Author Archives | Mark Strotman

Players stay in touch back home, reach out to fans on Twitter

By Mark Strotman With redshirt junior Chris Otule joining today, all 12 Marquette players are now officially on Twitter. The Golden Eagles use the social media website for numerous reasons, but forwards Davante Gardner and Jamail Jones said keeping in touch with friends and family back home is the main reason they tweet. “I’m so […]

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Durley becomes Marquette’s fourth ’12 recruit

By Mark Strotman The more Aaron Durley continued to grow during his teen years, the more he realized there weren’t many 6-foot -11-inch professional baseball players. It was then that Marquette’s newest recruit of the 2012 class began to focus primarily on basketball, dropping his first love on the diamond for the hardwood. “I was […]

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Five Point Play V8: A breakdown of the wings

This week’s Five Point Play broke down what to expect from the three switchables in Jamil Wilson, Jamail Jones and Juan Anderson. Wilson, a transfer from Oregon, has shown flashes of greatness in his limited time on-court with the Golden Eagles, Jones is a breakout candidate at the 2/3 spot and Anderson has the length […]

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With nine days until tipoff, Marquette defense focused on ‘turkeys’

By Mark Strotman With just nine days until Marquette tips off its 2011-2012 season (yes, we are excited, too), Buzz Williams’ group is working out any last kinks before they hit the Al McGuire court against Mount St. Mary’s on Nov. 11. This past Sunday, the team traveled to Kansas State face Frank Martin’s Wildcats. […]

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Jones’ new hairdo brings the ‘juice’

By Mark Strotman Jamail Jones will enter the 2011-2012 season with a new mindset and work ethic as he looks to build on a freshman season he called a learning experience. He’ll also have a brand new haircut to go with it. The idea for the new cut this summer came about while Jones was […]

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Haunted Hoops video highlights

We had some technical difficulties with the tripod last night, so our range was very limited. Sorry about that. it was also very tough to keep stats, live blog, analyze and tweet all at once, hence the limited amount of footage. We only were able to film one side of the action. However, here is […]

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