Marquette

[jdubs30]

Obviously Buzz Williams is a tremendous coach and gets 110% out of his players every play; DJO and Crowder are studs and possible first team All-BE members; they are becoming a "sleeper" Final Four pick.

With that said, look at their Big East wins this year:
Rutgers, UConn (away), Cincinnati (home), DePaul, Seton Hall, USF, Villanova, Providence, Louisville (home), Pitt, St.John's, Villanova

Losses: ND, GTown, Syracuse (all on the road)

OOC wins: Ole Miss, Wisconsin (away), Washington
Losses: LSU (away), Vanderbilt

They beat Louisville and UConn right when those teams were struggling immensely. But for a top 10 team, they don't quite have the resume of others. USF is getting flack for not having quality BE wins; I see 2 quality BE wins for Marquette right now; Ville and Cincy, both of which were home games.

With their lack of size, do you guys think they are a legit Final Four contender?

 

[SWFLCUSE]

I think they are a sweet 16 team at best, like you said they don't have a lot of size and that can come back to bite them.


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[Upstate]

They absolutely are a Final 4 contender. DJO and Crowder are as good of a 1-2 combo in the nation

 

[Marsh01]

Obviously Buzz Williams is a tremendous coach and gets 110% out of his players every play; DJO and Crowder are studs and possible first team All-BE members; they are becoming a "sleeper" Final Four pick.

With that said, look at their Big East wins this year:
Rutgers, UConn (away), Cincinnati (home), DePaul, Seton Hall, USF, Villanova, Providence, Louisville (home), Pitt, St.John's, Villanova

Losses: ND, GTown, Syracuse (all on the road)

OOC wins: Ole Miss, Wisconsin (away), Washington
Losses: LSU (away), Vanderbilt

They beat Louisville and UConn right when those teams were struggling immensely. But for a top 10 team, they don't quite have the resume of others. USF is getting flack for not having quality BE wins; I see 2 quality BE wins for Marquette right now; Ville and Cincy, both of which were home games.

With their lack of size, do you guys think they are a legit Final Four contender?

It depends on who they draw. I said last year after they beat us that people in UNC had to be on their knees thanking god because that was the biggest mismatched game in NCAA history. The game was over before the first TV timeout. That was what was most frustrating when we lost to them was knowing they had a 0% chance of beating UNC.