2024-25 Outlook

[lawdog77]

https://x.com/marquettembb/status/1814338632452538523?s=61&t=6XPB8f4sAKmJIzxgMcsCjw

Bad defense

[Tyler COLEk]

So uhhhhh back to Caedin Hamilton... 👀

Caedin looking VERY impressive in those clips.

[TallTitan34]

So uhhhhh back to Caedin Hamilton... 👀

Reminds me of some of Davante's old offensive moves.

[The Sultan]

Caedin looking VERY impressive in those clips.

lol. Cmon. You can project anything based on that.

[MUbiz]

Thanks for that. Would love to see rankings by percentage of capacity, but maybe such a thing doesn't exist.

You are welcome. I have seen some individual twitter accounts do percentage capacity for a league (I think it was the B12) but I do not believe the NCAA does percentage capacity. I agree though, it would be nice to see the capacity.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Caedin dunking is noteworthy.  Improved vertical explosion since he got to MU.  Not much else.

Nice hype video, but nothing more.

[MUfan12]

Can't draw much, but Caedin and Tre sure look like they've been spending a bunch of time with Todd Smith.

[Tyler COLEk]

lol. Cmon. You can project anything based on that.

I can and I AM.


(Sincerely am impressed by his agility in those highlights. I didn't know he could move like that).

[DoctorV]

Caedin dunking is noteworthy.  Improved vertical explosion since he got to MU.  Not much else.

Nice hype video, but nothing more.

Of course you can. We haven't really seen the guy play in live action much before.

Old man game, excellent body positioning and instinct/feel around the hoop jump out right away.

As someone posted, I saw some Davante Gardener type of offensive flashes there. I can see where the Zach Randolph type of comps come from.

If nothing else, his offensive game should be different and unique from the other bigs. Once he starts playing again high level division I bigs I'd probably expect a lot more hook/bank/reverse layup finesse finishing than dunking, and that's ok. A bucket is a bucket.

Of course the coaches want him to go up and dunk as much as possible in practice, to instill that inner aggressiveness and such, but I suspect he will quickly find his offensive success in his wizardry and feel for the hoop, and it'll be fun to watch, fans will love it in its old school mentality like we loved Davante.

Defensively, he probably won't ever be the swiftest of foot inside, so that will probably be the final determinant on how successful he is long term at the college level.

Teams better not send a little guy on him in the post though, how he shook Stevie there was a thing of beauty, and Stevie takes that ish personal 😂

[tower912]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=KVqYUVl2W_5m3Fhw&v=lBSq-wDcb44&feature=youtu.be

[MUbiz]

Take this with a grain of salt, but my nephew hopped into Zaide Lowrey's TikTok live last night and asked Zaide if Sean was going to play this year. Zaide said Sean was not going to play.

[Jay Bee]

Take this with a grain of salt, but my nephew hopped into Zaide Lowrey's TikTok live last night and asked Zaide if Sean was going to play this year. Zaide said Sean was not going to play.

Should have ax'd Zaide Lowery, aina

[tower912]

Take this with a grain of salt, but my nephew hopped into Zaide Lowrey's TikTok live last night and asked Zaide if Sean was going to play this year. Zaide said Sean was not going to play.

A report that the Sean was not introduced with the team before the open gym tonight.

[MuMark]

A report that the Sean was not introduced with the team before the open gym tonight.

He was there......in street clothes.

I wouldn't read too much into that.......might just have been an oversight since Shaka was watching the practice as he was introducing the players.

[tower912]

Nice interview with Hamilton on the scout board.  It appears they have him playing up top on offense like Oso.   Working on his 3 pt shot.    So is Clark.   CH is now a sculpted 260.   

So from a size standpoint, Theo John or Tom Copa.

[wadesworld]

I don't expect CH or AA to get many meaningful minutes.  I'd think we go small if BG gets into foul trouble or needs a breather.

[Nukem2]

I don't expect CH or AA to get many meaningful minutes.  I'd think we go small if BG gets into foul trouble or needs a breather.

Shaka has noted a couple times now that CH would be in the rotation

[tower912]

I disagree.   I think Shaka will play 10, especially early.

[The Sultan]

I don't expect CH or AA to get many meaningful minutes.  I'd think we go small if BG gets into foul trouble or needs a breather.

Shaka has noted a couple times now that CH would be in the rotation

Shaka said that he would figure "prominently in our rotation." I feel that prominent is up to interpretation however.

[tower912]

Yes, but...   if Ben IS in early foul trouble, your choices are CH, AA, or Parham.  The more BCHoopster was right, the more the young guys have to play the 5.   

[The Sultan]

Yes, but...   if Ben IS in early foul trouble, your choices are CH, AA, or Parham.  The more BCHoopster was right, the more the young guys have to play the 5.   

Or you go small.

[tower912]

Yes.  With Joplin as your post and Owens or Amadou as your wing.   

This.coming season, barring injuries, I simply do not see  a lot of 4 guard sets, unless you count Owens as a guard.    Stevie, Kam, Chase and Zaide has a certain appeal, I guess, with either Gold or CH in the game.  But I think that will be the exception, not the rule.

[Goose]

I think everyone will get nice PT in the NC part of the schedule. Not a ton of heavy lifting this NC and I think that allows Shaka to test a lot of different lineups. It is going to be interesting to see how many different looks they throw out this year.

[MUbiz]

Season ticket record has been broken: https://x.com/MarquetteMBB/status/1831391935321215318

[MarquetteMike1977]

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterSep 9, 2024, 11:00 AM ET

Despite the incremental roster changes of the past month, there's no movement for this edition of the Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings. So, we're going to go through each team and address the biggest question it faces.

There's still one more update coming before the start of the 2024-25 season, when we'll do a clean sweep of the rankings. We wouldn't want to look back and be wrong about anything in five months, of course.

17. Marquette Golden Eagles

Previous ranking: 17

What happens at the point guard position? All-American Tyler Kolek is off to the NBA, and backup point guard Sean Jones is still recovering from a torn ACL suffered last January. Shaka Smart could opt to move Kam Jones to the point guard spot; he's a big-time scorer and shooter, but he has shown playmaking ability. Stevie Mitchell could also handle the ball more often.

Projected starting lineup

Kam Jones (17.2 PPG)
Stevie Mitchell (8.8 PPG)
Chase Ross (6.1 PPG)
David Joplin (10.8 PPG)
Ben Gold (5.0 PPG)