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Since we’re already a day behind, let’s get right into this week’s rankings. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 Week 6 1. Louisville (16-1, 4-0) | Last week: 1 : Received a first half scare at Connecticut yesterday, but Russ Smith led a giant comeback to help keep the new No. 1 Cardinals […]

Derrick Wilson wasn’t fully prepared Saturday afternoon against Pittsburgh to play his usual 14 minutes per game. And he surely wasn’t prepared to play 31 minutes, including all but 12 seconds in the second half and overtime as Marquette’s lone point guard. But none of that mattered. Same old Derrick. Earlier in the week, Wilson suffered a […]

Marquette has won 18 straight home games but is just 2-3 away from the Bradley Center, including an 0-2 mark in true road games (Florida, Green Bay). The Golden Eagles will attempt to pick up that elusive road victory tomorrow afternoon when they travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers (13-3, 1-2). A brutally […]

Sometimes box scores can’t tell the whole story. Advanced statistics can be a more indicative measure of a team’s successes and failures than simply per-game numbers. Ken Pomeroy’s website (KenPom.com) looks at these statistics and ranks them both individually and as a team. Pomeroy currently predicts Marquette (11-3, 2-0) will finish 17-13, while going 8-10 in […]

Big East season is finally underway, and just five teams remain unbeaten through the first week of play. The two clear frontrunners — Louisville and Syracuse — are off and running, but a group of teams are ready to make runs and the second half of the conference is proving there’s parity everywhere. 1. Louisville […]

When Buzz Williams looked over to his bench at the 8:04 mark of the second half, in the middle of a heated, back-and-forth duel with No. 15 Georgetown, he signaled to Juan Anderson to take out Jamil Wilson. Anderson’s response? “Coach, he’s ballin’.” And Saturday afternoon, in Marquette’s 49-48 win over No. 15 Georgetown, Anderson’s […]