We May Be In Serious Trouble

[Viper]

Purdue and Wisconsin will be ugly unless we find a way to defend for starters. 

Parham can't be a non-factor moving  forward. 

We're getting zero from Owens/Tre and our 5's.

The missed chippies are more than one bad game.  Poor balance and we rarely play off of two feet.

The inability of our bigs to switch is killing us. 

Shaka had a bad day imo this afternoon.  Didn't get the rotation at the 14 min mark. 

Lastly, I have at least another 25 or so concerns.

I hope I'm wrong. 

you mention the bench, and rotation. 2fgs from the bench. That's it. Two. Factor in Hamilton and you have three guys taking not a single shot! Parnham made just 1. Rotation? It's Parnham and maybe Stevens. Owens is a head scratcher. Athletic as heck. A backslide was foreshadowed as late last season unfolded. But, not sure I see much turnaround with this roster, this season.

[MuggsyB]

Agree Maryland lost at home to Georgetown by 10

They're aren't and will lose a lot of games.  Especially with Payne out. 

[MuggsyB]

you mention the bench, and rotation. 2fgs from the bench. That's it. Two. Factor in Hamilton and you have three guys taking not a single shot! Parnham made just 1. Rotation? It's Parnham and maybe Stevens. Owens is a head scratcher. Athletic as heck. A backslide was foreshadowed as late last season unfolded. But, not sure I see much turnaround with this roster, this season.

Owens has been extremely disappointing to put it mildly. And I have no idea why he played 10 mins today, and in critical stretches.  I'm less concerned about the FGA's than the anemic defense. 

[MuggsyB]

Go smaller and slow the game down. "Havoc" is a joke against high major teams. We don't have the fire power or skill to play in high possession games.

This is totally antithetical to Shaka's philosophy.  If we don't have the skill to play in a high possession game, what makes you think we would in a low possession game?  It seems to me that we don't run very effective h-c sets and struggle executing in general other than Chase going solo. 

[PointWarrior]

Applying pressure to high quality teams just seems to result in extra fatigue for Marquette.  Fools good thinking what pressure did to Little Rock works against Big Ten teams or any other decent team.

This is totally antithetical to Shaka's philosophy.  If we don't have the skill to play in a high possession game, what makes you think we would in a low possession game?  It seems to me that we don't run very effective h-c sets and struggle executing in general other than Chase going solo. 

[mileskishnish72]

If this is the gameplan, then Nevada Smith doesn't have the cache he thinks he does.

Someone took his hiding place?

[MarquetteMike1977]

Gtown will make tgGtown will make the ncaa tournament

Agree and hopefully Georgetown does make it. But Maryland losing by double digits to an unranked teams at home is not the best thing. That is why I agree with the poster Maryland is not very good and Marquette was favored today by 8.5 points

[nyg]

Owens has been extremely disappointing to put it mildly. And I have no idea why he played 10 mins today, and in critical stretches.  I'm less concerned about the FGA's than the anemic defense. 

Few days ago I went to below site just to read on 2026 draft.  Read somewhere 2026 is best draft prospects in ages.  I have gone to this site before and enjoyed it, they have been extremely accurate in the past.

NBA bound Ben Gold not listed in like 200 players evaluated, but please look at numbers 85 and 87. This was their updated list as of 11/8/25. I will not spoil it for you.

https://nbadraftroom.com/2026-2nd-round/

[MuggsyB]

Few days ago I went to below site just to read on 2026 draft.  Read somewhere 2026 is best draft prospects in ages.  I have gone to this site before and enjoyed it, they have been extremely accurate in the past.

NBA bound Ben Gold not listed in like 200 players evaluated, but please look at numbers 85 and 87. This was their updated list as of 11/8/25. I will not spoil it for you.

https://nbadraftroom.com/2026-2nd-round/

That makes the whole thing even more upsetting.  We know DO has talent. 

[willie warrior]

Gtown will make tgGtown will make the ncaa tournament

But will we?

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Instead of practicing free throws the team needs to practice layups.

[GB Warrior]

Instead of practicing free throws the team needs to practice layups.

There are no FGs in RGV

[CountryRoads]

That makes the whole thing even more upsetting.  We know DO has talent. 

DO's problem is primarily a lack of confidence now. Looked like he played not to make a mistake today. Thought he got hammered on his first drive to the basket today with no call which set a bad tone for him.

[Viper]

But will we?

no, MU will not.

[The Sultan]

DO's problem is primarily a lack of confidence now

How do you know this?

[ChuckyChip]

DO's problem is primarily a lack of confidence now. Looked like he played not to make a mistake today. Thought he got hammered on his first drive to the basket today with no call which set a bad tone for him.

9 minutes...no points, no rebounds, no assists, no blocks, no steals.

[Captain Quette]

Next year - with Shaka's philosophy, unlikely we take a transfer. So Chase leaving and we have to depend on the class of lowery, Jones, Norman plus player development. Marquette = Butler.

Is our soccer or lacrosse team any good?

[Uncle Rico]

Next year - with Shaka's philosophy, unlikely we take a transfer. So Chase leaving and we have to depend on the class of lowery, Jones, Norman plus player development. Marquette = Butler.

Is our soccer or lacrosse team any good?

I'd think Captain Quette would know

[Captain Quette]

What?

[Uncle Rico]

What?

If the soccer or lacrosse teams were good.

[79Warrior]

Maryland isn't good.

Absolute fail by Shaka and staff. If you don't want to get transfers, fine. But you need to recruit better. Collectively, you need a better junior and sophomore class. That's squarely on him.

Really, they looked pretty good to me.

[CountryRoads]

How do you know this?

Guess I should have prefaced that with "I think". Still somewhat optimistic he shows improvement by midseason, but judgement could be thrown off due to how low of optimism I have for at least 3 other upperclassmen to be next year.

[The Sultan]

Really, they looked pretty good to me.

They are ranked 50 in KenPom. They are mediocre at best.

[ATL MU Warrior]

We might lose by 40 at UConn

[drbob]

I think we will be the new bottom feeder of the Big East. Connecticut and St John's will destroy us