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72 hours. Two down-to-the-wire finishes against quality opponents. Two wins. NOW Marquette basketball has finally arrived. Marquette picked up its second quality non-conference victory in three days after senior forward Jae Crowder buried a three-pointer with 6.3 seconds left for the 79-77 victory. Here are some thoughts and reaction from Tuesday night’s win at Madison […]

Larry Williams was introduced Tuesday morning as Marquette’s new vice president and director of athletics. Here is a transcript from much of the press conference. Rev. Scott Pilarz’s opening remarks “This committee provided tremendous insight and wisdom throughout the process of the search and we would not have had the kind of candidates we did […]

After a short stay in Milwaukee, the Marquette Golden Eagles were back on the road this afternoon as they travel to take on the Washington Huskies (4-2) tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden. Both teams enter Tuesday night’s affair heading in different directions. The Golden Eagles are coming off one of their best wins under […]

1. Derrick Wilson: He played 20 minutes, did not attempt a field goal and had three personal fouls. And he was Marquette’s most important player player Saturday afternoon. After news broke just before tip-off that junior point guard Junior Cadougan had been benched for breaking team rules, Wilson was inserted into the starting lineup for […]

Vander Blue knows what will awaits him at the Kohl Center on Saturday. But the sophomore guard is more focused on the challenge awaiting him on the court than any negative crowd reaction he surely will face. Blue, a Madison, Wis., native, de-committed from Wisconsin in May 2009 before committing to in-state rival Marquette five […]

After a six-day stay in the Virgin Islands last week, Thanksgiving break and a Monday night contest at home, Marquette head coach Buzz Williams said his team’s main focus this week was to attend classes and catch up on school work. It’s good timing, considering the Golden Eagles have their first test of the year […]