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No. 16/16 Marquette (6-0) gets its first real test of the season today when it battles the No. 9/7 Wisconsin Badgers (6-1). Marquette was in for a tough game regardless, but the task gets harder with the announcement that junior guard Junior Cadougan will not participate in the game today for violating team rules. Check […]

by Michael LoCicero Three keys to Marquette-Wisconsin game 1. Control the tempo This will likely be a near-impossible task, as Wisconsin rarely lets the opposition control how the game is played. Instead, the Badgers will play their slow-down “swing” offense that coach Bo Ryan has been so successful with. The Badger offense typically lulls the […]

On this edition of “Paint Touches with WMUR Sports,” Matt Trebby, Mark Strotman and Mike Nelson discuss Saturday’s game against the No. 9/7 Wisconsin Badgers (6-1). Joining the Paint Touches crew on the show was Ian McCue, the associate sports editor at The Badger Herald, a student newspaper at Wisconsin. 8:15 — Ian McCue joins […]

Vander Blue knows what will awaits him at the Kohl Center on Saturday. But the sophomore guard is more focused on the challenge awaiting him on the court than any negative crowd reaction he surely will face. Blue, a Madison, Wis., native, de-committed from Wisconsin in May 2009 before committing to in-state rival Marquette five […]

After a six-day stay in the Virgin Islands last week, Thanksgiving break and a Monday night contest at home, Marquette head coach Buzz Williams said his team’s main focus this week was to attend classes and catch up on school work. It’s good timing, considering the Golden Eagles have their first test of the year […]

On Saturday Marquette has arguably its biggest non-conference game of the year as it goes to battle with inner-state rival Wisconsin in Madison. While the No. 9/7 Wisconsin Badgers (6-1) enter Saturday on the back of a 60-57 loss to No. 5/5 North Carolina. The No. 16/16 Marquette Golden Eagles (6-0) are still undefeated but […]