Friday night is GIGANTIC

[ChicosBailBonds]

Really need to play well on Friday.  Hopefully a ton of energy in the building.  A win Friday puts us in solid shape.

[LastWarrior]

During the Pitt vs. Providence game, they mentioned that Fields may be back on Friday... just our luck.  Anybody have any confirmation of his return?

[ecompt]

it would be nice to have the students come out in full force Froday. We need the place rocking.

[CWSKeith]

Getting a bye in the BE tournament is looking tough at this point, but 5th place is certainly attainable and is much in our own hands, with the game Friday as well as the conference finale at the Orange.  

Tonight was nice.  Marquette did what they have to do -- pounded a clearly inferior team.  But it's time to grab a win against a top third BE team.

What are people thinking about the crowd for Friday night -- sellout?  Sellout with a lot of no-shows?  A happy medium between the two?

[The Lens]

Hopefully the 1,000 or so students who felt that ONE 5:45pm class in early February was more important than Louisville will find their way to the BC on Friday night.  There is no excuse, the place should be bananas on Friday night.

And if you're really committed you'll start drinking around Noonish.  As someone who sits adjacent the student section I'm hoping to see some performances for the ages.  Usually the more girls who fall down the aisles, the better MU plays.

BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR

[robmufan]

Seeing that the game is friday night...one hour later than the usual 7 games for night time (minus big monday), I see a great crowd.  Late student arrival is my prediction however...it is friday night

[marquette09]

Getting a bye in the BE tournament is looking tough at this point, but 5th place is certainly attainable and is much in our own hands, with the game Friday as well as the conference finale at the Orange.  

Tonight was nice.  Marquette did what they have to do -- pounded a clearly inferior team.  But it's time to grab a win against a top third BE team.

What are people thinking about the crowd for Friday night -- sellout?  Sellout with a lot of no-shows?  A happy medium between the two?

A 5v12 game would be nice for the first day of the BE tourney...hope we can get it, got to win of Friday

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Hopefully the 1,000 or so students who felt that ONE 5:45pm class in early February was more important than Louisville will find their way to the BC on Friday night.  There is no excuse, the place should be bananas on Friday night.

And if you're really committed you'll start drinking around Noonish.  As someone who sits adjacent the student section I'm hoping to see some performances for the ages.  Usually the more girls who fall down the aisles, the better MU plays.

BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR

Fantastic post!   

[IAmMarquette]

We need to get the BC ROCKING on Friday night. I'll be there. Nosebleeds. All I wanna know is...who's comin' with me?!

[reesiecup210]

Hopefully the 1,000 or so students who felt that ONE 5:45pm class in early February was more important than Louisville will find their way to the BC on Friday night.  There is no excuse, the place should be bananas on Friday night.

And if you're really committed you'll start drinking around Noonish.  As someone who sits adjacent the student section I'm hoping to see some performances for the ages.  Usually the more girls who fall down the aisles, the better MU plays.

BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR

I will be sloppy for sure. The 8 p.m. start time is clutch. An extra hour of drinking, plus I don't have to leave as early to get my lower bowl seat. The set-up for this game doesn't get much better.

[New Era Warriors]

Count me, my dad, and his two friends there. We have season tickets so we are at most games. And those who sit in the upper deck-i truly admire you guys. you guys are the true fans who aren't seat snobs! We will be all "greased up" by game time. Lets get the BC rockin'
GO MARQUETTE!!

[Daniel]

I'll be driving up from Chicago, as usual, for the game!  It is a BIG one - we need an all-out effort by team and fans.....
GO MARQUETTE!!

[chapman]

Hopefully the 1,000 or so students who felt that ONE 5:45pm class in early February was more important than Louisville will find their way to the BC on Friday night.

Considering there are only about 12 sessions for Monday-only classes and labs this semester (which are all close to 3 hours long or more) because of MLK day and the day after Easter there's not much students can do.  I know of a few people in a class that between homework that had to be turned in during class, an in-class project, and participation had over 10% of their grade dependent on going to class.  When the school offers one session and it's a requirement for their major getting them to drop all that to come with me to watch us get killed wasn't a priority and I wasn't going to argue.

Don't worry, there's nobody I know with Friday late night classes, though many students will be stumbling in late...

[The Lens]

Hopefully the 1,000 or so students who felt that ONE 5:45pm class in early February was more important than Louisville will find their way to the BC on Friday night.

Considering there are only about 12 sessions for Monday-only classes and labs this semester (which are all close to 3 hours long or more) because of MLK day and the day after Easter there's not much students can do.  I know of a few people in a class that between homework that had to be turned in during class, an in-class project, and participation had over 10% of their grade dependent on going to class.  When the school offers one session and it's a requirement for their major getting them to drop all that to come with me to watch us get killed wasn't a priority and I wasn't going to argue.

Don't worry, there's nobody I know with Friday late night classes, though many students will be stumbling in late...

Chapman, in a few years you'll leave MU and you'll realize that skipping a game, especially a Louisville game, for a class is one of the dumbest things you could do in your four years at MU.

[MarquetteVol]

Although, I'm sure the kids who skipped class for that one were mildly regretful. That game was brutal.

[jaygall31]

let fields play, if we play with the energy we played with tonight, it won't matter.

[chapman]

Hopefully the 1,000 or so students who felt that ONE 5:45pm class in early February was more important than Louisville will find their way to the BC on Friday night.

Considering there are only about 12 sessions for Monday-only classes and labs this semester (which are all close to 3 hours long or more) because of MLK day and the day after Easter there's not much students can do.  I know of a few people in a class that between homework that had to be turned in during class, an in-class project, and participation had over 10% of their grade dependent on going to class.  When the school offers one session and it's a requirement for their major getting them to drop all that to come with me to watch us get killed wasn't a priority and I wasn't going to argue.

Don't worry, there's nobody I know with Friday late night classes, though many students will be stumbling in late...

Chapman, in a few years you'll leave MU and you'll realize that skipping a game, especially a Louisville game, for a class is one of the dumbest things you could do in your four years at MU.

A full letter grade or a basketball game?  I know in the future I'd be much more proud of making the Dean's List every semester than going to a game in which we got killed, unless if it was the Final Four so I can't blame these people for caring about the education they pay much more than $70 to get.   My friends who are pre-med and had to be in lab would much rather get into a good med school than watch us get killed too.  It will take a little string-pulling to get those kids out of the library for Friday night's game because they have different priorities.  Heck, I'd be as likely, to miss a class to go to a random Brewers game; it's just what I place value on.

[MUCrisco]

My buddy who runs Buckheads told me that Marquette students are nerds now.  Very sad.

[MUCrisco]

By the way, the women who were on Marquette's team when I was a manager studied hard.  They are all very successful in what they do.   A few are physical therapists.  A couple are physician's assistants.  Another was a 4.0 computer science major.  These girls had 3 hours of practice a day.  Then, for three or four of those days, they lifted for an hour.  They travelled a lot and as a result, missed a lot of class.  They gave up a lot of their time to represent Marquette and still did very well in school. 

If people are studying on a friday night instead of going to the game, then these people just need to face the fact that they are either not that smart and need a lot of extra time to study or they are just nerds.

[reesiecup210]

By the way, the women who were on Marquette's team when I was a manager studied hard.  They are all very successful in what they do.   A few are physical therapists.  A couple are physician's assistants.  Another was a 4.0 computer science major.  These girls had 3 hours of practice a day.  Then, for three or four of those days, they lifted for an hour.  They travelled a lot and as a result, missed a lot of class.  They gave up a lot of their time to represent Marquette and still did very well in school. 

If people are studying on a friday night instead of going to the game, then these people just need to face the fact that they are either not that smart and need a lot of extra time to study or they are just nerds.

Definitely nerds.

[chapman]

The funny thing is, what do you think those same people who seem to make the library a routine on weekends instead of a last resort call those whose life revolves around the basketball games, and who know and memorize every players' stats?  Nerds.  I know people love to rip on the kids who are practically in tears when we lose a game.  The dialogue between the library-dweller and the basketball-obsessed is good comedy.

[The Lens]

Chapman it's not about memorizing DJ's Asst / TO ratio, it's about being part of something bigger.  About watching with 4,000 of your closest friends as Reece Gaines / Fransisco Garcia / Jerry Smith rips your heart out, or as Dameon Mason makes your heart pound or as Travis Diener gives you a glimmer of hope even if it ended up lasting just another few seconds.  If you think you're at MU just for some lab, fine, but what I found was I was there as part of a community.  Dorms, Hoops, Real Chili, Library, Group Projects, Exams...they were all vital to my experience.

And to paraphrase Crisco, if you can't skip one class and still keep your grade, maybe you're swimming in too deep of water.  Besides, it's MU, not Harvard.  Enjoy it.

[NavinRJohnson]

Hopefully the 1,000 or so students who felt that ONE 5:45pm class in early February was more important than Louisville will find their way to the BC on Friday night.

Considering there are only about 12 sessions for Monday-only classes and labs this semester (which are all close to 3 hours long or more) because of MLK day and the day after Easter there's not much students can do.  I know of a few people in a class that between homework that had to be turned in during class, an in-class project, and participation had over 10% of their grade dependent on going to class.  When the school offers one session and it's a requirement for their major getting them to drop all that to come with me to watch us get killed wasn't a priority and I wasn't going to argue.

Don't worry, there's nobody I know with Friday late night classes, though many students will be stumbling in late...

Sorry, but I'm not buying this one. I'm sure it had an impact, but probably a minor one. What's MU's enrollment these days, 10,000 or so? How many students are at a game, when it is packed to the rafters, maybe 2500?  There were probably 1500 (or less) at the UL game. You do the math, that's an awful lot of kids who have Monday evening classes.

[mu03eng]

Hopefully the 1,000 or so students who felt that ONE 5:45pm class in early February was more important than Louisville will find their way to the BC on Friday night.

Considering there are only about 12 sessions for Monday-only classes and labs this semester (which are all close to 3 hours long or more) because of MLK day and the day after Easter there's not much students can do.  I know of a few people in a class that between homework that had to be turned in during class, an in-class project, and participation had over 10% of their grade dependent on going to class.  When the school offers one session and it's a requirement for their major getting them to drop all that to come with me to watch us get killed wasn't a priority and I wasn't going to argue.

Don't worry, there's nobody I know with Friday late night classes, though many students will be stumbling in late...

Chapman, in a few years you'll leave MU and you'll realize that skipping a game, especially a Louisville game, for a class is one of the dumbest things you could do in your four years at MU.

A full letter grade or a basketball game?  I know in the future I'd be much more proud of making the Dean's List every semester than going to a game in which we got killed, unless if it was the Final Four so I can't blame these people for caring about the education they pay much more than $70 to get.   My friends who are pre-med and had to be in lab would much rather get into a good med school than watch us get killed too.  It will take a little string-pulling to get those kids out of the library for Friday night's game because they have different priorities.  Heck, I'd be as likely, to miss a class to go to a random Brewers game; it's just what I place value on.

Wow, I have to say its a shame that these students are missing out on a well rounded education.  The whole point of going to Marquette is to not just stick your nose in a book for 4 years.  The basketball experience is a top 3 experience of my life, bonded with so many of my friends, walking to games, watching games, driving to games, and waiting outside the BC.

Someone needs to tell these library nerds that the good jobs don't require a 4.0.  In fact, I wouldn't hire anyone with a 3.7 or higher unless they could prove them have done a bunch of other stuff outside of school as well.  Scares me to death, the people who study their whole life without going out on a Friday night having a beer and taking in a great college game.

[🏀]

Hopefully the 1,000 or so students who felt that ONE 5:45pm class in early February was more important than Louisville will find their way to the BC on Friday night.

Considering there are only about 12 sessions for Monday-only classes and labs this semester (which are all close to 3 hours long or more) because of MLK day and the day after Easter there's not much students can do.  I know of a few people in a class that between homework that had to be turned in during class, an in-class project, and participation had over 10% of their grade dependent on going to class.  When the school offers one session and it's a requirement for their major getting them to drop all that to come with me to watch us get killed wasn't a priority and I wasn't going to argue.

Don't worry, there's nobody I know with Friday late night classes, though many students will be stumbling in late...

Sorry, but I'm not buying this one. I'm sure it had an impact, but probably a minor one. What's MU's enrollment these days, 10,000 or so? How many students are at a game, when it is packed to the rafters, maybe 2500?  There were probably 1500 (or less) at the UL game. You do the math, that's an awful lot of kids who have Monday evening classes.

Enrollment is pushing the high 12k. Student section, the last time I had it memorized was 4,100.