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[DoctorV]

Amazing crowd, new record again.

The intros are elite, the visuals are amazing.
The stadium is special.

The building was so loud, everyone was incredibly engaged.

The students seemed to stand the entire time.

The Marquette FiServ experience is so damn amazing.

It's a great time to be a Marquette basketball fan.

[MUfan12]

Phenomenal crowd yesterday. Probably 20-25% UW fans, most in the upper deck.

The environment Shaka has created around the program is unlike anything I've experienced in 30+ years of going to games. Everyone knows the assignment. Knows what the staff values, and can sense when the guys on the floor need a push. The connection is strong and it just keeps building.

[Goose]

This is the strongest position the program has been in since 1977. The program has seen very good times over the past nearly 50 years, but nothing compares to what Shaka has built.

It has been debated over the years what the program's ceiling is and I think they are building the foundation of being a top ten program in the country. As Shaka has said, MU basketball is the place to be.

[The Lens]

Phenomenal crowd yesterday. Probably 20-25% UW fans, most in the upper deck.

The environment Shaka has created around the program is unlike anything I've experienced in 30+ years of going to games. Everyone knows the assignment. Knows what the staff values, and can sense when the guys on the floor need a push. The connection is strong and it just keeps building.

It's the difference between Shaka & Crean.  Crean valued deflections but Shaka announced accountability by saying 32 = a win. 

Now everyone's pulling for 32 deflections, a kill, a skunk etc.

[brewcity77]

Amazing atmosphere, and the fewest Badger fans I've ever seen in the building for that game. I disagree with 20-25%, I don't think it was more than 10-15%. There was very little red in the lower bowl, and we had the majority of the upper as well. Also remember that 2/3 of the fans are in the lower bowl.

Anyway...so much fun. Going to enjoy it for the week, then on to more important things, like Big East titles, a 1-seed, and cutting nets in April.

[MuggsyB]

Shaka has changed everything.  I said that very early in his tenure.  There's an authenticity and confidence in how he carries himself and how he coaches these great young men.  From his preparation, analytics, tenacity, in game adjustments, and most importantly the relationships and culture he has fostered. 

This is a tight knit group that care about each other and are extremely unselfish.  They are starting to understand their roles better after 10 games and exude positive vibes across the board.  And I agree with other Scoopers, the newbies are close and will get there in due time.  We are better defensively and deeper than last year. 

As a sidenote I thought Jop quietly played a really good game yesterday.  He made three paint jumpers and moved the ball when he was shut off.  His footwork on the interior was very solid.  When he slows down and plays off of two feet he's much more effective.  Once MU gets the three ball cooking we go from a really good team to a uh-oh/medieval team. 

[We R Final Four]

Amazing atmosphere, and the fewest Badger fans I've ever seen in the building ifor that game. I disagree with 20-25%, I don't think it was more than 10-15%. There was very little red in the lower bowl, and we had the majority of the upper as well. Also remember that 2/3 of the fans are in the lower bowl.

Anyway...so much fun. Going to enjoy it for the week, then on to more important things, like Big East titles, a 1-seed, and cutting nets in April.

Yes.....I would agree....closer to 10-15%. Guy next to me wore black and didn't cheer for either team......and had a paper ticket.

[Viper]

Phenomenal crowd yesterday. Probably 20-25% UW fans, most in the upper deck.

The environment Shaka has created around the program is unlike anything I've experienced in 30+ years of going to games. Everyone knows the assignment. Knows what the staff values, and can sense when the guys on the floor need a push. The connection is strong and it just keeps building.

not arguing with your take, but do want to toss a prop to Crean. He was great at getting mojo back to the program. Mike Deane's final season was dull. The future was questionable. Crean was very good at getting enthusiasm for the program restored. He was often in the student section post game, and engaged MU fans on the road. Love where things are at with Shaka, but Crean was very good too. Btw, you think 20% Red in the crowd? From TV, very little red could be seen other than behind the rodent bench.

[Viper]

Yes.....I would agree....closer to 10-15%. Guy next to me wore black and didn't cheer for either team......and had a paper ticket.

...probably a scout for Dayton🤣

[The Sultan]

not arguing with your take, but do want to toss a prop to Crean. He was great at getting mojo back to the program. Mike Deane's final season was dull. The future was questionable. Crean was very good at getting enthusiasm for the program restored. He was often in the student section post game, and engaged MU fans on the road. Love where things are at with Shaka, but Crean was very good too. Btw, you think 20% Red in the crowd? From TV, very little red could be seen other than behind the rodent bench.

It was said above, and my son texted me this as well, that there was more red in the upper deck.

[Uncle Rico]

It was said above, and my son texted me this as well, that there was more red in the upper deck.

Lot of red in the suites, where the money is and was

[GoldenEagles03]

Amazing atmosphere, and the fewest Badger fans I've ever seen in the building for that game. I disagree with 20-25%, I don't think it was more than 10-15%. There was very little red in the lower bowl, and we had the majority of the upper as well. Also remember that 2/3 of the fans are in the lower bowl.

Anyway...so much fun. Going to enjoy it for the week, then on to more important things, like Big East titles, a 1-seed, and cutting nets in April.

I actually felt like there was probably around 20% as well...at least felt like there was more red than in 2022, but the MU crowd showed through. Great crowd.

[wadesworld]

Regarding fans knowing their role, someone sent me a video of someone recording a Badger fan in front of him/her (hard to tell age from behind, but looked young adult) texting "I hate Marquette. Have kill on the video screen - disgusting." 😂😂😂

[wadesworld]

I actually felt like there was probably around 20% as well...at least felt like there was more red than in 2022, but the MU crowd showed through. Great crowd.

Lol of course you did.

[CountryRoads]

I actually felt like there was probably around 20% as well...at least felt like there was more red than in 2022, but the MU crowd showed through. Great crowd.

I wasn't able to attend so I can't debate it. That's almost 4,000 people. Basically double what Georgetown gets at their games. That seems like a lot.

[Uncle Rico]

Lol of course you did.

Well, they are one of the top 2 teams in the Big 18

[wadesworld]

Well, they are one of the top 2 teams in the Big 18

Easily.

[lostpassword]

Regarding fans knowing their role, someone sent me a video of someone recording a Badger fan in front of him/her (hard to tell age from behind, but looked young adult) texting "I hate Marquette. Have kill on the video screen - disgusting." 😂😂😂

I saw this as well.  Not sure I condone the surveillance going on here but the text is hilarious.

https://x.com/MarqStool/status/1865506392842612998?t=a0FBl0D_hB7Uf10RAugXyA&s=19

[cheebs09]

She must have a real tough time with the Badger Student section chants.

[Newsdreams]

Amazing crowd, new record again.

The intros are elite, the visuals are amazing.
The stadium is special.

The building was so loud, everyone was incredibly engaged.

The students seemed to stand the entire time.

The Marquette FiServ experience is so damn amazing.

It's a great time to be a Marquette basketball fan.

I don't know I prefer the AL more intimidating atmosphere

[MU82]

This is the strongest position the program has been in since 1977. The program has seen very good times over the past nearly 50 years, but nothing compares to what Shaka has built.

It has been debated over the years what the program's ceiling is and I think they are building the foundation of being a top ten program in the country. As Shaka has said, MU basketball is the place to be.

Agree with all of this, Goose.

We're well on our way to being the Next Nova - a notion that was greeted here with ridicule just a couple years ago.

"Next Nova" isn't meant as a guarantee that we win multiple national titles (though that would be nice). It's that there's every reason to believe that Marquette can contend for the Big East title and a protected seed year-in and year-out, that we can be a nationally respected program, and that we hopefully can break through to play in April a couple/few times - something that takes a little luck as well as skill.

Shaka actually is light years ahead of Jay Wright's pace at Villanova. Hell, had Shaka started here the way Wright did at Nova, a bunch of Scoopers would have been calling for his head. You and I might have been two of them! But he didn't, thankfully - instead he fielded entertaining, accomplished teams while building a foundation for sustained success.

I thought last year's team had a legitimate chance to get to the Final Four, and I feel the same about this season's team. We have the coach, the talent, the intensity, the defense, the culture. Here's hoping that our guys hit enough 3s in the biggest games and that the basketball gods cooperate just a little bit.

We Are Marquette!

[Goose]

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I think they had a legit FF chance the last two years and it looks like they could have a chance again this year. There never was a doubt in my mind what the ceiling was for MU, just whether or not it would happen in my lifetime.

I know this sounds crazy, but how Shaka has build culture has carried over into my personal and professional life. I'm not embarrassed to say that a 46y basketball coach has changed my perspective on how I handle myself.

Crazy part, when I was a kid Al influenced me a great deal. Unfortunately most by questionable traits come from him. Now, I'm learning more skills that are less eccentric.

[MU82]

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I think they had a legit FF chance the last two years and it looks like they could have a chance again this year. There never was a doubt in my mind what the ceiling was for MU, just whether or not it would happen in my lifetime.

I know this sounds crazy, but how Shaka has build culture has carried over into my personal and professional life. I'm not embarrassed to say that a 46y basketball coach has changed my perspective on how I handle myself.

Crazy part, when I was a kid Al influenced me a great deal. Unfortunately most by questionable traits come from him. Now, I'm learning more skills that are less eccentric.

Can you expound on the bolded paragraph a little, Goose? How has it changed things for you?

The main thing for me has been connecting more regularly with some of my old Marquette friends. They were always MU hoops fans, obviously, but these last couple of years they have gotten so into it. We have great text-chain discussions all week and during games. They are amped to see where MU is in the rankings every Monday. Stuff like that. It's so much fun.

The other thing is that I plan events around Marquette's schedule. If someone says, "You wanna grab dinner Tuesday?" I first have to look at MU's schedule before I accept ... because I ain't missing a game!

[Goose]

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Simply, seeing how a culture, making others better and doing it the right way has carried over to how I interact with my family and friends.

More importantly, since Shaka has come aboard our business's staff has grown 3x and into Vietnam, Cambodia and India. How we interact as a team across multiple cultures is far different than it would have been without watching Shaka.

We have seen unbelievable strides with our staff because we have created a real culture and it is awesome to see. Trust me, I'm no Shaka, but he has helped build a foundation.

I said four years ago that Shaka was the greatest hire in the history of MU and not just a basketball coach. He is bigger than a coach and I think that is fantastic for anyone associated with MU.

[MU82]

Thanks for the response, Goose. That's great stuff.

I wish you continued good fortune.