RIP Marquette 2025-2026 Men's Basketball Season

[Pakuni]

What a dumb take by that writer. The idiocy among some Marquette basketball fans is laughable.

I mean, you're not exactly wrong.

[Elonsmusk]

OK, "down" season, if we're going to split hairs. Down season vs bad season is a distinction without difference to me.
Presumably if you expect down seasons, why is this past season not acceptable? Or are their degrees of down seasons?

To be clear, I accept that a bad season can happen occasionally. But we shouldn't set that as an expectation.

You and the other posters here all up in arms/put Shaka on the hot seat suggest 80% tournament rate at MU is good/aspirational. Shaka delivers that exact result, and one bad season and you and the other weird "hot seat for Shaka" clowns are in a tizzy?

If you can't see the arrow pointing up, after this blip of a bad year, and can't see Shaka is a massively beyond what Wojo was - you're an embarrassment.

We got better as the year went on. Have 3 stud underclassmen. Beat #4 UCONN in last regular season game. All 3 stud underclassmen unequivocally state they are coming back to MU (relationships maybe do matter), and you and the other drama kings here freak out?  Pure comedy.

[Zog from Margo]

"Blip"? I think the worst MU season in memory is more than a blip.

As for "studs," MU has one returning player who made an All BE team. MU has one stud and two other players who have shown they are BE worthy. That's it for what's proven.

[brewcity77]

If you can't see the arrow pointing up, after this blip of a bad year, and can't see Shaka is a massively beyond what Wojo was - you're an embarrassment.

If this is was a blip, then yes. If they rebuild through the portal, reinforcing the core 3, and are back in single digit seed, fighting for protected seed territory next year, then yes. However that is clearly not a given and this season has shown that Shaka no longer gets the benefit of the doubt.

If we're 25-10 (14-6) after finishing top-3 in the league and playing on Saturday in the BET at this time next year, great. But if we're 17-16 (7-13) and dropped our first BET game while never seriously getting close to the bubble, then Shaka will be gone and deservedly so.

If he backs up the worst season in many of our living memories with success, he'll be back. But if he follows it up with more failure, he'll be gone. And it's absolutely crazy that you of all people don't see that clear as day.

[panda]

If this is was a blip, then yes. If they rebuild through the portal, reinforcing the core 3, and are back in single digit seed, fighting for protected seed territory next year, then yes. However that is clearly not a given and this season has shown that Shaka no longer gets the benefit of the doubt.

If we're 25-10 (14-6) after finishing top-3 in the league and playing on Saturday in the BET at this time next year, great. But if we're 17-16 (7-13) and dropped our first BET game while never seriously getting close to the bubble, then Shaka will be gone and deservedly so.

If he backs up the worst season in many of our living memories with success, he'll be back. But if he follows it up with more failure, he'll be gone. And it's absolutely crazy that you of all people don't see that clear as day.

Precisely - he didn't inherit this situation, he created it himself. In a time of the availability of the quick fix, there is no reason he can't bring this team back to a highly competitive tournament level.

If he takes half measures this off season and the results are mediocre, he's gone.

[Hards Alumni]

Everyone can say what they want, but it will come down to money.  If tickets aren't being sold, or there is zero excitement then he's gone.

If they lose a couple of close games, but the fans are still showing up they're absolutely going to keep him.

Money talks.

[panda]

Everyone can say what they want, but it will come down to money.  If tickets aren't being sold, or there is zero excitement then he's gone.

If they lose a couple of close games, but the fans are still showing up they're absolutely going to keep him.

Money talks.

Interest didn't drastically dip during wojo's downturn. The results did and we changed course. Will be consistent here.

[PointWarrior]

Top 45ish

Bubble team

[Hards Alumni]

Interest didn't drastically dip during wojo's downturn. The results did and we changed course. Will be consistent here.

you sure bout that