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You don’t need to remind Vander Blue that his freshman year was anything but spectacular. From the media backlash regarding his recruitment to unrealistic expectations that he, Marquette’s highest rated recruit since Doc Rivers, would start from day one and have a major impact, the cards were stacked against Blue and he was forced to […]

Story by Mark Strotman published in the Marquette Tribune on Oct. 18. Not too many basketball recruits from sunny Oakland, Calif., wind up playing in Milwaukee. But for freshman Juan Anderson, the opportunity to play at Marquette was too great to pass up. The 6-foot-6 wing ultimately chose the Golden Eagles over Arizona State and […]

Last week, the experts at NBA Draft Express ranked the top NBA prospects in the Big East Conference for the upcoming season. There was little shock that Connecticut’s sophomore guard Jeremy Lamb was ranked No. 1, followed by Villanova’s sophomore forward Mouphtaou Yarou. Both are hard to debate, as they have the youth and athleticism […]

This is the first installment of the “Five Point Play.” The premise of this piece is to take five questions related to Marquette men’s basketball and have five different media members answer each question. Many of the writers will be from the Marquette Tribune but we’ve gone outside of our own organization and sought out […]

Buzz Williams and his coaching staff hit it big on the recruiting trail Friday night when 2013 small forward Deonte Burton committed to the Golden Eagles. The 6-foot-4 Burton, a Milwaukee native, currently plays his high school ball at Brewster Academy (New Hampshire) and had an offer from Illinois. The commitment comes just two days […]

The 2011 Marquette men’s basketball schedule was finalized and announced by the Big East Conference office Wednesday afternoon. The Golden Eagles will play 14 nationally televised games. The Villanova Wildcats, Cincinnati Bearcats and Georgetown Hoyas are Marquette’s repeat opponents. For the third time in four seasons, the Golden Eagles will open up their conference play […]