2023-24 Marquette Golden Eagles Predictions

[Dr. Blackheart]

Herman predicting we start the season 7-9 is something

Hermie ordered the Jimmy John special.  Team walking boots.

[Odartey Where Art Thou]

Regular Season Record: 23-8
Big East Record: 14-6
Big East Tourney Result: 2-1
March Madness Result: 2-1

Highest AP ranking pre-tourney: 4

Game by Game Results:

11-6 vs. Northern Illinois W
11-10 vs. Rider W
11-14 @ Illinois L
11-20 ** OVERALL RECORD IN HAWAII** 2-1
11-28 vs. Southern W
12-2 @ UW-Madison W
12-6 vs. Texas W
12-9 vs. Notre Dame W
12-14 vs. St. Thomas W
12-19 @ The Dence W
12-22 vs. Hoya Paranoia W
12-30 vs. Creighton L
1-6 @ Seton Hall W
1-10 vs. Butler W
1-15 vs. Nova W
1-20 @ Pitino L
1-24 @ DePaul W
1-27 vs. Seton Hall W
1-30 @ Nova L
2-3 @ Gtown W
2-10 vs. Pitino W
2-13 @ Butler W
2-17 @ UConn L
2-21 vs. DePaul W
2-25 vs. Xavier W
2-28 vs. the Dence W
3-2 @ Creighton L
3-6 vs. UConn W
3-9 @ Xavier L

[Viper]

Bad: Lose to Wisconsin…again. Good: win 25 games. (Wisconsin L will require an Elite 8 run or my idiot bro-in-law crushes me…again.)

[dgies9156]

Regular Season Record: 31-0
Big East Record: 20-0
Big East Tourney Result: W
March Madness Result: W

Highest AP ranking pre-tourney: 1

Game by Game Results:

11-6 vs. Northern Illinois - W
11-10 vs. Rider  - W
11-14 @ Illinois - W
11-20 ** OVERALL RECORD IN HAWAII** - Trophy
11-28 vs. Southern - W
12-2 @ UW-Madison - W, and a bottle of bourbon from my BIL
12-6 vs. Texas - W
12-9 vs. Notre Dame - W, cuz….ND sucks
12-14 vs. St. Thomas - W
12-19 @ The Dence - W
12-22 vs. Hoya Paranoia - W
12-30 vs. Creighton - W, bluejay livers are tasty
1-6 @ Seton Hall - W
1-10 vs. Butler - W
1-15 vs. Nova - W
1-20 @ Pitino - W
1-24 @ DePaul -W
1-27 vs. Seton Hall - W
1-30 @ Nova - W
2-3 @ Gtown - W
2-10 vs. Pitino -W, RC in the house
2-13 @ Butler -  W, bulldog livers are tasty too
2-17 @ UConn - W
2-21 vs. DePaul - W, kill me now if we lose this one
2-25 vs. Xavier - W
2-28 vs. the Dence - W
3-2 @ Creighton -W
3-6 vs. UConn - W
3-9 @ Xavier - W, and a bourbon tour afterwards.

Damn straight! Move Over Bobby! Here Comes Shaka!!!!’

[Herman Cain]

Herman is normally very bullish on our Warriors.  The year we return almost the entire roster he picks the team to be average? Is this reverse psychology on his part?  Were his predictions before the 77 championship the same and he is just following through with that mentality again?  Herm, Not sure I’m getting your thoughts here.  The schedule is really tough but I really hope if this is your legitimate prediction you are dead wrong.  No pun intended.

Shooter:
Yes, I am normally very bullish on our Warriors. Especially , going into the last two seasons.

This year I would describe myself as Extraordinarily Enthusiastic and Excited for an Excellent season. Love the make up of the squad and how interconnected the team is. Feel we are definitely a Whole is greater than the sum of the parts type team.

However, I am not Bullish because I believe the non-conference schedule this year is incredibly challenging.  My sincere heartfelt desire is to be proven dead wrong and enjoy a delicious plate of crow. I figure there will be one unexpected bad loss this year  and have Notre Dame Sucks  picked for that . Again I hope that turns out to be moronic.

I do have the Guys performing well in Conference. However , I think the non-conference will limit the type of seed we may get in the tournament and make a deep run much tougher. Obviously hoping to be wrong on that as well.

[MU82]

You're right, 6-9 that in practice is actually 5-9.

Assuming Herman means that we beat Chaminade and lose to UCLA and not-Syracuse in the 5th place game, Herman has us going 2-12 in the 14 games that KenPom gives us a 65% chance or less of winning. And then on top of that, Herman has us losing at home to Notre Dame, a game we are currently a 95% favorite in. KenPom isn't everything, especially preseason, but c'mon.


Losing any one of those 14 games is possible. Losing 12 of them? No way. Losing 12 of them and losing to Notre Dame? To borrow from Muggsy, UNACCEPTABLE.

What do you expect from 9-9-9? He has Covid brain.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

What do you expect from 9-9-9? He has Covid brain.

And he's dead.

[Scoop Snoop]

   

I do have the Guys performing well in Conference.

13-7 is not "performing well in conference".

[Shooter McGavin]

Shooter:
Yes, I am normally very bullish on our Warriors. Especially , going into the last two seasons.

This year I would describe myself as Extraordinarily Enthusiastic and Excited for an Excellent season. Love the make up of the squad and how interconnected the team is. Feel we are definitely a Whole is greater than the sum of the parts type team.

However, I am not Bullish because I believe the non-conference schedule this year is incredibly challenging.  My sincere heartfelt desire is to be proven dead wrong and enjoy a delicious plate of crow. I figure there will be one unexpected bad loss this year  and have Notre Dame Sucks  picked for that . Again I hope that turns out to be moronic.

I do have the Guys performing well in Conference. However , I think the non-conference will limit the type of seed we may get in the tournament and make a deep run much tougher. Obviously hoping to be wrong on that as well.

I understand the concern.  It’s not that far from past MSU teams who scheduled too hard in the non conference season only to come on strong in the NCAA tournament.  Maybe it will be like you have predicted but instead with a final four at the end of the rainbow.  Who knows? Let’s enjoy the ride! 

[MUbiz]

Final 4 or better is my wish. Don't care how we do it in particular. The current group already won BE and BET. It would be nice to win one or more again, but all of that won't matter if we go deep into March.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Regular Season Record:    18-13
Big East Record:               13-7
Big East Tourney Result:      2-1
March Madness Result:        1-1

Highest AP ranking pre-tourney: 5

Game by Game Results:

11-6 vs. Northern Illinois W
11-10 vs. Rider               W
11-14 @ Illinois               L
11-20 ** OVERALL RECORD IN HAWAII** 1-2
11-28 vs. Southern           W
12-2 @ UW-Madison          L
12-6 vs. Texas                  L
12-9 vs. Notre Dame          L
12-14 vs. St. Thomas        W
12-19 @ The Dence            L
12-22 vs. Hoya Paranoia     W
12-30 vs. Creighton            L
1-6 @ Seton Hall               L
1-10 vs. Butler                   W              
1-15 vs. Nova                    W
1-20 @ Pitino                      L
1-24 @ DePaul                    W
1-27 vs. Seton Hall              W
1-30 @ Nova                       L
2-3 @ Gtown                       W
2-10 vs. Pitino                     W
2-13 @ Butler                      W
2-17 @ UConn                      L
2-21 vs. DePaul                    W
2-25 vs. Xavier                     W
2-28 vs. the Dence                W
3-2 @ Creighton                    L
3-6 vs. UConn                       W
3-9 @ Xavier                          W

LOL

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Shooter:
Yes, I am normally very bullish on our Warriors. Especially , going into the last two seasons.

This year I would describe myself as Extraordinarily Enthusiastic and Excited for an Excellent season. Love the make up of the squad and how interconnected the team is. Feel we are definitely a Whole is greater than the sum of the parts type team.

However, I am not Bullish because I believe the non-conference schedule this year is incredibly challenging.  My sincere heartfelt desire is to be proven dead wrong and enjoy a delicious plate of crow. I figure there will be one unexpected bad loss this year  and have Notre Dame Sucks  picked for that . Again I hope that turns out to be moronic.

I do have the Guys performing well in Conference. However , I think the non-conference will limit the type of seed we may get in the tournament and make a deep run much tougher. Obviously hoping to be wrong on that as well.

This is some of the most ridiculous sh*t I’ve seen on this board, and that’s saying something.

[PointWarrior]

Herman >>>> COLE

This is some of the most ridiculous sh*t I’be seen on this board, and that’s saying something.

[brewcity77]

Shooter:
Yes, I am normally very bullish on our Warriors. Especially , going into the last two seasons.

This year I would describe myself as Extraordinarily Enthusiastic and Excited for an Excellent season. Love the make up of the squad and how interconnected the team is. Feel we are definitely a Whole is greater than the sum of the parts type team.

However, I am not Bullish because I believe the non-conference schedule this year is incredibly challenging.  My sincere heartfelt desire is to be proven dead wrong and enjoy a delicious plate of crow. I figure there will be one unexpected bad loss this year  and have Notre Dame Sucks  picked for that . Again I hope that turns out to be moronic.

I do have the Guys performing well in Conference. However , I think the non-conference will limit the type of seed we may get in the tournament and make a deep run much tougher. Obviously hoping to be wrong on that as well.

This is BS. You're just a contrarian who wants attention. Last year you said S16 when many were expecting them to miss the tourney, now you're trying to swerve the other way against the stream.

Overall: 21-10
Big East Record:13-7
Big East Tournament Seed:3
Big East Tournament Result:2-1
Postseason Tournament and Seed:NCAA 8
Postseason Result:2-1 Sweet 16

[Uncle Rico]

This is BS. You're just a contrarian who wants attention. Last year you said S16 when many were expecting them to miss the tourney, now you're trying to swerve the other way against the stream.

Herm is on campus for recruiting visits, so I think he has a good pulse on the program as an obvious insider

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

I have no idea who Herm actually is or what his actual thoughts are on anything, but he's essentially a low key troll. You have to view his persona through that lens.

[real chili 83]

Herm, rent free is kinda fun, ai’ana?

[Herman Cain]

Herm, rent free is kinda fun, ai’ana?

I agree with this analysis.

[panda]

It’s certainly an audacious prediction, but so is predicting a season with only two losses.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Non-conference: 9-2
Big East: 15-5
BET:1-1

Highest rank: 5
NCAA Seed: 3
NCAA result: Final Four

[Dr. Blackheart]

It’s certainly an audacious prediction, but so is predicting a season with only two losses.

Herm's prediction would have been optimistic a few short years ago.

[StillAWarrior]

It’s certainly an audacious prediction, but so is predicting a season with only two losses.

I agree. Predicting a two-loss season is over-the-top, wild-eyed, delusion. That’s why I went with a far more realistic, borderline COLE prediction of four losses.

[Scoop Snoop]

I agree. Predicting a two-loss season is over-the-top, wild-eyed, delusion. That’s why I went with a far more realistic, borderline COLE prediction of four losses.

I'm solidly COLE with 5 losses...4 BE +1 non con.

[MU82]

Non-conference: 9-2
Big East: 15-5
BET:1-1

Highest rank: 5
NCAA Seed: 3
NCAA result: Final Four

This is about where I am, too, give or take another win.

Mostly, I'm feeling really good about this team, if healthy, having a hell of an NCAA Tournament run.

I am definitely gonna enjoy the journey, too, and the first step in that journey is tonight. Psyched that the season is finally here.

We Are Marquette!

[StillAWarrior]

I'm solidly COLE with 5 losses...4 BE +1 non con.

Yeah, well now you've outed yourself as a badger-loving troll and not a real Marquette fan.