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Gotta love the pic... 😂😂😂😂

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It’s Selection Sunday For Marquette Men’s Basketball!

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That’s right, Coach, big day today.   Hello and welcome to Selection Sunday 2022!

Later today, we’re going to find out exactly which 68 teams are in the 2022 NCAA men’s basketball national championship tournament. Even better than that, we can guarantee that we are going to hear Greg Gumbel call out Marquette’s name at some point during the announcement process.

I think that is pretty good and cool.

Here’s what Marquette’s general NCAA selection profile looks like this morning, although the committee has all but locked the 68 teams in the field already. Shouts to WarrenNolan.com for the team sheets with all the non-NET info.

Record: 19-12, 11-8 Big East
KenPom: #45
KPI: #37
BPI: #54
Strength of Record: #42
Sagarin: #48
NET: #43

NET Record Breakdown

Quadrant 1: 5-7
Quadrant 2: 5-5
Quadrant 3: 4-0
Quadrant 4: 5-0

Bracket Matrix ran an update at some point on Saturday, with a note that “majority of brackets submitted prior to 3/12 games” for the most recent iteration as I check it on Sunday morning. With 125 projections included in the Matrix right now, Marquette appears on all 125 of them, and averages out at 9.09. That puts the Golden Eagles as the third #9 seed in the bracket alongside North Carolina, Creighton, and Iowa State, although the Bluejays are only in 124 of the projections.

A #9 seed would mean a first round game against a #8 seed. Right now, Bracket Matrix shows that group as Boise State, San Diego State, and TCU as options for Marquette’s opponent. Yes, that’s only three teams, as Seton Hall is the fourth #8 seed. Because they share a conference, Marquette and Seton Hall can’t be bracketed against each other in the first round.

That is the average, of course. Along the way through the 125 projections, Marquette is being dropped in anywhere from #7 to #12. It is the committee’s right to bump teams a line one way or the other for bracketing purposes. With Seton Hall and Creighton in the same orbit as Marquette, it wouldn’t be the weirdest thing in the world for one of the three to get nudged out of the way just to avoid an 8/9 game pairing if need be.

In terms of the Big East in general, Bracket Matrix shows Marquette as one of six teams in the conference to get into the field: Villanova at #2, Providence at #4, and Connecticut at #5 along with SHU, CU, and MU at their previously mentioned spots. Xavier is currently sitting as the Matrix’s First Team Out. The Musketeers appear on just 72 projections as of yesterday, and they averaged out at 11.74 on the ones that they appeared on at the time. SMU is the Last Team In the field here with 86 appearances and an average of 11.69. It would certainly seem that Xavier’s inclusion will come down to the opinions of the people in the selection committee room more than anything else......

..... but we can’t ignore that Bracket Matrix’s Second Team Out right now is Texas A&M, and the Aggies play in the SEC Championship game later today. Xavier fans (and Big East fans who like the league getting another NCAA tournament share) are going to be sweating out the Atlantic 10 championship game as well. Davidson is most likely in the field (#10 in Bracket Matrix before advancing to the A-10 title game), but Richmond didn’t appear on a single bracket on Saturday. The Spiders could push a team out of the field, and that team absolutely could be Xavier.

 

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On 3/10/2022 at 9:16 PM, shadow_operative said:

what makes him even an objectively "good" coach? oh well. guess everyone else will catch on in due time. 

I guess you need to be reminded of his NIT championship run

On 3/10/2022 at 8:37 PM, LTtxfan said:
  • Goldeneagle91114 - "Come on, let’s not attack people. Everyone is pi$$ed, and rightfully so. We’ve not shown any improvement in the last 2 months. Add salt to the wound, Shaka teased MU nation with what could have been in late Dec. and Jan. My only hope is that Dec./Jan. Is a representation of future years"

 

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On 3/10/2022 at 10:39 PM, Loop 1604 said:

Has anyone ever seen DetroitHorn, sorry @MotownHorn,and @Bitterwhiteguy in the same room? 

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Lord knows how bitter I would be if I had to spend real time in West Virginia

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So, he should lose an 8/9 game for sure. If that ducker makes the second weekend I’m going to break shit and burn it all down afterwards.  

Go Fightin’ Al McQuires! 

Brett Favre part Deux in Tampa.  

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39 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

those guys ^^^^ won as many tourney games at Texas as I did. here's to UNC winning by 30. 

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Right now, I see UNC -3 heading into Thursday against the Marquette Masturbators and their fearful leader, Shakahahaha. @detroithorn / @MotownHorn, I realize that I'm no bookie, but if you're currently on the run from their relentless efforts to recoup their winnings from you and you read this, I'm happy to take your bet on +3 Marquette, whatever price point makes sense for you. We would ask someone like @immamac if he minded escrowing or something.

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29 to 12?  Fuck you you fucking prick. Eat a bag of dicks  Marquette fans who thought it was us and not Shaka. Way to white knight for that ducking fraud. 
 

I took an 8 seed in Carolina in my survival pool on the first day. Yep. Fuck off Shaka. 

1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

42-21.

doubled upright now.

Marquette undisciplined.  T city.

Man I feel for Marquette fans. So excited about being in the tournament for the first time in years and before you can even get your beverage and sandwich together you're down 29 to 12 and now 42 to 21 in the first half.

Well, at least some Milwaukee area contractors will get some work heading their way for the upcoming week fixing all the holes punched in the drywall over the last 20 minutes.  

When I first saw the spread I jokingly thought, "3? Should be 30."

And UNC almost covered that in a half. fucking incredible.

Bahahaha holy shit. This is bad even for Shaka’s standards. 

Should we gather up some donations for DetroitHorn so he can at least afford a ticket on a Greyhound to get home? 

5 minutes ago, Catdaddyhorn said:

Man I feel for Marquette fans.   

I sure fucking don't. They were on the "Texas is where good coaches go to die" bullshit bandwagon like everyone else when they got him. Texas doesn't create flaws in coaching careers, it reveals them.

So I remain on topic for this thread right now.

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31 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I took an 8 seed in Carolina in my survival pool on the first day.

That's so amazingly big dick. I love it. 

someone might want to let Shaka know that Will Wade is now available...and likely cheap.

36 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

Bahahaha holy shit. This is bad even for Shaka’s standards. 

Should we gather up some donations for DetroitHorn so he can at least afford a ticket on a Greyhound to get home? 

I'M FROM MILWAUKEE!!!!

6 minutes ago, horngrad03 said:

I'M FROM MILWAUKEE!!!!

he's from Monroe Louisiana...aka MOTOWN BABY!!

Shaka Smart owes Bill Self a lot of money. If VCU loses to KU that year they made the final four, Shaka ain’t even known outside of Richmond../

He’s gonna give up 100 in a tourney game lol

Havoc!!

8/9 games are supposed to be competitive 😂

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Worse performance today, Marquette basketball or Russian army?

Tough to say.  Both led by short bald guys in over their heads

Holy shit, I forgot to watch.  What an ass-kicking.

Please, keep the schadenfreude alive and post some Marquette fan reactions.

1 minute ago, ClubWhatever said:

Tough to say.  Both led by short bald guys in over their heads

Shaka has hair.

Isn't Marquette mostly FR and RSFR?

Getting blown by 30 is usually not due to coaching...

But it happened, so point....

It’s a horror show:

 

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Fuck you Smart, and this piece of shit as well.

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5 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

Shaka setting NCAA tournament records as usual, I see.

16 minutes ago, Snacks said:

Isn't Marquette mostly FR and RSFR?

Getting blown by 30 is usually not due to coaching...

But it happened, so point....

Funny, that's what the color guy said towards the end of the game.  Just wait until he gets his own guys in there.

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