We do a lot of writing about what should happen and then a lot more about what should have happened. But rarely do we go on the record as to what we expect will happen.
The last two years, I’ve asked some members of the “Marquette media” contingent to flesh out some predictions as to how the season would play out. While the results were too optimistic in 2018, collectively, they were right on the nose for 2019.
So we’re trying it once more. In the interest of transparency and page views, here’s our game by game predictions for Marquette this coming 2020 season.
(Feel free to try the tool out yourself and send us your screenshots on Twitter or in the comments.)
Andrei Greska @AndreiGreska (Paint Touches):
20-10, 4th in Big East, 7 seed in NCAA Tournament
Leading scorer: Markus Howard
Leading rebounder: Jayce Johnson
MVP: Markus Howard
Ryan Jackson @ryjackson32 (Paint Touches):
23-7, 2nd in Big East, 4 seed in NCAA Tournament
Leading scorer: Markus Howard
Leading rebounder: Brendan Bailey
MVP: Markus Howard
Anonymous Eagle @AnonymousEagle:
24-6, 1st in Big East, 4 seed in NCAA Tournament
Leading scorer: Markus Howard
Leading rebounder: Brendan Bailey
MVP: Markus Howard
Andrew Goldstein @AndyGold24 (@WJFW_Sports):
22-8, 3rd in Big East, 5 seed in NCAA Tournament
Leading scorer: Markus Howard
Leading rebounder: Ed Morrow
MVP: Markus Howard
Tim Blair @TimothyBlair (Cracked Sidewalks):
22-8, 3rd in Big East, 5 seed in NCAA Tournament
Leading scorer: Markus Howard
Leading rebounder: Jayce Johnson
MVP: Markus Howard
Rob Lowe @LoweDownStats (Cracked Sidewalks):
17-13, 6th in Big East, NIT
Leading scorer: Markus Howard
Leading rebounder: Theo John
MVP: Markus Howard
Phil Bush @mooof23 (Scrambled Eggs):
25-5, 1st in Big East, 3 seed in NCAA Tournament
Leading scorer: Markus Howard
Leading rebounder: Theo John
MVP: Markus Howard
Joe McCann @JoeMcCann3 (Scrambled Eggs):
20-10, 4th in Big East, 7 seed in NCAA Tournament
Leading scorer: Markus Howard
Leading rebounder: Theo John
MVP: Markus Howard
Alan Bykowsi @brewcity1977 (Cracked Sidewalks):
24-6, 1st in Big East, 3 seed in NCAA Tournament
Leading scorer: Markus Howard
Leading rebounder: Theo John
MVP: Markus Howard
John Steppe @JSteppe1 (@MU_Wire):
21-9, 3rd in Big East, 7 seed in NCAA Tournament
Leading scorer: Markus Howard
Leading rebounder: Ed Morrow
MVP: Markus Howard
Ben Snider @bensnider94 (Anonymous Eagle):
23-7, 3rd in Big East, 8 seed in NCAA Tournament
Leading scorer: Markus Howard
Leading rebounder: Theo John
MVP: Markus Howard
Final Averages:
22 wins, 8 losses, 3rd seed in the Big East, 5th seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Paint Touches 
Boy, the text in that Trackback/Pingback sure is interesting.
Thanks for the game forecasts!