Marquette/UCLA

[MuggsyB]

Juzang is coming back.  I expect UCLA to be a top 5 team.  Fiserv should be rocking.  Maybe we find a way?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Maybe we get spanked by 20.

Honestly would put more money on losing by 20 then winning by 1

[MU82]

Glad Juzang is coming back because I like watching him play.

Plus, it will make our victory over UCLA all the more satisfying.

We Are Marquette!

[Uncle Rico]

Maybe we get spanked by 20.

Honestly would put more money on losing by 20 then winning by 1

Well, with that attitude, Marquette will lose for sure.  While I tend to agree, early season basketball is weird

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Well, with that attitude, Marquette will lose for sure.  While I tend to agree, early season basketball is weird

It is true. My opinion is very important to the success of Marquette basketball.

[MuggsyB]

MU by 8-10.   It will be the first signature win ( Top 5) of the Shaka-era. 

[PGsHeroes32]

Kinda sucks we get them in such a transition year. Would love to have them at home with the place rocking when Shaka has a fully established roster.

Like a 5% chance we win this game. But thats ok. Building to something bigger.

[Its DJOver]

Extremely young team playing against a team coming off a FF, early in the season.  Yikes.  Whatever the line is (and UCLA will be favored), if we cover, I'll be happy.

[Scoop Snoop]

Kinda sucks we get them in such a transition year. Would love to have them at home with the place rocking when Shaka has a fully established roster.

Like a 5% chance we win this game. But thats ok. Building to something bigger.

'Bout right. But if we can somehow come within 10 points or so rather than getting blown out Big Time, not too shabby.

[tower912]

IMO, Morsel gets MU into the 12-14 win range for 21-22.  This probably won't be one of them.    All about the process this year.

[MU82]

All about the process this year.

Wait ... so we're finally getting Embiid?

[WarriorPride68]

Wait ... so we're finally getting Embiid?

Fultz & J.Okafor

[Jockey]

Juzang is coming back.  I expect UCLA to be a top 5 team.  Fiserv should be rocking.  Maybe we find a way?

Juzang is a very good college player, but he got spanked pretty good at the combine. Not surprised he is going back to school.

[MuggsyB]

Maybe we get spanked by 20.

Honestly would put more money on losing by 20 then winning by 1

Attitude is actually important, even among fans.  Maybe this team will surprise the world?  We all understand this is a transition year but game to game anything can happen in college hoops.  We beat Nova like 5 yrs ago when they were #1, down 8, late in the game.  Do not discount the adrenalin of our players and the electricity of Fiserv when UCLA comes to town.  If fans did not have an impact on college hoops there would not be such a discrepancy between home vs away wins.

[PGsHeroes32]

Attitude is actually important, even among fans.  Maybe this team will surprise the world?  We all understand this is a transition year but game to game anything can happen in college hoops.  We beat Nova like 5 yrs ago when they were #1, down 8, late in the game.  Do not discount the adrenalin of our players and the electricity of Fiserv when UCLA comes to town.  If fans did not have an impact on college hoops there would not be such a discrepancy between home vs away wins.

It's also ok to be realistic. We are not playing the games. He gave his honest opinion on the liklihood we win compared to getting crushed. And unfortunately from a logical standpoint, it was also objective.

He also wasn't saying hes gonna go to the game and refuse to cheer because of that expecation.

Also, that team that beat Nova while definitely not nearly as good as Nova, that team was at least a tournament team. This team we are hoping for 15 wins.

[ZiggysChestHair]

Marquette wins this game, but will lose some other non-conference cupcake causing the board to explode.

[MU82]

Fultz & J.Okafor

D'oh!

Attitude is actually important, even among fans.  Maybe this team will surprise the world?  We all understand this is a transition year but game to game anything can happen in college hoops.  We beat Nova like 5 yrs ago when they were #1, down 8, late in the game.  Do not discount the adrenalin of our players and the electricity of Fiserv when UCLA comes to town.  If fans did not have an impact on college hoops there would not be such a discrepancy between home vs away wins.

Like you, I'm a very optimistic Marquette fan. But I'm also pretty realistic, too.

And one thing I know for sure is that the comments you, TAMU and I make on Scoop don't affect the team one iota.

[MuggsyB]

It's also ok to be realistic. We are not playing the games. He gave his honest opinion on the liklihood we win compared to getting crushed. And unfortunately from a logical standpoint, it was also objective.

He also wasn't saying hes gonna go to the game and refuse to cheer because of that expecation.

Also, that team that beat Nova while definitely not nearly as good as Nova, that team was at least a tournament team. This team we are hoping for 15 wins.

Is it "realistic" we will be 20 point underdogs on our home floor???  Let's go now.  This is college hoops where there are rarely dominant teams in recent years.

[Dr. Blackheart]

D'oh!

Like you, I'm a very optimistic Marquette fan. But I'm also pretty realistic, too.

And one thing I know for sure is that the comments you, TAMU and I make on Scoop don't affect the team one iota.

Tell that to Wojo

[PGsHeroes32]

Is it "realistic" we will be 20 point underdogs on our home floor???  Let's go now.  This is college hoops where there are rarely dominant teams in recent years.

He didn't call us 20 point dogs. He said he would put more money on us losing by 20 than winning by 1. Which means he thinks that is a more likely outcome.

And honestly, I am pretty sure the spread will be closer to MU +20 than MU -1. So again, reasonable.

[brewcity77]

I know the consensus is that UCLA is a top-5 team, and I'm sure they'll be favored, but I don't think it's unreasonable to believe they're more a fringe top-25 team than certain title contender.

[Holy hell all time]

He didn't call us 20 point dogs. He said he would put more money on us losing by 20 than winning by 1. Which means he thinks that is a more likely outcome.

And honestly, I am pretty sure the spread will be closer to MU +20 than MU -1. So again, reasonable.

I'd put money down on the line being single digits.

I know the consensus is that UCLA is a top-5 team, and I'm sure they'll be favored, but I don't think it's unreasonable to believe they're more a fringe top-25 team than certain title contender.

Disagreed.

[WhiteTrash]

Wasn't UCLA a bubble team? 11 seed?

[MuggsyB]

I'd put money down on the line being single digits.

Disagreed.

Yup.  Ty BLM.  People think we have already lost the game?  I have to say it irritates me.  Let's go now.   Don't discount the electricity that will be in the air.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Attitude is actually important, even among fans.  Maybe this team will surprise the world?  We all understand this is a transition year but game to game anything can happen in college hoops.  We beat Nova like 5 yrs ago when they were #1, down 8, late in the game.  Do not discount the adrenalin of our players and the electricity of Fiserv when UCLA comes to town.

Don't make this mistake of thinking that my prediction will have any impact on my presence at the Fiserv. I'll still be hooting and hollering for MU as loud as I can.

I don't discount the adrenaline of our players or the electricity of the Fiserv. I also don't discount the talent disparity between the two teams.

If fans did not have an impact on college hoops there would not be such a discrepancy between home vs away wins.

I don't disagree, but there's a lot of things that go into home court advantage besides fan support. Familiarity with court/shooting lines, most feel more comfortable/well rested sleeping at home rather than travelling, refs tend to have friendlier whistles for home teams (which theoretically could be impacted by fans), hell the home team even gets to pick which basketball is used.