2024-25 Outlook

[swoopem]

Rothstein tweeted that the Big East should be announcing the schedule this week. Would love UConn at home on a Saturday finally

[MUDPT]

Rothstein tweeted that the Big East should be announcing the schedule this week. Would love UConn at home on a Saturday finally

White Sox Bill says that UConn is home on a Saturday in February.

[swoopem]

White Sox Bill says that UConn is home on a Saturday in February.

My birthday is February 8th. That would be lovely

[Milkshakes]

Apologies if already discussed - did not read the 6 page thread.  It seems I don't hear anything about Sean Jones. Shouldn't he be able to play around now?  It has been 8 months.  8-12 months is my understanding of the timeline.  I think I see him practicing in one of the recent posts.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Apologies if already discussed - did not read the 6 page thread.  It seems I don't hear anything about Sean Jones. Shouldn't he be able to play around now?  It has been 8 months.  8-12 months is my understanding of the timeline.  I think I see him practicing in one of the recent posts.

Unless something has changed, people believe he will be back around the beginning of conference play at the earliest.

[tower912]

Major knee surgery in mid January.  Doing all of the work.  8 months is wildly optimistic.   

[brewcity77]

Apologies if already discussed - did not read the 6 page thread.  It seems I don't hear anything about Sean Jones. Shouldn't he be able to play around now?  It has been 8 months.  8-12 months is my understanding of the timeline.  I think I see him practicing in one of the recent posts.

Very real chance he misses the year. Earliest estimates on his return seem to be late January or February.

[Herman Cain]

Very real chance he misses the year. Earliest estimates on his return seem to be late January or February.

Possibly it could be best for all concerned , if Sean spends the entire season rehabbing. Come back in full health , and in game ready condition, next season when MU will need another experienced guard.

[swoopem]

Rothstein tweeted that the Big East should be announcing the schedule this week. Would love UConn at home on a Saturday finally

Rothstein starting to leak games. I bet the schedule drops tomorrow

[brewcity77]

Rothstein starting to leak games. I bet the schedule drops tomorrow

Marquette at Xavier on Dec. 21.

My money is on Butler at Marquette being our Big East opener on either Dec. 17 or 18. The only other Big East team not playing on Dec 17/18 currently is Providence, but we know they open Big East play at DePaul on Dec. 10 and host St. John's Dec. 20.

I don't think we'll have a full week off from 12/14 to 12/21 after Finals, but it is worth noting both Butler and Providence have Finals the week of 12/16, so possible that we start with two Big East road games.

[tower912]

Cool, get them out of the way while the opposing students are on winter break.  Kick butt, take names, pocket the Ws.

[barfolomew]

Cool, get them out of the way while the opposing students are on winter break.  Kick butt, take names, pocket the Ws.

Afraid of opposing students, eh?
Man, TKO leaves and this fanbase goes #soft...

[tower912]

Pragmatic.   I think this is going to be another fun year.

[rocket surgeon]

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterSep 9, 2024, 11:00 AM ET

Despite the incremental roster changes of the past month, there's no movement for this edition of the Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings. So, we're going to go through each team and address the biggest question it faces.

There's still one more update coming before the start of the 2024-25 season, when we'll do a clean sweep of the rankings. We wouldn't want to look back and be wrong about anything in five months, of course.

17. Marquette Golden Eagles

Previous ranking: 17

What happens at the point guard position? All-American Tyler Kolek is off to the NBA, and backup point guard Sean Jones is still recovering from a torn ACL suffered last January. Shaka Smart could opt to move Kam Jones to the point guard spot; he's a big-time scorer and shooter, but he has shown playmaking ability. Stevie Mitchell could also handle the ball more often.

Projected starting lineup

Kam Jones (17.2 PPG)
Stevie Mitchell (8.8 PPG)
Chase Ross (6.1 PPG)
David Joplin (10.8 PPG)
Ben Gold (5.0 PPG)

we still need a banger inside!!  calling all davante's

  for all the off season activity and there was a ton of it,  i wonder what is going thru the mind of shaka?  is this going to be loyola-marymount 2.0 or what?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

The chances that a Davante Gardner type is recruited by Shaka: 0.0%

[tower912]

Slow, undersized post player who was a one trick pony on offense and played no defense?    MU still has a scholarship left.  Go get one.

[DoctorV]

Slow, undersized post player who was a one trick pony on offense and played no defense?    MU still has a scholarship left.  Go get one.

Let's show some respect to Ibechillendoe

[brewcity77]

Let's show some respect to Ibechillendoe

Slow, undersized post player with remarkable touch at the rim who was a one trick pony on offense and played no defense?    MU still has a scholarship left.  Go get one.

FIFY

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Davante was solid. Davante would not be on this Marquette team. (Although Shaka did recruit him for a bit at VCU.)

[Uncle Rico]

The chances that a Davante Gardner type is recruited by Shaka: 0.0%

I swear to god some Marquette fans don't watch this team at all

[tower912]

FIFY

That was the one trick.  Tremendous hands and touch around the basket.  Some of the best I can remember.

[Pepe Sylvia]

Davante ruled loved him I will not endure this outrageous slander of one of my favorites to ever wear Marquette on their chest.

[Daniel]

Slow, undersized post player who was a one trick pony on offense and played no defense?    MU still has a scholarship left.  Go get one.

I remember he scored 16 against Duke when he got to MU and we were alll 5hi king, who is this guy!  And free throw? Auto-matic!

[StillAWarrior]

Apologies if already discussed - did not read the 6 page thread.  It seems I don't hear anything about Sean Jones. Shouldn't he be able to play around now?  It has been 8 months.  8-12 months is my understanding of the timeline.  I think I see him practicing in one of the recent posts.

For what it's worth (would "very little" be an overestimation?), I saw this posted today on twitter

[wadesworld]

For what it's worth (would "very little" be an overestimation?), I saw this posted today on twitter

Looks like he's limited to pretty much stationary jump shooting. Hopefully he's shooting a ton of shots per day. If he becomes a consistent shooter and gets his athleticism back, he'll be a heck of a player.