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Buzz Williams sent his second and third recruits to the NBA in June, as Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom joined Jimmy Butler at the next level. In four seasons as head coach, Williams has had a player enter the NBA each year (Wes Matthews, Lazar Hayward), and an increasingly talented roster only should add to […]

The season is but a stone throw away, and means there’s a lot of #mubb related content lingering on the web. Don’t worry though, we have rounded up some of the best links at your disposal for the return of the weekly Web Dimes. Darius Johnson-Odom on cusp of dream with Lakers– LA Times NCAA […]

Re-live some of the best moments from Friday night’s Haunted Hoops scrimmage with photos taken by A. Martina Ibanez-Baldor. Be sure to check out our Facebook page for more pictures as well.

In a bit of a shakeup from previous editions of the Haunted Hoops scrimmage, Marquette played two 12-minute “games” with the score re-setting at the half instead of two 15-minute halves with a running score like in previous years. The team was broken down into blue and white squads of similar talent distribution. The Blue […]

With the basketball season right around the corner it is once again time to project how the Big East will shake out using a tweaked advanced statistical model of Value Add. For a primer on Value Add and how I went about ranking the teams, here is the explanation from last season. I decided to […]

JaJuan Johnson, Marquette’s top priority at shooting guard in the 2013 recruiting class, is nearing a decision. The top-60 recruit is an athletic slasher with the ability to shoot from the perimeter with loads of potential as he enters his senior year of high school. He’s one of the top defenders in the 2013 class, […]