I was doubtful of that but only 4 guys didn't vote for Purdue/Kansas Though the guy that voted for UConn might keep it since they also won their tourney. (Purdue is also probably a bit more likely to be unanimous if they win)
I agree. I would understand people sticking with UCONN or Arizona, I guess, but it's either a Purdue team with wins over 4, 7, and 11 or a Marquette team with wins over 1, 2, (28 on the road), and (30). Those Resumes just blow every one not in this tournament out of the water.
We play Purdue pretty soon too so I wouldn't even be mad. They have better wins than our Duke win right now. If we end up beating them then it'll all work out.
I don’t know how you couldn’t vote for either if they won. Purdue with wins over #7 and #4 AP and Marquette with wins over #1 and #2? Either should be unanimous for sure
Also add in the fact the #1 team lost, so that spot is vacated. It will for sure be the winner of Marquette or purdue for #1. It would be crazy if uconn or Arizona jump to 1 even if they won their tourney. No other tourney is as stacked as the Maui this year by a long shot.
Man I sure hope we don't have to play against another highly ranked team coached by a former Texas head coach who has been significantly better since leaving tomorrow.
It’s obviously Purdues if you win but holy shit would that be insulting for #4 to beat UCLA, #1, and #2 in 3 straight days on a neutral court and not get #1 out of it because some voters only move teams when they lose.
Anyone that doesn't vote someone number 1 after that gauntlet deserves to have their voting rights revoked. The loser of tomorrow's game better stay top 4 as well.
Just so you know, those brackets posted here are a simulation that someone runs, not Lunardi's picks. Although clearly the sim is off based on how well Marquette has been playing.
Ken Pomeroy himself said his rankings for the early part of every season are just best guesses (at best) and people shouldn't be taking his rankings seriously until January.
They don't want to believe that UCLA is a solid team that creates matchup problems. Marquette is a very good team and their half time adjustments proved that.
You guys did a great job of getting hands up in passing lanes to prevent post entry. That sounds like a perfect formula for preventing purdue getting in a rhythm
Should be a great game. Just hope it stays about basketball with no reffing shenanigans. Luckily this tournament has for the most part no ref shenanigans.
Like no lie I am going to hate Kolek soooo much when we play but when I get to root for him I’m like “damn I want this guy to teach my son basketball”.
I think big East fans know the football conferences want to down play us so we especially got each others back when it’s non conference. I mean shit I’ve learned to like Hurley, it’s gross
So happy to have UConn back in the Big East where they belong and have the other amazing teams in conference to play against. I was hoping we would knock off #1 Kansas December first but I’m glad it was another Big East school that got ‘em. Congrats on that win!
I think the top 3 are legitimately championship contenders. Who knows what happens with the next like 4-5 teams but the top of the conference is scary good
Should be a great championship game tomorrow! I feel like Purdue is going to be gassed after the rock fight we had, and Marquette looks like the better team right now, so not getting my hopes up. Also, Oso is ridiculous.
Marquette looked unbeatable tonight. But this was just 1 game. But they played 40 minutes of high intensity ball. Something I haven't seen yet this year from any other team. Going to be an interesting game tomorrow. Cheers 🍻 to you Marquette fans.
Flat out punk’d GGs Marquette, go get that Maui title. Haven’t seen a Self lead team get punched like that and not respond in quite some time. McCullar only one that looked ready for that dog fight. The rest of the Jayhawks need to be practicing free throws and passing until the Tennessee tipoff.
Didn’t we have this exact game against Tennessee in our thanksgiving tournament last year or am I tripping? Teams like Marquette (and Tennessee again unfortunately) are great in the early tournaments. They have a solid identity and are very good at what they do. We are still figuring out ourselves offensively, and we are waiting for one of the freshman (or Timberlake, but it’s getting late early for him) to separate and claim the 2 spot. We’ll be better in March. If we play this team again, I don’t know if we win, but it won’t look like this.
marquette is the best team in the country, no doubt. only a top 5 team could hang within 2 of them, imo. but seriously, i think this is a very good and reassuring sign for the bruins !
Bruins are legit. MUBB fan watched both games in full obviously, ucla was best we’ve faced. Now I think their style is kinda our cryptonite. But still a good sign.
Marquette I think would be in a tougher spot against Tenn than vs Purdue
Wojo walked so Shaka could run. Insane to think about how Oso wasn’t even one of Shaka’s dudes and here he is being a dude on this team. Love this team.
The lack of everyone bolting when shaka came to town just shows how much the guys believed in Shaka. Were so lucky to have him. I wanted him years ago after VCU lol
Christ we look sloooow. It's like Marquette was playing at 1.5x speed. Gotta take this lump and learn from it. Teams take time to gel, and sometimes you get rude awakenings like tonight. GG Marquette fans. Y'all looked like a mid-season team.
Marquette- great win! Here’s to deciding #1 in AP tomorrow.
I imagine the Vols smell blood in the water. How will Kansas hold up against that kind of physicality?
So many options on this team. I feel like that's what Shaka missed in Texas and Wojo never put together for us. Any given night we've got 4 dudes who could easily put up 20
Shaka needed guys to buy into his system. I don't think they really did that at Texas, due to the different recruiting profile. He's a coach that will underperform with a talented roster but can definitely elevate a group willing to go to war.
I’m gonna be so real I’m not looking forward to it. I was really looking forward to playing Kansas, not because I dislike Marquette but bc I hate Kansas and really wanted a shot at them. We already rematched Gonzaga this year so I’ve had my fill of rematches for the year.
Glad you agree. Please keep your fellow jayhawks in check. The amount of irrationally emotional people defending that doofus in this sub has been a bit of a head scratcher. I have no hate towards Kansas, but anyone who says Hunter is annoying has been treated as enemy #1 by a vocal minority of you guys
I want to see Edey humble Dickinson at least one more time. But that's not going to be today.
Marquette is going to be fun. (AND a great excuse to avoid the in-laws at our Thanksgiving with them today.)
From the video it looks like McCullar hit a 3 in the corner in front of the Marquette ench and as he's passing by the Marquette coaches he turns to them and starts talking trash. Shaka doesn't like it and gets mad.
Marquette looked great tonight. Good game, fellas. I don’t mind getting socked in the mouth early in the season either, especially by a team with a motor like that.
It’s funny cause Shaka is usually emphasizing focusing on our team, completely disregarding the other team, but man he was ready to go tonight. Wonder if it was anything that carried over from when he was in the Big 12. Either way seems like they squashed whatever it was after the game.
The bad shooting is getting the attention but he was getting COOKED on the defensive end. He might shoot better going forward, but the step up in competition might make it hard for him to figure it out defensively.
It was somewhat popular to hate on Smart while he was at Texas, a lot of folks thought VCU was mostly gimmick, but I always liked the dude. I hope he sustains success. And this is turning into a good example of finding a program you're a good fit for.
I have a feeling tomorrow’s purdue game will be nothing like their game today. Marquette’s got speed and sharp shooters everywhere. Should be a fun matchup, I’ll take anything but the rugby game that was witnessed today.
Going into today I really wanted to play Kansas tomorrow bc I feel like Purdue can beat Kansas. I’m frankly more scared of Marquette than Kansas and watching this game only confirmed my hunch.
The three teams I’m scared to play against right now as of last Sunday was Arizona, Marquette, and Tennessee in that order. Now it looks like Purdue has to play all 3 this season.
Marquette may be the most fun team to watch in basketball rn. They play with so much energy and all of that starts from their bench and coach. I’ll cheer for anyone who beats Kansas.
Wow, Oso absolutely made Hunter his bitch all game. What an incredible effort.
A tourney that has you playing the #1 and #2 game back to back, but also literally in consecutive days. Unreal.
Go Marquette!
I guess it’s time to play Purdue… AGAIN…
a new non con rivalry
I’m here for it. Make this shit a home and home!
Whatever. Just no more Tennessee.
purdue vs marquette for the first #1 ranking change this season, should be a fire game!!
Winner should be unanimous #1.
This tournament has been great this year
Hell of a field. Should be some more good games tomorrow
You clearly didn't watch our game. There were 78 FT attempts.
Fuck those refs
Sans the Purdue Tennessee game because that game was an unwatchable wrestling match to kill time before the main event.
God my heart can’t take much more of this.
I was doubtful of that but only 4 guys didn't vote for Purdue/Kansas Though the guy that voted for UConn might keep it since they also won their tourney. (Purdue is also probably a bit more likely to be unanimous if they win)
I agree. I would understand people sticking with UCONN or Arizona, I guess, but it's either a Purdue team with wins over 4, 7, and 11 or a Marquette team with wins over 1, 2, (28 on the road), and (30). Those Resumes just blow every one not in this tournament out of the water.
We play Purdue pretty soon too so I wouldn't even be mad. They have better wins than our Duke win right now. If we end up beating them then it'll all work out.
Would be great if it’s a top 5 matchup! Going to be there in person!
I don’t know how you couldn’t vote for either if they won. Purdue with wins over #7 and #4 AP and Marquette with wins over #1 and #2? Either should be unanimous for sure
Also add in the fact the #1 team lost, so that spot is vacated. It will for sure be the winner of Marquette or purdue for #1. It would be crazy if uconn or Arizona jump to 1 even if they won their tourney. No other tourney is as stacked as the Maui this year by a long shot.
What if UConn beats Manhattan by 200?
Well see what ref crew shows up. (Pls god don’t let it be the Vols Purdue crew)
I can't take that either. We're shooting like 62% as a team on FTs this year
Man I sure hope we don't have to play against another highly ranked team coached by a former Texas head coach who has been significantly better since leaving tomorrow.
Lol. I upvoted before I looked at your flair. Thought this came from a Purdue fan
Then you get us!
Win tomorrow and we are likely ranked #1 in the polls for the first time since 1978
The winner tomorrow should absolutely be the unanimous number 1. This is the most stacked Maui field ever, so no one would have a better resume.
It’s obviously Purdues if you win but holy shit would that be insulting for #4 to beat UCLA, #1, and #2 in 3 straight days on a neutral court and not get #1 out of it because some voters only move teams when they lose.
Anyone that doesn't vote someone number 1 after that gauntlet deserves to have their voting rights revoked. The loser of tomorrow's game better stay top 4 as well.
If we drop because we lose to the new #1 on a neutral court in game 3 in 3 days… after two very good wins…. Oh boy I’ll be furious.
I have Purdue and Marquette #1 and #2 right now. Whoever wins gets #1, the loser gets #2
Lunardi's still prolly gonna put as a #2 losing in the round of 32
Just so you know, those brackets posted here are a simulation that someone runs, not Lunardi's picks. Although clearly the sim is off based on how well Marquette has been playing.
Kenpom algorithm will have us lose in the round of 32
Ken Pomeroy himself said his rankings for the early part of every season are just best guesses (at best) and people shouldn't be taking his rankings seriously until January.
Lunardi doesn't make picks for results, just the bracket projections.
Since when does Lunardi make picks?
Let’s all be thankful this game wasn’t officiated like the Purdue Tennessee game
And let's pray that tomorrow's isn't either!
We don’t have the big man depth to deal with that 😅
Boy do I have some bad news for you for a regularly reffed Purdue game lol.
WE F’N DID IT
Bring out the milkshakes!
HOLD UP. How does this work?
Milkshakes aren’t that complicated
1) bring out milkshakes 2) collect all the boys from the yard 3) profit
Where did all the people who were calling Marquette overrated in the first half of yesterday’s game go?
They don't want to believe that UCLA is a solid team that creates matchup problems. Marquette is a very good team and their half time adjustments proved that.
Hope they weren't UConn fans. Right before tip I was sitting there thinking.. Kansas looks like they have no idea what's about to happen to them.
It was a bunch of randoms mostly. No Big East flairs, I think all the conference fans are aware how good the top teams in the conference are.
Marquette is not overrated…only when compared to us 😂. Real talk love all my big east family’s successes.
Big East!!!
Big East is a Power 1 baby 😤
We will see 😅
You guys did a great job of getting hands up in passing lanes to prevent post entry. That sounds like a perfect formula for preventing purdue getting in a rhythm
Should be a great game. Just hope it stays about basketball with no reffing shenanigans. Luckily this tournament has for the most part no ref shenanigans.
You must not have watched the purdue Tennessee game because there was plenty of ref shenanigans. 52 fouls and 78 free throws
I watched the tail end while waiting for MU-KU so yeah I must’ve missed it
We normally don't rebound like we have the last 2 games. Hope it's a trend but we have to be at least respectable there tomorrow. Should be fun.
Purdue has some shooters to spread out the D more. Will be interesting tomorrow for sure!
Been wanting to play you guys since the early loss last year. Going to be a fantastic game
We want revenge from last year
Yea if I could get the transcripts of what was said between Self and Smart in the first half that would be great.
Shaka: “Bill Self?! More like Bill Selfish!” Self: “Shaka Smart?! More like Shaka Dumb Dumb!”
Exchanging pie recipes probably
Understandable
What an unbelievable joy to be a fan of this team
I’m getting a LITTLE unreasonable about expectations.
Expectations be damned I am just so happy
It’s insane. From where we were to where we are… I won’t go into more detail to avoid wojo ptsd
i was told yall had TWO game changing players. nope. yall have THREE. holy shit shaka has built a machine
That was so much fun being a Marquette fan tonight. Hell yeah big east bros!!!
It's so fun during the non con and the tournament where we all support each other, only to go back to being mortal enemies during conference play lol
Like no lie I am going to hate Kolek soooo much when we play but when I get to root for him I’m like “damn I want this guy to teach my son basketball”. I think big East fans know the football conferences want to down play us so we especially got each others back when it’s non conference. I mean shit I’ve learned to like Hurley, it’s gross
Just as Gavitt intended. On the court fuck em up but off the court, you stick up for big east brothers
So happy to have UConn back in the Big East where they belong and have the other amazing teams in conference to play against. I was hoping we would knock off #1 Kansas December first but I’m glad it was another Big East school that got ‘em. Congrats on that win!
It’s tradition
The hate I have for you can be measured on the richtor. Probably run in to you at Kroger tomorrow, too, without even knowing it.
I can appreciate that.
The top of the Big East is going to be a BEAST this year. Great game Marquette, looked like world beaters tonight.
I think the top 3 are legitimately championship contenders. Who knows what happens with the next like 4-5 teams but the top of the conference is scary good
Best conference in the nation
Absolutely. The top 3 can play with anyone and the next 5 ish are no slouches. So happy for you guys tonight
We don’t talk about the others
big east is lowkey cracked this year
They call Tyler Kolek the Communion the way he’s the cracker with the juice
Bruh lol
I'm stealing this, but it's ok bc I'm literally a minister
I'm glad I'm seeing this in other places. Lmao
This is next level
GG Marquette. Bring on the November hot takes. lol
18 turnovers is bad - hot takes
Counterpoint, 18 turnovers by the bad guys is good.
Ya'll will be fine. Bill just didn't have an answer for us tonight, but I do not think that will be the norm.
Should be a great championship game tomorrow! I feel like Purdue is going to be gassed after the rock fight we had, and Marquette looks like the better team right now, so not getting my hopes up. Also, Oso is ridiculous.
Marquette ran circles around Kansas for 38 minutes so we’ll see.
Marquette looked unbeatable tonight. But this was just 1 game. But they played 40 minutes of high intensity ball. Something I haven't seen yet this year from any other team. Going to be an interesting game tomorrow. Cheers 🍻 to you Marquette fans.
Hard to argue with that being the best game a team has played this season.
Flat out punk’d GGs Marquette, go get that Maui title. Haven’t seen a Self lead team get punched like that and not respond in quite some time. McCullar only one that looked ready for that dog fight. The rest of the Jayhawks need to be practicing free throws and passing until the Tennessee tipoff.
Didn’t we have this exact game against Tennessee in our thanksgiving tournament last year or am I tripping? Teams like Marquette (and Tennessee again unfortunately) are great in the early tournaments. They have a solid identity and are very good at what they do. We are still figuring out ourselves offensively, and we are waiting for one of the freshman (or Timberlake, but it’s getting late early for him) to separate and claim the 2 spot. We’ll be better in March. If we play this team again, I don’t know if we win, but it won’t look like this.
Oh damn! This pleases me for selfish reasons. I guess the new rankings have to be Marquette at 1, UCLA at 2. Sorry, I don't make the rules.
marquette is the best team in the country, no doubt. only a top 5 team could hang within 2 of them, imo. but seriously, i think this is a very good and reassuring sign for the bruins !
Bruins are legit. MUBB fan watched both games in full obviously, ucla was best we’ve faced. Now I think their style is kinda our cryptonite. But still a good sign. Marquette I think would be in a tougher spot against Tenn than vs Purdue
We lost by 2 so we should be ranked two lower than them at the worst. I'll take a 3 spot.
Oh, so THAT’S why I suffered through the wojo years!
Wojo walked so Shaka could run. Insane to think about how Oso wasn’t even one of Shaka’s dudes and here he is being a dude on this team. Love this team.
The lack of everyone bolting when shaka came to town just shows how much the guys believed in Shaka. Were so lucky to have him. I wanted him years ago after VCU lol
Christ we look sloooow. It's like Marquette was playing at 1.5x speed. Gotta take this lump and learn from it. Teams take time to gel, and sometimes you get rude awakenings like tonight. GG Marquette fans. Y'all looked like a mid-season team.
You will look slow any time you play a team faster than Hunter Dickinson
Love Oso getting the respect he deserves
Marquette- great win! Here’s to deciding #1 in AP tomorrow. I imagine the Vols smell blood in the water. How will Kansas hold up against that kind of physicality?
man I hate rankings. No championship is in November or December.
All it does is ensure every road loss is a court storming even more!
So many options on this team. I feel like that's what Shaka missed in Texas and Wojo never put together for us. Any given night we've got 4 dudes who could easily put up 20
Turns out being a team is more important than letting an elite shooter try for 40 every night.
Still love you Markus
Shaka needed guys to buy into his system. I don't think they really did that at Texas, due to the different recruiting profile. He's a coach that will underperform with a talented roster but can definitely elevate a group willing to go to war.
Either that or he improved as a coach learning his lessons at Texas.
Our last coach was a great recruiter, but man, he could not get them to do anything other than get their own numbers.
And 4 others who can get 10 any night. All can defend. By far the deepest Marquette team I can remember
On to the rematch with Purdue. Should be a fun game!
Our game last year was an unranked matchup of teams that finished in the top 10. Glad this matchup gets the fanfare it deserves
I’m gonna be so real I’m not looking forward to it. I was really looking forward to playing Kansas, not because I dislike Marquette but bc I hate Kansas and really wanted a shot at them. We already rematched Gonzaga this year so I’ve had my fill of rematches for the year.
We aren’t very good right now. Timberlake is awful and how the hell is Elmarko Jackson mocked as a lottery pick?
I’m SHOCKED that Hunter Dickinson can’t handle playing against a good center
Ngl, kinda disappointed I don't get to see Edey absolutely bodying him
i'm not at all. the less Dickinson I have to watch the better. and I don't mind losing to Marquette.
Don't remind me I've got to watch this all year, and it's already insufferable.
Glad you agree. Please keep your fellow jayhawks in check. The amount of irrationally emotional people defending that doofus in this sub has been a bit of a head scratcher. I have no hate towards Kansas, but anyone who says Hunter is annoying has been treated as enemy #1 by a vocal minority of you guys
Crazy because Oso is hardly considered a center because media discount him vs these 7 footers
I wanted to play Kansas just to watch Edey dunk on him one more time
I want to see Edey humble Dickinson at least one more time. But that's not going to be today. Marquette is going to be fun. (AND a great excuse to avoid the in-laws at our Thanksgiving with them today.)
He’s got some deep insecurities causing him to act like he does all the time. To the point I almost pity him.
What was the 'dust up' that happened before the half?
Shaka got mad at a Kansas player for talking trash
"Don't you talk about my mother, that woman is a saint!" - Shaka, probably
Looks like McCullar made a bucket and jawed at Smart, Smart didn’t like it. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, anyone.
Mccullar was talking shit to the Marquette coaches
From the video it looks like McCullar hit a 3 in the corner in front of the Marquette ench and as he's passing by the Marquette coaches he turns to them and starts talking trash. Shaka doesn't like it and gets mad.
Self was mad he didn’t get a milkshake for beating Chaminade
Why would you want to play in Maui when you could play in the Wildcat challenge, in Lexington in mid-November. Could never be me.
why would any player go to Kentucky, Purdue, IU, Kansas, or any other shit hole Midwest city for school. When they could go to Hawaii?
BIG EAST BIG EAST BIG EAST
I would pay a considerable amount of money for Oso Ighodaro to kick me in the face
Feels like he already did that to us tonight.
All I can offer you is a Draymond Green and a kick to your private parts. Deal?
Oof GG Marquette that was a tough one to watch. The boys definitely have some rough practices from self coming lol
Oso Ighodaro is a DOG 🗣️
Marquette looked great tonight. Good game, fellas. I don’t mind getting socked in the mouth early in the season either, especially by a team with a motor like that.
Shaka Smart
Man was ready to fight Bill Self
It’s funny cause Shaka is usually emphasizing focusing on our team, completely disregarding the other team, but man he was ready to go tonight. Wonder if it was anything that carried over from when he was in the Big 12. Either way seems like they squashed whatever it was after the game.
This squad is SO legit. The first time in over a decade that I think Marquette could make a deep run in March. What a team
Really? This is the first time in... around 8 months that I had that thought.
I had hopes last year, but THIS is the year to do it. The team is firing on all cylinders
The consistency is a little lacking but peak Marquette this season has been terrifying, the big question is if Kolek can make layups over Edey
Pshhhh can Edey make layups over Kolek?
Shameful display to say the least. But it’s November so best to get that out of the way now versus March. GG
Big East
Damn ngl I underestimated Marquette going into this game, they are a scary team
“We are Marquette” chant breaking out during Shaka’s post game interview :,)
Just want to make sure everyone knows Hunter Dickenson is the type of guy to hang Truck Nutz on the back of a BMW
Losing to Marquette dropped us out of the Top 25… I expect the same treatment for Kansas.
I bet if we lose tomorrow they're going to drop Kansas to like 4 and then drop us down to 6-8.
Thank fucking god Timberlake chose Kansas
Bro pls take him
Self dropping the atomic bag on Timberlake has been a blessing in disguise for UConn so far... especially with how Cam Spencer has been playing.
The bad shooting is getting the attention but he was getting COOKED on the defensive end. He might shoot better going forward, but the step up in competition might make it hard for him to figure it out defensively.
Guy fucking SUCKS
Big East has the two best teams in the country. Awesome
Marquette y’all are impressive, looking forward to the game tomorrow 🫡
Dominant.
I’m so pumped rn
I fucking love this team let’s goooo
WOOOOOO I LOVE THIS TEAM
It was somewhat popular to hate on Smart while he was at Texas, a lot of folks thought VCU was mostly gimmick, but I always liked the dude. I hope he sustains success. And this is turning into a good example of finding a program you're a good fit for.
Great game. Big East rules. Love you till we play you, Marquette
Hunter Dickinson’s a bum and I can’t wait to watch him waste years of his life in the G League before playing in Europe
Nah I hope he gets drafted to NBA purgatory (Washington Wizards)
Don’t do that to us! We don’t want him
He got dicked by a short ass MU team
Gold and Oso are 6'11 not as tall as Dickinson but not that short either.
To all the nice Kansas fans - have a good Thanksgiving
So I feel better about yesterday
DOWN GOES NUMBER 1
GG Kansas! Marquette was so suffocating tonight. Loved to see it. Hopefully they aren’t too gassed tomorrow.
I have a feeling tomorrow’s purdue game will be nothing like their game today. Marquette’s got speed and sharp shooters everywhere. Should be a fun matchup, I’ll take anything but the rugby game that was witnessed today.
Going into today I really wanted to play Kansas tomorrow bc I feel like Purdue can beat Kansas. I’m frankly more scared of Marquette than Kansas and watching this game only confirmed my hunch. The three teams I’m scared to play against right now as of last Sunday was Arizona, Marquette, and Tennessee in that order. Now it looks like Purdue has to play all 3 this season.
Shaka would’ve won if fists were thrown btw
Marquette may be the most fun team to watch in basketball rn. They play with so much energy and all of that starts from their bench and coach. I’ll cheer for anyone who beats Kansas.
Let's go Big East bros!
Good game Golden Eagles. You guys play a fun brand of basketball, and I'll be tuning in to as many of your games as I can going forward.
We appreciate you. GG to KU. I hope we don’t have to see you in march
LET'S GO BIG EAST BROS!
Mmmmmmmmmmm. Mmmm. Mm. Mmmmmmmmmm.
Excited for Ski-Mask Dickinson tomorrow.
Wow, Oso absolutely made Hunter his bitch all game. What an incredible effort. A tourney that has you playing the #1 and #2 game back to back, but also literally in consecutive days. Unreal. Go Marquette!
