Grade Non-Con

[Uncle Rico]

What grade do you give Marquette's non-conference performance?

[tower912]

A-/B+.   

[DJO's Jaw]

Only two losses being on the road against legit high major competition? I'll give that an A. A- if we need to get specific.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Easy A. I guarantee he one vote for "F" was Willard.

[Uncle Rico]

Easy A. I guarantee he one vote for "F" was Willard.

No, I voted F.  Can't lose 2 games before conference play on the road.  Shows me a mentally weak team

[We R Final Four]

Only two losses being on the road against legit high major competition? I'll give that an A. A- if we need to get specific.

Dayton could be #1 in the country........but not a high major....I learned that on scoop.

[ATL MU Warrior]

No, I voted F.  Can't lose 2 games before conference play on the road.  Shows me a mentally weak team

My mistake. 

[CountryRoads]

A.

Great non-con. It's also great for our fans to see so many high level games. Crean and Buzz would have a schedule littered with the little sisters of the poor x9.

[GoldenEagles03]

Hard to say anything other than A.

Wish they were a bit healthier, as Stevie and Chase limp like they struggle to stay upright, but the results are an A.

[We R Final Four]

Easy A. I guarantee he one vote for "F" was Willard.

If 0-2 vs ISU and DAY is an easy A........what would your grade be if we went 2-0?!?
Extra credit?
A++

[Lennys Tap]

Solid A at halftime, dropped to an A-.

[The Sultan]

B+

Didn't like the way they lost tonight. Out-worked. Out-hustled.

[K1 Lover]

No, I voted F.  Can't lose 2 games before conference play on the road.  Shows me a mentally weak team

What are you, duanewade?

[Uncle Rico]

B+

Didn't like the way they lost tonight. Out-worked. Out-hustled.

Dayton is 20th in the nation in defensive rebounding %, but average on the offensive glass.  Marquette is also average on the defensive glass (both teams hover around 30%).  Dayton shouldn't have dominated that, so effort was the difference.

[K1 Lover]

Marquette changed their grading system to the +/- system later into my college career, but if it were the original system, I'd give Marquette an AB.

[Uncle Rico]

What are you, duanewade?

No, I demand excellence

[ATL MU Warrior]

If 0-2 vs ISU and DAY is an easy A........what would your grade be if we went 2-0?!?
Extra credit?
A++

I guess I view those games as the equivalent of AP classes? 

[We R Final Four]

If we went 5-1 with a loss to UW.....scoopers would give a B.

[MUfan12]

B. Would have been an A with a win tonight.

The nature of the two road losses, and the fact they nearly pissed away an 8 point lead in 68 seconds at Maryland, have me concerned about their mentality away from Fiserv. They seem easily rattled at times when the crowd is really firing.

[Judge Smails]

AB

[duanewade]

UConn has won back to back national titles, meanwhile this board gives out A's for losing two out of three road games.  We even tried to give away the Maryland game in the last minute, but barely salvaged the win. 

Not too hard to see why UConn has won six national championships and we've languished at one title and haven't been close since. 

I wish I could Xmas shop for this group as even the cheap, ugly sweaters I buy at the Salvation Army Resale Shop would be greeted as Christian Dior cashmere cardigans in the mind's of this group.🤷�♂️

[DJO's Jaw]

Dayton could be #1 in the country........but not a high major....I learned that on scoop.

Ah crap, you're right. B+ then

[brewcity77]

D

My initial thought was B, but that was wrong.

Tonight should've never happened. After Green Bay, I was told we wouldn't schedule a road game that didn't get us a high major in return. This was already a low value game because it likely won't move any STH packages next year.

Winning at home is expected. Go 2-1 on the road, we're talking B/C. But 2 losses, including one that we never should've played, that's subpar.

[The Sultan]

D

My initial thought was B, but that was wrong.

Tonight should've never happened. After Green Bay, I was told we wouldn't schedule a road game that didn't get us a high major in return. This was already a low value game because it likely won't move any STH packages next year.

Winning at home is expected. Go 2-1 on the road, we're talking B/C. But 2 losses, including one that we never should've played, that's subpar.

Now THIS is the Scoop equivalent of a Dr. Wolfe Constitutional Law grade scale. And I appreciate it.

[wadesworld]

D

My initial thought was B, but that was wrong.

Tonight should've never happened. After Green Bay, I was told we wouldn't schedule a road game that didn't get us a high major in return. This was already a low value game because it likely won't move any STH packages next year.

Winning at home is expected. Go 2-1 on the road, we're talking B/C. But 2 losses, including one that we never should've played, that's subpar.

Oh god.  This again?  Similar to last year, we aren't the best team in the country.  We were never going undefeated.  We almost certainly aren't winning a national title.  Anything lower than a B+ grade for this non conference is nuts.