2025-26 Regular Season Record Predictions

[Shooter McGavin]

19-12 (11-9).  The conference is stronger this year minus SH.  Too many unknowns for me on MU (leaders, go to guys, level of development of previous role players, potential freshmen impact, height of our main ball handlers, raw back up centers, three point shooting).  Shaka is a great coach and I think he gets the team to play well enough with good enough defense to get a winning record overall and in conference.

Hope to be pleasantly surprised on the upside with this team.  Glad that many of the scoopers here that have good basketball acumen think they will be much better than I do.  I need to see it to believe it.  Doubting Thomas.  Major test of Shaka's and MU's recruiting and NIL philosophy. He has said as much as well. 

Go MU!  Glad the season is here.

[jimmybutlerfanatic]

Same as last few years.

We start out strong, win some games over some top teams we're not supposed to beat (coz these teams are full of transfers who haven't figured out how to play together yet), have flashes and games where it looks like we're playing National Championship basketball.

Steadily rise in the rankings as the wins pile up, start getting some press and coverage. Continue to rise in the rankings, get more press, talk of how this MU team could be a 2 seed easily and Shaka COY and how he's "doing it right" with no transfers and quality guys who want to be at MU!

Meanwhile other teams starting to figure it out and gelling. Now teams have seen enough tape and have figured us out.

In the BEast grind, getting beat up and tossed around by more physical teams. Falling in the rankings, talk starts about how we're a 5 to 7 seed if we win a couple of BEast tourney games.

MUScoop meltdowns, doom and gloom. End the regular season and post conference season .500 at best over last 8 games. Probably on a 2 to 4 game losing streak going into BEast Tourney. Maybe win 1 in NY or maybe not.

Go into NCAA tourney 8 to 10 seed. Possibly eek 1st round game out or more likely get bounced by a lower seeded team. Definite blow out embarrassing loss in 2nd round.

More MUScoop meltdowns, usual calls of pay the players more, get some transfers or calls for Shaka's head.

Others content with the season, how hard "our guys" tried and how we shouldn't be critical of these "kids" (adults 18yr and older by definition) who are now, also by definition, paid professional players (likely making more $$$ than you btw) in college!

Scoopers then go in to a late hibernation season until hype for next season begins. And we start the same thing all over again!

Still looking forward to the season and the MUScoop meltdowns though. 

[MU82]

Same as last few years.

We start out strong, win some games over some top teams we're not supposed to beat (coz these teams are full of transfers who haven't figured out how to play together yet), have flashes and games where it looks like we're playing National Championship basketball.

Steadily rise in the rankings as the wins pile up, start getting some press and coverage. Continue to rise in the rankings, get more press, talk of how this MU team could be a 2 seed easily and Shaka COY and how he's "doing it right" with no transfers and quality guys who want to be at MU!

Meanwhile other teams starting to figure it out and gelling. Now teams have seen enough tape and have figured us out.

In the BEast grind, getting beat up and tossed around by more physical teams. Falling in the rankings, talk starts about how we're a 5 to 7 seed if we win a couple of BEast tourney games.

MUScoop meltdowns, doom and gloom. End the regular season and post conference season .500 at best over last 8 games. Probably on a 2 to 4 game losing streak going into BEast Tourney. Maybe win 1 in NY or maybe not.

Go into NCAA tourney 8 to 10 seed. Possibly eek 1st round game out or more likely get bounced by a lower seeded team. Definite blow out embarrassing loss in 2nd round.

More MUScoop meltdowns, usual calls of pay the players more, get some transfers or calls for Shaka's head.

Others content with the season, how hard "our guys" tried and how we shouldn't be critical of these "kids" (adults 18yr and older by definition) who are now, also by definition, paid professional players (likely making more $$$ than you btw) in college!

Scoopers then go in to a late hibernation season until hype for next season begins. And we start the same thing all over again!

Still looking forward to the season and the MUScoop meltdowns though. 

By "last few years," you mean last season, right?