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The 2013 NCAA Tournament field was announced Sunday afternoon, and Marquette will square off as the No. 3 seed in the East region against the No. 14 Davidson Wildcats on Thursday in Lexington. The Golden Eagles finished the 2012-’13 season with a 23-8 record, earning a share of the program’s first Big East regular season […]

It’s here. 126 days after Marquette tipped off its season against Colgate, the day of reckoning has come. Selection Sunday is but a few hours away, with the potential fate of the Golden Eagles in the selection committee’s hands. The games are played, the stats kept, all there is to find out now is who […]

Two of my associates at CSNChicago.com and I were able to follow around Steve Taylor last week to see how the former Simeon star is adjusting to the college life, and how he is using what he learned in Chicago to help make the Golden Eagles one of the top teams in the country. Along […]

With Selection Sunday now 24 hours away, content will be heavily-focused, if not entirely focused on Marquette’s opponent and results for the next month. After that we’ll have end-of-the-season reports and a look-ahead to next year’s team, so it will be a while until the recruiting trail heats up. With that in mind, we wanted […]

When looking at the box score of Notre Dame’s win over Marquette on Thursday night, one should assume the Fighting Irish didn’t win the game through rebounding. Marquette grabbed 16 offensive rebounds off 29 of their misses from the field, and Notre Dame had just 12 on 36 misses. But when Notre Dame needed to […]

“He’s the only guy knocking down 3’s, which means you can not leave him.” “He’s one of those guys that I don’t think you leave at all. Especially a guy coming off a game in which he hit six 3’s.” “He’s the first guy you have to find.” “Would you give help off of that […]