2023 Team Outlook

[tower912]

So, that writer is NIT-picking MU.   

Time to give up.

[Uncle Rico]

Cole based mope squad

[Newsdreams]

COLE and more COLE

[Pakuni]

Kid is very skinny, do not see it

Maybe Gold can guard a 5, maybe he can't.
But asking Wrightsil to do it isn't a superior option.

[brewcity77]

Maybe Gold can guard a 5, maybe he can't.
But asking Wrightsil to do it isn't a superior option.

We'll see. If Wrightsil added 10-15 pounds, he might be able to do the job. Or if he is better at using leverage, or a quicker defender with good hands and use of wingspan. I'll admit our depth in the middle is one of my biggest concerns, and after Oso it seems like there are definite questions about all four potential options to back him up (Wrightsil, Gold, Itejere, O-Max), but while we don't know any of them can do it, we also haven't yet seen for sure that they can't.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I'm still feeling somewhere in the 7 to 10 seed range.  3rd to 6th in the BEast

[tower912]

It comes down to post defense and rebounding.   The other pieces are there.

[wadesworld]

It comes down to post defense and rebounding.   The other pieces are there.

Not really sure on that either. Our leading returning player averaged 7.4 points per game. Our best chance at a newcomer scoring well is a player who was playing D2 basketball last year.

Only 3 returning players shot above 30% from three point range. One was 31.7% and another of those three made 7 total 3 pointers last year.

I don't see a lot of offensive talent at all.

[Jay Bee]

It comes down to post defense and rebounding.   The other pieces are there.

I wouldn't get your hopes up Re: rebounding

[Viper]

Not really sure on that either. Our leading returning player averaged 7.4 points per game. Our best chance at a newcomer scoring well is a player who was playing D2 basketball last year.

Only 3 returning players shot above 30% from three point range. One was 31.7% and another of those three made 7 total 3 pointers last year.

I don't see a lot of offensive talent at all.

...NAIA, not D2. But I don't disagree with your assessment. If I had pointed out what you have opined, I'm blasted as not being a MU fan, blah blah blah. Rather I'm probably too passionate, hence I hate taking this 10 yr ride on the mediocre train. Positive note is that the team will be very athletic, and returning players should be better in Shaka yr two. I do think a ncaa bid is attainable, and once in, who knows.

[Uncle Rico]

...NAIA, not D2. But I don't disagree with your assessment. If I had pointed out what you have opined, I'm blasted as not being a MU fan, blah blah blah. Rather I'm probably too passionate, hence I hate taking this 10 yr ride on the mediocre train. Positive note is that the team will be very athletic, and returning players should be better in Shaka yr two. I do think a ncaa bid is attainable, and once in, who knows.

What's happened prior to Shaka is now irrelevant.

Legitimste questions about his roster are fair.  Where is the scoring coming from?  Can the interior defense hold up?  What will the rebounding be like?  Things of that nature.  Talking about what happened before is pointless to the current roster

[MU82]

We're gonna get to see how good Shaka and his assistants are.

We'll see if any player is ready to make a Lewis-like increase in production. We'll see if several guys can take significant steps up (even if not quite to the level that Lewis did from frosh to soph). And we'll see how ready Wrightsil, Gold and Sean Jones are to compete in the Big East.

It's Year 2 of Shaka. The culture, theoretically, has been established. The guys have had a full offseason together to bond and implement the system. If the team takes a step backward, it's on the coach. (Unless there are numerous injuries or other unpreventable circumstances.)

[Scoop Snoop]

Never trust a preview that highlights "rebound margin"

Rebounds no matta?

[Uncle Rico]

Rebounds no matta?

Rebound margin doesn't but rebound percentage does

[rocky_warrior]

the level that Lewis did from frosh to soph RS frosh

FIFY 

[The Equalizer]

#70, 9th in BE.

https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/20907

#118th, 11th in BE

https://thehoopsresource.com/2022-2023-big-east-college-basketball-preview/

[LAZER]

Can't get any respect! Looks like I'm done reading College Sports Madness and The Hoops Resource.

[Jay Bee]

#118th, 11th in BE

https://thehoopsresource.com/2022-2023-big-east-college-basketball-preview/

Wow. Writer appears to be clueless & told lies.

If anyone wants MU in the cellar as a bet, I'll give you very nice odds.

#ShakasSecondSchool

[JakeBarnes]

#118th, 11th in BE

https://thehoopsresource.com/2022-2023-big-east-college-basketball-preview/

Given that the writer doesn't even know how many coaching gigs Shaka has had, I'll pass on this analysis. It's basically an "I feel like this guy is a role player" rather than actual statistical analysis.

[milwaukee ex-pat]

What gives me confidence that they will exceed expectations is the defense.  The "culture" it seems to me is to be elite defensively and with the continuity they may be that right out of the gate. 

[brewcity77]

That #118 prediction is lazy writing, but he's saying Shaka would wear out his welcome at a second school, not that Marquette is the second school he coached at. He clearly was still welcome at VCU but there was plenty of skuttle that he wouldn't be back at Texas or would be on the hot seat if he didn't move on to Marquette.

[MU82]

Can't get any respect! Looks like I'm done reading College Sports Madness and The Hoops Resource.

Looks like I'm done before I even start!

[rocket surgeon]

so it's "star power" they are looking for and not NIL earnings?  the staff there at hoops resource is a no trick pony

   no mention of shaka

  bulletin board material 

   go warriors!

[PointWarrior]

Reincarnate Bob Dukiet or hire Brian Wardle - that's what this program needs after Shaka wears out his welcome at a second school...

[muwarrior69]

#118th, 11th in BE

https://thehoopsresource.com/2022-2023-big-east-college-basketball-preview/

This is the kind of press you get when you have not won an NCAA tournament game in 10 years, go on a crazy winning streak only to blow it at the end of the season and recruits that don't generate any buzz or excitement; albeit Markus Howard. I live only an hour from MSG and find it difficult to pay for a BET game as we have sucked playing there since we joined the league. Just think, if we finish higher than 11th in the league we exceeded expectations. This is a sad commentary from someone on the outside looking in at the program. My sad comments are from some one who has followed the program for more that 50 years and how I see the program over the last 10 years.

We can only change that perception by consistent success on the court and I have not seen that in the last 10 years.