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Story appeared in the Jan. 26 edition of The Marquette Tribune. Junior Cadougan hip bumped Davante Gardner and proceeded to throw up his rendition of the three-goggles with a big smile on his face after knocking down his fifth 3-pointer of the season in Tuesday’s 67-47 victory over South Florida. The junior has had much […]

At the beginning of Big East play many were concerned with where the 2011-2012 Golden Eagles could go this season. With two heartbreaking losses to top-10 opponents (Georgetown and Syracuse) and the slow start problem, this team was treading water. But that all seems to be in the past now as Marquette has reeled off […]

This story was published in the Jan. 24 edition of The Marquette Tribune. During Buzz Williams’ four years as Marquette’s head coach, only one freshman has averaged more than nine minutes per game in more than nine games. This year one freshman, guard Todd Mayo, is on pace to add his name to that list, […]

It started out looking like Vanderbilt 2.0 with the No. 23/21 Louisville Cardinals building an 18-2 lead to open the game. But No. 21/22 Marquette overcame that early 16-point deficit to defeat Louisville 74-63 on Monday afternoon. Louisville hit 7-of-12 shots (58.3 percent) during the first 6:02 of play, including 4-of-6 (66.7 percent) from three-point […]

Basketball is a team sport. Not exactly breaking news. When teammates create offensive opportunities for one another and turn over their opposition, that’s typically a recipe for success. But the No. 25/24 Marquette Golden Eagles have struggled to grasp the concept and properly execute it over their previous six contests, including during Saturday’s 62-57 victory […]

Opening statement I thought we played more minutes of us than we have been playing. I didn’t think that we started great, had too many live ball turnovers early. Their first seven field goal attempts, they offensive rebounded six of them. They’re number one in the country in offensive rebound percentage. After that sequence I […]