OT: Shaka Smart and Marquette

[Huskyforlife]

Good win over ranked Xavier just now. Coming off wins against ranked seton hall and Nova. The Big East got so lucky Texas ran that man off. He’s turned Marquette into an at large team already. This league has a solid amount of high end coaching talent.

Also a great win on the road for UConn.

 

[Marat]

It's a huge difference in results between Smart and Wojo last year.

 

[KingAG]

Huge road win for us

 

[superjohn]

A lot of us thought he was the perfect coach for them, don't think anyone thought he would have them playing like this in his first season. They're one of the hottest teams in the country.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Shaka was never a good fit at Texas for whatever reason, but everyone knows the dude can coach his butt off. Excited for the future of the BE.

If they could’ve held on to Dawson Garcia, they would’ve been a serious threat at the top of the BE this year.
That dude can ball, I saw him at Mohegan a few weeks ago for UNC Purdue. It’s a shame Marquette couldn’t keep him. He’s not in a great situation at UNC it seems, unfortunately.

 

[uconnfan68]

Shaka was never a good fit at Texas for whatever reason, but everyone knows the dude can coach his butt off. Excited for the future of the BE.

If they could’ve held on to Dawson Garcia, they would’ve been a serious threat at the top of the BE this year.
That dude can ball, I saw him at Mohegan a few weeks ago for UNC Purdue. It’s a shame Marquette couldn’t keep him. He’s not in a great situation at UNC it seems, unfortunately.

He has to go to classes now?

 

[Austin316]

He is so fitting for the Big East.

 

[Husky Alien]

XL Center Feburary 8th.

 

[Ratso]

it shows why Texas will never win it all. It’s a foosball school

 

[inWV]

Having Smart as a coach in the BE is good for the conference.

 

[jibsey]

Why isn't Marquette ranked? They should be.

 

[LIuconn]

Texas can’t get out of its own way in football or basketball

 

[Edward Sargent]

Texas can’t get out of its own way in football or basketball

or politics

 

[jeff99]

Why isn't Marquette ranked? They should be.

They were 8-6, including a 4 game losing streak. That is a lot to overcome. But now they have won 6 in a row including 3 ranked teams. They should be ranked this week.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Why isn't Marquette ranked? They should be.

Today they very well may be

 

[ecasadoSBU]

We may see 5 Top-25 team from the Big East this week if Xavier doesn't drop off

 

[navery12]

Not sure Marquette gets ranked this week. They probably deserve it, but there were 39 teams who received votes last week and they weren't one of them. That would be a huge jump to make

 

[Palatine]

If I remember it right, Smart really wanted the UConn job after Calhoun.

 

[Guapo]

If I remember it right, Smart really wanted the UConn job after Calhoun.

I’m not totally sure where that rumor came from but I remember hearing that as well

 

[CL82]

If I remember it right, Smart really wanted the UConn job after Calhoun.

Yeah, I think about that from time to time. What if we had picked smart rather than Ollie? Do we have one less national championship? Is Smart still the coach here and we miss out on Hurley?

 

[navery12]

Would anyone prefer Smart to Hurley? I don't think that's a wrong opinion per se, but I'm very happy with where we ended up with Hurley

 

[Hungryhusky99]

Would anyone prefer Smart to Hurley? I don't think that's a wrong opinion per se, but I'm very happy with where we ended up with Hurley

No

 

[UCLJ0211]

Marquette has 6 Quad 1 wins, only Baylor has more. They have played themselves solidly in the tourney field as an at-large.

 

[awfuldan]

Ranked at #22 this week in the AP Poll!