Can Marquette be "The Next Villanova"?

[Dr. Blackheart]

Maybe we should try to be Creighton first. Creighton has made four Big East championship games in 9 years. I do not think MU has ever made a Big East championship game.

Marv McDerm-Grant, hey?

[79Warrior]

Maybe we should try to be Creighton first. Creighton has made four Big East championship games in 9 years. I do not think MU has ever made a Big East championship game.

Actually, our conference success ( championships/winning regular season) across all the different leagues we have been in has been very mediocre.

[Newsdreams]

Maybe we should try to be Creighton first. Creighton has made four Big East championship games in 9 years. I do not think MU has ever made a Big East championship game.

We can't Mc owns Shaka

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

We can't Mc owns Shaka

After last season I don't think McD is allowed to say he owns people

[Newsdreams]

After last season I don't think McD is allowed to say he owns people

Yes it is a bad take, Arby's...

[Dr. Blackheart]

After last season I don't think McD is allowed to say he owns people

Well, the FBI (and NCAA) did find he paid for his players.

[JWags85]

Some here woulda fired Wright in 2013.

I know absurd hyperbole is your thing, but nobody would have called for firing a coach coming off 7 straight tourney berths, 3 seasons removed from a FF, and another S16 and E8 in that stretch.  Just like nobody was actually calling for Buzz's head when he left

[Uncle Rico]

I know absurd hyperbole is your thing, but nobody would have called for firing a coach coming off 7 straight tourney berths, 3 seasons removed from a FF, and another S16 and E8 in that stretch.  Just like nobody was actually calling for Buzz's head when he left

I can think of a few people here who would have called for Jay's job after a bunch of opening weekend losses following 2009's Final 4

[MU82]

I know absurd hyperbole is your thing, but nobody would have called for firing a coach coming off 7 straight tourney berths, 3 seasons removed from a FF, and another S16 and E8 in that stretch.  Just like nobody was actually calling for Buzz's head when he left

Yes, it was hyperbole ... but not very absurd that some Scoopers would have called for the firing of a coach who went:

2010-11 -- 21-12, 9th place, first-round loss
2011-12 -- 13-19, 13th place, no tourney
2012-13 -- 20-14, 7th place, first-round loss

There already are Shaka haters who think he's as "bad as Wojo." There are Scoopers who claim they knew Wojo should have been fired during his first season.

So you think zero Scoopers would have called for the firing of a coach who went 54-45 with 7th, 9th and 13th place Big East finishes and zero tourney wins?

Are you new here, Wags?

[JWags85]

People are still butt hurt Crean left and he did far less than Wright to that point and were further removed from the FF.  But sure if we're gonna go off of the isolated idiot or 2 who scream NIT after every loss, then ok

[Uncle Rico]

College sports expert Tom Oates made fun of Jay Wright until 2016 and Tom knows everything

[Farley36]

Is Marquette closer to being Villanova or DePaul?   Unfortunately I think we're closer to DePaul and the trajectory doesn't seem to be pointing toward Villanova at the moment.  Don't think we'll end up as either but Villanova sure doesn't seem attainable. 

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Is Marquette closer to being Villanova or DePaul?   Unfortunately I think we're closer to DePaul and the trajectory doesn't seem to be pointing toward Villanova at the moment.  Don't think we'll end up as either but Villanova sure doesn't seem attainable. 

Lol. Yeah this loss means we are closer to a team than hasn't made the NCAAs since 2004. 🙄🙄🙄

[MDMU04]

Is Marquette closer to being Villanova or DePaul?   Unfortunately I think we're closer to DePaul and the trajectory doesn't seem to be pointing toward Villanova at the moment.  Don't think we'll end up as either but Villanova sure doesn't seem attainable.

You said you were going away during the game thread.  Can we revisit that?

[Farley36]

Lol. Yeah this loss means we are closer to a team than hasn't made the NCAAs since 2004. 🙄🙄🙄

Than a team that's won championships?  Yes it does.  Look at our  past decade.  Way closer to DePaul than Villanova.  It's ludicrous to say otherwise.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Than a team that's won championships?  Yes it does.  Look at our  past decade.  Way closer to DePaul than Villanova.  It's ludicrous to say otherwise.

Lol. Sure. In the last decade we have made multiple tournaments but we are closer to a team that has made none.

You really are a clown.

[Farley36]

Lol. Sure. In the last decade we have made multiple tournaments but we are closer to a team that has made none.

You really are a clown.

Call me a clown all you want but it's true.  You're just salty because you know it's true.  No way Marquette is anywhere close to Villanova.  Villanova would be insulted at the thought.  They are the pinnacle of what Marquette could hope to be and you are clownish for even thinking we're close to them.  You're living in fantasy land.

[Mu8891]

Can MU be Nova ?

No.

[Farley36]

Can MU be Nova ?

No.

Exactly

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Call me a clown all you want but it's true.  You're just salty because you know it's true.  No way Marquette is anywhere close to Villanova.  Villanova would be insulted at the thought.  They are the pinnacle of what Marquette could hope to be and you are clownish for even thinking we're close to them.  You're living in fantasy land.

I didn't say they were going to be Nova.  I am simply stating that they aren't closer to DePaul.  That's just silly.

[willie warrior]

I didn't say they were going to be Nova.  I am simply stating that they aren't closer to DePaul.  That's just silly.

Yes they are closer to DePaul.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Yes they are closer to DePaul.

No they are not. Absolute silliness to claim they are closer to a proven that hasn't danced since 2004.

But keep willie-ing.

[Dickthedribbler]

At this stage, I'd be thrilled to be the next Creighton.

[Lennys Tap]

Actually we're probably about equidistant from Villanova and DePaul as programs. I'd put Nova at about 5, us at 45 and Rhett Demons at around 100. So a little closer numerically to Villanova, but the programs DePaul has to pass to edge closer to us are a relatively easy climb.

[Holy hell all time]

Maybe we should take the steps necessary to get there and try to be an Iowa or Houston first before we decide we'll be the best program in college basketball for a decade.