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March 10 Bracket

Big East: 9

Big 12: 6

Big 10: 6

ACC: 5

SEC: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

West Coast: 3

Missouri Valley: 2

Colonial: 2

Conference USA: 2

Last Four In

USF

Ole Miss

NC State

Drexel

First Four Out

Cal

Miami

Seton Hall

Iona

Next Four Out

Marshall

Oregon

Oral Roberts

Washington

Published by: Michael LoCicero (@michaellocicero) and Michael Wottreng (@MWottreng)

Marquette had never been better than a five-seed at the Big East Championship. It had never boasted the Big East Player of the Year. It never had two players named first team all-conference since the program entered conference play in the 1989-1990 season. But this season Marquette had it all. It was the consensus No. […]

Q: Any real positives that come out of tonight’s game or was tonight one of those games you’ve got to get rid of right away? Jae Crowder: We got a chance to build on it going into the tournament. Look at the mistakes we made and try to learn from it, so it’s a lot […]

Turnovers and offensive rebounds were the difference in No. 9 Marquette’s 84-71 loss to Louisville in the quarterfinals of the Big East Championship tournament on Thursday night. Marquette (25-7) turned the ball over 26 times and allowed the Cardinals (24-9) to grab 26 offensive rebounds in the loss. Both numbers were a season high in […]

New Automatic Qualifiers Long Island (Northeast) Montana (Big Sky) Lehigh (Patriot)   Last Four In USF Drexel Miami Ole Miss   First Four Out Seton Hall NC State Cal Oregon   Next Four Out Northwestern Saint Joseph’s UCF Tennessee

Following a Senior Day win over Georgetown in which he finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and five steals, Jae Crowder said he was “on cloud nine.” But just when he thought his senior season couldn’t get any better, Tuesday afternoon the Big East announced Crowder had been awarded Big East Player of the Year. […]