2025-26 College Hoops Thread

[GoldenEagles03]

Unfortunately I don't think our talent is that far off of UW or Oklahoma. We are just much worse situationally in game.

Nebraska just throttled UW but only beat Oklahoma by 6. We should have run Oklahoma out of the gym when we had our chance but we choked and lost a close one, but yet somehow got throttled by UW.

Talent is similar. Execution and in game awareness is way worse, and that's a major issue, not a silver lining.

[MuggsyB]

Unfortunately I don't think our talent is that far off of UW or Oklahoma. We are just much worse situationally in game.

Nebraska just throttled UW but only beat Oklahoma by 6. We should have run Oklahoma out of the gym when we had our chance but we choked and lost a close one, but yet somehow got throttled by UW.

Talent is similar. Execution and in game awareness is way worse, and that's a major issue, not a silver lining.

I think there's a significant disparity in shooting. 

[MU82]

I think there's a significant disparity in shooting. 

As shooters tonight, the Weasels channeled their inner Marquette. I blame Gard.

[MuggsyB]

As shooters tonight, the Weasels channeled their inner Marquette. I blame Gard.

They were guarded but they're capable of making them.  We don't seem to have that ability.  I think we're one of the worst shooting teams among high-majors. 

[MuggsyB]

Oklahoma was up like 15 on Nebraska before the corn people woke up.  That final score is misleading.   

[wadesworld]

College athletics have done nothing if not prove the transitive property to be accurate.

[MU82]

They were guarded but they're capable of making them.  We don't seem to have that ability.  I think we're one of the worst shooting teams among high-majors. 

All those big bodies, yet they just kept chucking. Nice coaching.

[Viper]

If he doesn't already know where the door is, it would be rude to wait until March to show him!

shaka to that same door?

[MU82]

shaka to that same door?

Sure. Shaka is the worst. Especially because of his .200 winning percentage against RED. He's gotta go.

[MuggsyB]

Stirtz began his career at a D2 school?  The kid has a lot of game. 

[MuggsyB]

Iowa St. is relentless defensively. 

[GoldenEagles03]

We are getting dangerously close to being projected less wins than the UWGB Phoenix this year.

[GoldenEagles03]

We are getting dangerously close to being projected less wins than the UWGB Phoenix this year.

Scratch that. Torvik has UWGB projected 13 wins. Marquette projected 12.

[Johnny B]

Scratch that. Torvik has UWGB projected 13 wins. Marquette projected 12.

Who cares? Kind of beating a dead horse a bit. We know Marquette is bad. Very bad 

[GoldenEagles03]

Who cares? Kind of beating a dead horse a bit. We know Marquette is bad. Very bad 

I certainly care.

Being the least successful team in the state in any given year is a bad thing. Very bad.

[WhiteTrash]

Scratch that. Torvik has UWGB projected 13 wins. Marquette projected 12.

Shaka should check and see if his AmEx is still in his wallet.

[wadesworld]

I certainly care.

Being the least successful team in the state in any given year is a bad thing. Very bad.

You worry a lot. And about a lot of completely irrelevant things.

[MU82]

Only someone who knows precious little about college basketball would look at the records of a Horizon League team and a Big East team and proclaim the Horizon team "better" because it finished with one more win.

Forget the competition each team plays. The team with one more win is always better.

That's why the NCAA Tournament selection committee always chooses Horizon League teams with 20 wins over Big 12 and Big Ten teams with 19 wins.

[GoldenEagles03]

You worry a lot. And about a lot of completely irrelevant things.

You worry a lot (more) about what I worry about.

[JTJ3]

This Marquette roster would finish with at least 20 wins, probably 25, if it was in the Horizon League.  Green Bay sucks and so does the Horizon League.

[panda]

This Marquette roster would finish with at least 20 wins, probably 25, if it was in the Horizon League.  Green Bay sucks and so does the Horizon League.

Buddy we almost lost to valpo at home

[GoldenEagles03]

Buddy we almost lost to valpo at home

We'd be 5th in the NET in the Horizon League at this moment in time.

Sandwiched right between Robert Morris and Northern Kentucky...but everything is fine, 🐼.

[wadesworld]

We'd be 5th in the NET in the Horizon League at this moment in time.

Sandwiched right between Robert Morris and Northern Kentucky...but everything is fine, 🐼.

The same ranking that has Georgia as a top 15 team and St. Mary's ahead of Houston and Texas Tech?  St. Louis as a top 30 team?  Akron at 41?

It's pretty early to be using the NET to determine which teams are better than other teams.

[brewcity77]

I'm old enough to remember what Valpo did to us at Fiserv, and there are 5 teams in the Horizon on par with or better than Valpo, whether you use current kenpom numbers or filtered T-Rank numbers.

But regardless, if our metric for success is "imagine how many wins we'd have in the Horizon" then by any measure the program is failing.