Paint Touches

When Jae Crowder hit a 3-pointer against Murray State last Saturday afternoon to give Marquette a late six-point lead, I got a feeling of confidence and inevitability that I have only gotten once before in my life. That was nine years ago, around this time of the year, too. Interesting how that works. Even after […]

Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom On seniors not being as highly rated as they used to be: Crowder: “I think there’s a fair amount of seniors out there that really know how to play basketball and can play basketball, not just in talent, but play overall and play basketball and have talent all in one.” […]

Last Four In USF Ole Miss Drexel Seton Hall   Last Five Considered NC State Marshall Iona Miami Cal   No. 1 seeds (in order) Kentucky Syracuse North Carolina Missouri   No. 2 seeds (in order) Kansas*  Michigan State* (if MSU beats Ohio State, it moves ahead of Kansas and possibly Missouri) Duke Ohio State […]

March 10 Bracket

Big East: 9

Big 12: 6

Big 10: 6

ACC: 5

SEC: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

West Coast: 3

Missouri Valley: 2

Colonial: 2

Conference USA: 2

Last Four In

USF

Ole Miss

NC State

Drexel

First Four Out

Cal

Miami

Seton Hall

Iona

Next Four Out

Marshall

Oregon

Oral Roberts

Washington

Published by: Michael LoCicero (@michaellocicero) and Michael Wottreng (@MWottreng)

Turnovers and offensive rebounds were the difference in No. 9 Marquette’s 84-71 loss to Louisville in the quarterfinals of the Big East Championship tournament on Thursday night. Marquette (25-7) turned the ball over 26 times and allowed the Cardinals (24-9) to grab 26 offensive rebounds in the loss. Both numbers were a season high in […]

New Automatic Qualifiers Long Island (Northeast) Montana (Big Sky) Lehigh (Patriot)   Last Four In USF Drexel Miami Ole Miss   First Four Out Seton Hall NC State Cal Oregon   Next Four Out Northwestern Saint Joseph’s UCF Tennessee