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The Marquette Golden Eagles, winners of four straight, will take the surprising South Florida Bulls on Tuesday night at the Bradley Center. The Bulls have been one of the biggest surprises in this year’s unpredictable Big Eat Season, winning five of their first seven games and tied for third in the conference. While Stan Heath’s […]

Ken Pomeroy (KenPom.com) is a website that looks at advanced statistics in college basketball and can be a solid indicator of efficiency, both by team and individually. Pomeroy predicts Marquette will win each of its next six contests, with South Florida (85 percent chance of winning) being the easiest opponent and Notre Dame (62 percent) […]

Marquette won all three of its home games this past week despite falling behind early in each. The Golden Eagles were helped out by a handful of spectacular performances and now begin a seven-game stretch against unranked opponents, beginning with a road contest against Providence. 1. True or false: Davante Gardner is more important to Marquette’s […]

Originally published in the Marquette Tribune on Jan. 19 The No. 21/22 Marquette Golden Eagles held serve at home last week and now will attempt to match their winning ways on the road when they travel to Providence to battle the Friars on Saturday. After a six-game stretch in 16 days, coach Buzz Williams’ group […]

Today’s Marquette Tribune featured an editorial asking new Vice President and Director of Athletics Larry Williams to be active in changing the Marquette athletics’ culture. The editorial believed “the best place to start would be with our most prominent athletics programs: men and women’s basketball.” You can read the editorial here, which discusses the preferential […]

Sophomore Davante Gardner came to Marquette known as “Ox” because of his large frame and rough style of play inside. Following Marquette’s 74-63 win over Louisville, head coach Buzz Williams may have coined a new nickname for the budding star forward. “You throw him the ball, and it’s like a Jack-in-the-box,” Williams said. “Throw him […]