2023-24 Marquette Basketball Thread

[patrickgpe]

First AP poll out today, MU checks in at #5. This is the highest they have ever been ranked since March of 1978. 

[patrickgpe]

Looking forward to seeing how MU stacks up in the Maui Invitational. 3 of the #1 seeds in the latest ESPN bracketology is in the tourney. Besides Chaminade, every team but Syracuse is projected to be in the field of 68. 

[thebruce44]

Great win last night!

[HarryDoyle]

Too late for me to watch the game but it must've been a good one.

[thebruce44]

I'm on Pacific Time and even I was rubbing my eyes this morning!

[patrickgpe]

Down goes #1 Kansas! 

[HarryDoyle]

So does this mean that not only are we Wisconsin's Team, we're America's Team too?

[OldHeidelberg]

I would think todays winner will be #1 next week. Beating #1 and #2 should be enough for MU to hop Zona.

[nate82]

Seeing Marquette beat Kansas is always nice.  I used to work with someone who was so annoyingly a KU fan. 

[patrickgpe]

3 hours ago, HarryDoyle said:

So does this mean that not only are we Wisconsin's Team, we're America's Team too?

According to some here Marquette isn’t even a Wisconsin team, so idk 

[homer]

1 hour ago, OldHeidelberg said:

I would think todays winner will be #1 next week. Beating #1 and #2 should be enough for MU to hop Zona.

They still have to play Purdue

[HarryDoyle]

4 hours ago, patrickgpe said:

According to some here Marquette isn’t even a Wisconsin team, so idk 

Yeah but they're Badger fans and they don't matter.

 

[HarryDoyle]

NBA scouts considering drafting consensus first team All American Hunter Dickinson, need to look no further than game film vs Oso Ighadaro.

[homer]

23 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Yeah but they're Badger fans and they don't matter.

 

You seem to post as much about the Badgers and their fans as you do about Marquette.

[OldHeidelberg]

5 hours ago, homer said:

They still have to play Purdue

Yes, I meant Purdue would also be #1 if they win. Meaningless ranking of course I just thought it's probably not often teams go head to head with #1 at stake in regular season.

[patrickgpe]

This will only be the 11th time a team played 1 and 2 on consecutive nights, with only 1 team upsetting both. (Loyala - Chicago in 72)

[HarryDoyle]

It's bad enough we have no answer for Edey, but then sink a 70 foot buzzer beater? Hope Smart has some adjustments during halftime.

[patrickgpe]

9 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

It's bad enough we have no answer for Edey, but then sink a 70 foot buzzer beater? Hope Smart has some adjustments during halftime.

They were down by 12 against ucla also. I’d like for them to win but it honestly isn’t a huge deal. Beating Kansas was the mission, this is a bonus 

[HarryDoyle]

Down by 1. Let's finish off this comeback. Hope that buzzer beater doesn't come back to bite us.

[HarryDoyle]

It did. Damn. Good game though. I think this team made a statement these past three days though. Sometimes an early season loss is a late season win. The experience will pay off.

[patrickgpe]

They may have lost, but they made a statement this week that they are going to be a factor in late March and early April. The increase in their sos will help and they will move up to at least 3 on Monday in the rankings.

they lost by 3 which was a 70ft halftime prayer. I won’t get too upset about todays results 

[MrTPlush]

6 hours ago, HarryDoyle said:

It did. Damn. Good game though. I think this team made a statement these past three days though. Sometimes an early season loss is a late season win. The experience will pay off.

Not sure I am following your logic. Marquette is like the most experienced roster and about identical to the roster as last year. This is usually something you would say if the team was full of freshman/transfers. They are the polar opposite.

 

[owbc]

5 minutes ago, MrTPlush said:

Not sure I am following your logic. Marquette is like the most experienced roster and about identical to the roster as last year. This is usually something you would say if the team was full of freshman/transfers. They are the polar opposite.

 

 For a final four contender like Marquette the result today doesn’t really matter, especially since they beat Kansas. 
 

Purdue is playing like they have something to prove this year, best to cross paths with them in November and not when it matters. 

[HarryDoyle]

7 hours ago, MrTPlush said:

Not sure I am following your logic. Marquette is like the most experienced roster and about identical to the roster as last year. This is usually something you would say if the team was full of freshman/transfers. They are the polar opposite.

 

So they can stop learning now?

[RedStickBrew]

I would say Marquette recovered nicely from the Badger loss with a pretty dominant performance tonight. Really good team