We May Be In Serious Trouble

[Uncle Rico]

Sure, but four of those Big East losses were to top 10 teams by a combined 10 points. The other was by a point on the road against DePaul. Five losses by a total of 11 points.
They were losing, but competitive against the top teams in the country.
This team is getting curb stomped by unranked opponents.

Fair, but they were also 74th in KenPom after falling to 1-5 in BE play that year.

This team probably doesn't replicate that year.  That said, a lot of season left.

[MuggsyB]

I also think the Dayton team we play on Wednesday is better than the group Maryland beat us with in the last 10 minutes of the game today.

We have to beat Dayton or Oklahoma to avoid a sub .500 NonCon.

It never even entered my mind that your last sentence was possible. 

[GoldenEagles03]

It never even entered my mind that your last sentence was possible.

Ya. It's a scary thought. Of course, we still play UW and Purdue both on the road so winning one of those would drastically change things. Unfortunately that's not happening unless we somehow pull out a strong performance in Madison.

[MuggsyB]

Ya. It's a scary thought. Of course, we still play UW and Purdue both on the road so winning one of those would drastically change things. Unfortunately that's not happening unless we somehow pull out a strong performance in Madison.

Beating Purdue at Mackey seems like a pipe dream.  As for the Weasels?  You never know. 

[mileskishnish72]

Caedin Hamilton and Josh Clark do not help this roster or last years.

And next year's? I wouldn't bet on it.

[GoldenEagles03]

Beating Purdue at Mackey seems like a pipe dream.  As for the Weasels?  You never know. 

Yup. At UW might be the only realistic shot at a Q1 win in the NonCon and we will probably be 8+ point underdogs. This season got ugly really fast.

[MuggsyB]

Yup. At UW might be the only realistic shot at a Q1 win in the NonCon and we will probably be 8+ point underdogs. This season got ugly really fast.

OU losing tonight didn't help.

[Viper]

Shaka's team through & through. If he's as good as most think, let's see if Shaka can get this fixed starting next game. His recipe, right?
Purdue, UConn and StJ games ain't happening. BUT, the rest of the schedule, both in-conf and non-cons Dayton, RED and OU, isn't a gauntlet. Many Scoopers proclaim Shaka to be their forever guy. These next 3 months should be interesting.

[Nukem2]

Shaka's team through & through. If he's as good as most think, let's see if Shaka can get this fixed starting next game. His recipe, right?
Purdue, UConn and StJ games ain't happening. BUT, the rest of the schedule, both in-conf and non-cons Dayton, RED and OU, isn't a gauntlet. Many Scoopers proclaim Shaka to be their forever guy. These next 3 months should be interesting.

At this point, MU is not exactly the favorite in that game coming up at Madison.

[BM1090]

Shaka's team through & through. If he's as good as most think, let's see if Shaka can get this fixed starting next game. His recipe, right?
Purdue, UConn and StJ games ain't happening. BUT, the rest of the schedule, both in-conf and non-cons Dayton, RED and OU, isn't a gauntlet. Many Scoopers proclaim Shaka to be their forever guy. These next 3 months should be interesting.

Gard would never have a down year or miss a tournament

[brewcity77]

Yes.

Remember Shaka's first year when they lost 4 straight heading into the new year?  Or his second year when they were sitting 67 in KenPom after losing to Mississippi State?  Or when they lost 3 of their first 5 to open Big East play in '24, including at home against Butler?

This team is flawed but the idea the season is over after 5 games is fan doomerism.  Will they turn it around?  Maybe, maybe not.

With Buzz in the arena, thought of the 09-10 team that started 1-5 in Big East play and was sitting 11-7 overall and earned a 6-seed.

Adversity creates opportunity.  It's up to them overcome it.

These are apples to banana stand comparisons. The 2022 Big East had 6 tourney teams and 2 that missed in the top-75. In our 8-1 stretch we notched 4 Q1 & 2 Q2 wins. Outside UConn and maybe Georgetown & St John's, there's just not many opportunities to build a resume. Beating Nova, Seton Hall, & Xavier ain't worth what it used to be.

In 2010 it was an 8-bid league with 5 more NIT teams. Before our 9-1 stretch, we had banked wins over Xavier, Michigan, & Georgetown.

Indiana will probably age okay, but when you take a bad loss like today, you need 2 good wins to really offset it. At the moment, at Purdue, Wisconsin, St John's, Georgetown, & both UConn games are the opportunities. Can we go 3-3 in those games? Will that be enough if we drop a few more unexpected ones?

My own feelings that the season is teetering on the precipice of doom are not just because Marquette has sucked so far, but because the Big East also sucks.