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For all the gratuitous hyperbole Buzz Williams tends to give to opposing teams, coaches and players, he wasn’t joking around or exaggerating when he said the Miami Hurricanes have a roster that looks more like an NBA team than a collegiate one. The outright ACC champions–both in the regular season and the conference tournament–were one […]

WASHINGTON – When you look at how the four remaining teams in the East Region – Indiana, Miami (FL), Marquette, and Syracuse – advanced out of the NCAA Tournament’s initial weekend, the Golden Eagles stick out from the rest. Yes, while this part of the bracket has been as chalk as chalk can be, Marquette […]

Marquette is now 40 minutes from its third straight Sweet 16 appearance, and standing in its way is the sixth-seeded Butler Bulldogs, who knocked off Bucknell on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament’s second round. It’s a rematch of the Maui Invitational’s opening round, when Butler shooting guard Rotnei Clarke hit arguably the shot of the […]

Brad Stevens doesn’t let his teams linger on results for too long. He’s prone to move to the next game immediately after it occurs. So when Rotnei Clarke was asked about his buzzer-beating three-pointer to beat Marquette back in November, he says it feels like that happened a while ago. “We’ve moved past definitely just […]

For the next 48 hours you will see Rotnei Clark’s buzzer-beater against Marquette in the opening round of the Maui Invitational more times than you can count. In case you hadn’t got your fill all year on the Watch ESPN commercial, CBS should air the running, one-handed, 30-foot heave from Butler’s sharpshooter that turned a […]