taught me to remain calm, and let the talent and coaching handle it.  I have full confidence the warriors win the next 3 straight

I like the way you think, pilot!

You're right to worry about any game against the Lesser Eight because we'll drop one or two we shouldn't in the next five weeks. 

I used "concerned" and here you use "worry," and neither is really indicative of how I feel about the DePaul game or any other. I don't sit around worrying about anything having to do with our team.

For some reason, I just have a feeling that's gonna be a very tough game for us. I hope I'm wrong and we win it by 20+ ... after taking care of business at home the next two games, of course.

[MuMark]

Marquette is clearly better then eight teams in the league. They are marginally better then Nova. That said, the Warriors aren't finishing 17-1 this season. 

You're right to worry about any game against the Lesser Eight because we'll drop one or two we shouldn't in the next five weeks.

Not sure why you think they are marginally better then Nova............none of the predictive models( Pomeroy, Sagarin, Trank) agree with you.

Both are good teams.......Nova is marginally better.......doesn't mean we can't beat them.

[PGsHeroes32]

Not sure why you think they are marginally better then Nova............none of the predictive models( Pomeroy, Sagarin, Trank) agree with you.

Both are good teams.......Nova is marginally better.......doesn't mean we can't beat them.

Key word "predictive"

The game isn't determined by predictions

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Marquette has for the better part of 20+ yrs dominated the crowd at depaul.  When we have been good by alot, when we have been bad by not as much.  I dont expect the 12th to be any different.

Wear ur gold or ur nacho cheese yellow!!!

[MuMark]

Key word "predictive"

The game isn't determined by predictions

Predictive metrics are based on data from games that have already happened.

[Johnny B]

Who gives a damb what the systems say. Nova lost.to Furman andPenn. Not that it matters now. I think we are better them overall. Not sure how you can argue they are better than us?? Let's just smoke em on.satriday. national Marquette day baby

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Who gives a damb what the systems say. Nova lost.to Furman andPenn. Not that it matters now. I think we are better them overall. Not sure how you can argue they are better than us?? Let's just smoke em on.satriday. national Marquette day baby

How? Quite easily. Doesn't mean that argument is correct, but its not like its an absurd idea. Both teams could bring plenty of evidence to make their case as the current top team in the Big East. How the play in their two games (with a hopefully a third game in the BET final) will settle it.

[Johnny B]

How? Quite easily. Doesn't mean that argument is correct, but its not like its an absurd idea. Both teams could bring plenty of evidence to make their case as the current top team in the Big East. How the play in their two games (with a hopefully a third game in the BET final) will settle it.

How? Well its my opinion. However someone said nova is better and I was wondering how the hell you could say that.

[Johnny B]

You can make a fair argument that nova Is as good as us. But saying that they are better is idk. Based on what.?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

You can make a fair argument that nova Is as good as us. But saying that they are better is idk. Based on what.?

KenPom...Sagarin...T-Rank...Vegas. Pretty much every metric out there says Villanova is a little better than us.

[MU82]

The beautiful thing is that Marquette will play Villanova at least twice -- would prefer it being 4x! -- so we will actually get to see which team is better rather than argue about what each of us thinks.

[Golden Avalanche]

Not sure why you think they are marginally better then Nova............none of the predictive models( Pomeroy, Sagarin, Trank) agree with you.

Both are good teams.......Nova is marginally better.......doesn't mean we can't beat them.

I understand most everyone who follows American sports in 2019 is sucked in by computers. There are some of us who can look at that and then still work in what we actually see happening in the game rather then what an algorithm tells us what happened in the game.

I've seen Marquette play 21 games. I've seen Nova play 17 games. I have a very good friend who attended Nova and has watched every iteration of the program since 1986. He has watched every iteration of Marquette since 2003.

I have a very good friend who was an All-American his Senior year in University and is finishing his 21st season as a head coach of an NJ high school. His father was an All-American high schooler who played at Georgetown.

The assistant coaches at his school, the two head coaches of rival schools that we're friendly with (one played at Marist University for four years; one coached the NJ State Champions two seasons ago), and two other friends (one who attended Hall and one who attended PC) are also people I talk with frequently about college hoops.

The consensus amongst this group over the course of the last eight weeks is that Marquette is marginally better then Nova. I know these people aren't computers. They're just basketball lifers who have decades of exposure to the Big East.