This is beyond troubling

[MuggsyB]

We can't sugarcoat this garbage, regardless if it's early in the season.  I'm giving Shaka an F today. That's right, an F.  We can talk about certain players, and how badly they've played, but I saw a very poorly coached group that have no fking idea how to play winning basketball.  Our offensive sets sucked, our rotations sucked, and our coaching sucked.  Mizzou had like 25 turnovers.  We had an 11 point lead and absolutely crapped the bed with idiotic decisions and 4th grade recess turnovers.  Inexcusable.  Shaka better figure it out or it's time to move on.  And I don't want to hear "adversity is good for us".  There's way more nuance to that and I'm stunned by how poorly we have played and how disorganized we look vs two high major opponents.  I'm truly furious right now.  Fortunately my dog is calming me down a bit.  What we have seen is disturbing/disgusting. 

[dpucane]

Missouri was missing their best player

[MuggsyB]

Missouri was missing their best player

Exactly.  They're big and athletic but not a good team and poorly disciplined.  I saw SLU handle them quite comfortably.

[Warrior of Law]

Marquette is 22-31 since January 2025. They are a losing program by definition. Losing programs lose games, and losing develops momentum. See De Paul, Georgetown, etc. Allow for some anger, and then apathy takes over. We're still in anger mode, but apathy isn't far.

[Stretchdeltsig]

We play with no confidence. The players don't intimidate or dominate. The team doesn't seem "coached uo." Its coached down. Why do the players shoot better in high school than at Marquette. Fru and Clark play soft. They play like they're over grown eighth graders. This team's play is so bad that it makes you wonder what the coaches do.

[1SE]

Marquette is 22-31 since January 2025. They are a losing program by definition. Losing programs lose games, and losing develops momentum. See De Paul, Georgetown, etc. Allow for some anger, and then apathy takes over. We're still in anger mode, but apathy isn't far.

I think it's already there for a lot of casual fans - they'd jump on the bandwagon if we started winning again, but they didnt tune in to todays game.

[williewarrior]

We play with no confidence. The players don't intimidate or dominate. The team doesn't seem "coached uo." Its coached down. Why do the players shoot better in high school than at Marquette. Fru and Clark play soft. They play like they're over grown eighth graders. This team's play is so bad that it makes you wonder what the coaches do.

Fru, Clark and Parham all play soft.

[CountryRoads]

Fru, Clark and Parham all play soft.

And dumb.

[GoldenEagles03]

Fru, Clark and Parham all play soft.

I thought Fru was really physical today. He just fouled out.

Royce has regressed more than anyone I can remember from the end of one season to the start of the next. Neck and neck with Nigel.

[warriors141]

I thought Fru was really physical today. He just fouled out.

Royce has regressed more than anyone I can remember from the end of one season to the start of the next. Neck and neck with Nigel.

This is particularly damning for Shaka. The development of players has not happened past few seasons, and now top guys getting worse. We have a bunch of guys we are redshirting, who clearly aren't getting better, don't even see the floor. Phillips supposed to be so improved, haven't seen anything in a game yet

[MuggsyB]

I thought Fru was really physical today. He just fouled out.

Royce has regressed more than anyone I can remember from the end of one season to the start of the next. Neck and neck with Nigel.

Do you get our offensive sets?  Whether it be vs man or zone?  And if our guys can't seemingly shoot, why wouldn't Porter be on the floor more?  Especially vs Zone?  It not all on Shaka, our top players have been awful, but what adjustments has he made on the offensive end?

Ty.

[rccola42]

I thought Fru was really physical today. He just fouled out.

Royce has regressed more than anyone I can remember from the end of one season to the start of the next. Neck and neck with Nigel.

Don't think it's possible to play physical and only grab 2 rebounds in 20 minutes as a 6'11 player.