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After an 88-68 trashing of BYU, Marquette moves on to the third round of the NCAA Tournament to face the sixth-seeded Murray State Racers (31-1). Steve Prohm’s group used a big second half to pull away from the 11th-seeded Colorado State Rams on Thursday to advance, and Saturday’s matchup will pit two top-11 teams in […]

For the past two days, Marquette heard plenty of chatter regarding Brigham Young’s interior size, height advantage at each position and two leading scorers, Noah Hartsock and Brandon Davies, who stood 6-foot-8 and 6-foot-9, respectively. Thursday afternoon, the Golden Eagles quit listening and instead let their play do the talking. The result was a dominating […]

The Cougars were unable to replicate the historical comeback they had on Tuesday, when they came back from down 25 to beat Iona in the first round. Jae Crowder finished with 25 points and a career-high 16 rebounds and Darius Johnson-Odom added 20 points in the Golden Eagles’ 88-68 win over BYU in the second […]

Marquette was one of two teams to wait an extra 48 hours to learn their second round opponent in the NCAA Tournament. Now that the Golden Eagles know their opponent, the Brigham Young Cougars, they are ready, as a team, to hit the court running. Head coach Buzz Williams spent last night watching the BYU-Iona […]

Known more for his suspension last season, Brandon Davies (0) has put all that in the past and put together a stellar junior campaign. His 15.0 points per game are second on the team, and he averages a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game. He has been asked to take on a larger offensive role without Jimmer Fredette, […]

The Marquette Golden Eagles will not know their opponent until late Tuesday night, when the Brigham Young Cougars face the Iona Gaels for the No. 14 seed in the West region. A breakdown of Tuesday night’s winner will come later, but for now here is a player breakdown of each team, followed by three keys […]