2023-2024 Expectations

[mugrad_89]

https://twitter.com/john_fanta/status/1709689046455226435?s=61&t=6XPB8f4sAKmJIzxgMcsCjw

LFG!!!!!!

[Shooter McGavin]

https://twitter.com/john_fanta/status/1709689046455226435?s=61&t=6XPB8f4sAKmJIzxgMcsCjw

Love it!  Can't believe we are only a month away.  Should be fun!

[TSmith34, Inc.]

https://twitter.com/john_fanta/status/1709689046455226435?s=61&t=6XPB8f4sAKmJIzxgMcsCjw

All aboard the Jopwagon

[Viper]

John Fanta in Milwaukee today.  Stevie and Tyler talking about National Championship goal.  Shaka praises Joplin and Sean Jones. Tidbits so far:

https://twitter.com/John_Fanta/status/1709582965955555467?t=oR10skOZnWsiFx_q2afk5g&s=19

https://twitter.com/John_Fanta/status/1709590945098772835?t=Iuo1behV_omFJqFtJkzq8g&s=19

https://twitter.com/John_Fanta/status/1709602520740278299?t=PIdAiZ91SQ5u_bUzUNtksw&s=19

https://twitter.com/John_Fanta/status/1709604329575878929?t=Flb39Z4sYh30m1etMSKT-Q&s=19

https://twitter.com/John_Fanta/status/1709630377608790168?t=a3HBC4ddYK0f5F2S72Y-FQ&s=19

[Galway Eagle]

Fanta just picked Creighton as his big east champs but called us a likely top 5 team and winners of the Big East... man I love his content but he flips so hard on predictions.

[The Sultan]

Fanta just picked Creighton as his big east champs but called us a likely top 5 team and winners of the Big East... man I love his content but he flips so hard on predictions.

Fanta is by and large a Big East hype man.

[GoldenEagles03]

I go into a mini depression every year when the Brewers are done.

I'm love the BrewCrew and Marquette Hoops, enjoy the Packers, couldn't care less about the NBA except to see Marquette guys succeed.

All that to say I'm fully invested into this season.  I'd like to hope we get this expectation of a consistent winner, but this team is a real title contender. So...let's win the title!

[Dickthedribbler]

I go into a mini depression every year when the Brewers are done.

I'm love the BrewCrew and Marquette Hoops, enjoy the Packers, couldn't care less about the NBA except to see Marquette guys succeed.

All that to say I'm fully invested into this season.  I'd like to hope we get this expectation of a consistent winner, but this team is a real title contender. So...let's win the title!

You could be my twin bŕother.

[Miss Katie’s]

I go into a mini depression every year when the Brewers are done.

I'm love the BrewCrew and Marquette Hoops, enjoy the Packers, couldn't care less about the NBA except to see Marquette guys succeed.

All that to say I'm fully invested into this season.  I'd like to hope we get this expectation of a consistent winner, but this team is a real title contender. So...let's win the title!

Depression is definitely warranted after that exit.  Ugly. 

[Shooter McGavin]

Depression is definitely warranted after that exit.  Ugly.

In the perfect world for a baseball fan and college basketball fan your team wins or plays in the World Series and basketball starts up immediately thereafter (within days).  Then your team goes to the final four or wins a championship and opening day is usually that weekend.   A never ending year round loop of perfection.

[GoldenEagles03]

In the perfect world for a baseball fan and college basketball fan your team wins or plays in the World Series and basketball starts up immediately thereafter (within days).  Then your team goes to the final four or wins a championship and opening day is usually that weekend.   A never ending year round loop of perfection.

Oh how sweet it would be..

[MU82]

On his list of college basketball's 25 "most intriguing players" for the upcoming season, The Athletic's Brian Hamilton says:

22. David Joplin, Marquette

Shaka Smart's crew finished with the seventh-most efficient offense in the country last year. Its starting five, specifically, was the fifth-most efficient lineup anywhere, per Evan Miyakawa's ratings. The one guy now missing from that group is Olivier-Maxence Prosper, who wound up being a first-round NBA Draft pick. The guy expected to replace him, the 6-foot-8 Joplin, was the Big East's Sixth Man of the Year. Seems like an easy, seamless, logical transition ... which guarantees nothing in terms of results. Chemistry can be weird, and Marquette again will be as good as its offensive flow. Joplin is a bit more of a floor-spacer as a near-40 percent 3-point shooter, maybe a slightly better ball-mover and pretty much an even trade as a rebounder. He's not a Prosper clone, and that's fine. Coaches are paid to find ways to maximize the nuances in every player's game. But this is a preseason top-10 team that won 29 games last season. It's not a small-stakes adjustment for Joplin and the rest.[/i]

[pbiflyer]

I except that there will be gnashing of teeth here regardless of results.

[tower912]

I except that there will be gnashing of teeth here regardless of results.

Nah, there is still a chance MU goes 40-0, unscored upon, with shooting like the early part of Pleasantville.

[Dr. Blackheart]

I except that there will be gnashing of teeth here regardless of results.

Dentures

[Jockey]

Marquette shot the fewest mid-range shots of any team last year.

They also had the shortest distance from the basket on those shots.

I expect we will see something similar this season as well

[Spotcheck Billy]

Ben Steele with an update on Ben Gold.

Marquette's Ben Gold learned how to fight for his role from his older brothers in New Zealand

[wadesworld]

Rosthein was at MU today and says Sean Jones is much improved, Tre Norman fits the program and will fight for minutes, and Chase Ross would be a candidate for National 6th Man of the Year if they had that award.

[Shooter McGavin]

Rosthein was at MU today and says Sean Jones is much improved, Tre Norman fits the program and will fight for minutes, and Chase Ross would be a candidate for National 6th Man of the Year if they had that award.

The loves his job.  I'll say that for him.

[MU82]

The Athletic's Sam Vecenie picks Oso #8 on his list of top-20 college bigs:

8. Oso Ighodaro | 6-10 big | senior | Marquette

It's pretty hard for me not to be enthusiastic about Ighodaro, who is probably my favorite player returning to college hoops this season. What he brings to the court exceeds his stats, which look a bit pedestrian at 11.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Why? First and foremost, if he's not the best passing big in the country, he's certainly among the handful who can claim the title. Marquette runs a significant amount of its offense through Ighodaro at the high post, asking him to make decisions out of dribble-handoffs and short-rolls in partnership with Tyler Kolek. He's a tremendous screener, and the level to which that quick-trigger decision-making and rapid ball movement adds to the offense is significant. Then on top of it, he's one of the most efficient finishers at the rim in the country. He made 66 percent of his attempts last season. Basically, Ighodaro doesn't make bad decisions, and he's extremely damaging when involved in the offense.

I also think Ighodaro generally does a solid job holding up on defense by being in the right place at the right time, and using his length to contest on the interior when necessary. He also can move his feet in space and play in a few different ball-screen coverages. The big leap for — if one comes this season — will be as a rebounder, as that's the one place that Marquette generally could get hit a season ago. That's the reason he doesn't break into that top group, more than any other. But give me everything else that he brings to the table as an offensive initiator, a sharp defender, and a great finisher. You can win games in a big way with Ighodaro as your center.

Vencenie's first seven: Edey, Filipowski, Kalkbrenner, Dickinson, Clingan, Bacot, Ballo.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Vencenie's first seven: Edey, Filipowski, Kalkbrenner, Dickinson, Clingan, Bacot, Ballo.

And we have a chance to see 4 of the top 5 this regular season. Two of them twice!

[tower912]

Maybe three or even four times.

[GoldenEagles03]

Maybe three or even four times.

Marquette has never played UW in the NCAA Tournament and (to my knowledge) have never played the same team 4 times in 1 season.

My bold prediction is that one of those 2 things is no longer true after this season.

[tower912]

Kalkbrenner and Clingan, every opportunity to see three times.  Big East tourney.  If all three teams are as food as projected, there is a legit chance to see one of them a 4th time.   Final 4.

To be fair, the point of contention is '4 of the top 5', and I did not specifically say 'and two of them 3 or 4 times' which is how it went in my head but not to my fingers.

[MU82]

Marquette has never played UW in the NCAA Tournament and (to my knowledge) have never played the same team 4 times in 1 season.

My bold prediction is that one of those 2 things is no longer true after this season.

It would have to be the second thing, because Marquette won't be playing in the NIT.