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Balanced 2013 class sets Marquette up for success

Marquette received all five national letters of intent from its 2013 commitments yesterday, marking the most heralded recruiting class in Buzz Williams’ five seasons as head coach. The group is as balanced as any he’s had, and features three consensus top-100 players and a junior college All-American, made all the more impressive with both of […]

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Stats tell the story between big and small lineups for MU

Box scores can’t tell the whole story, and it’s not entirely fair to make assumptions about a team after 80 minutes of regular season play. That being said, Marquette’s offense is clearly still a work in progress through two games; an offense that did enough to win against Colgate on Sunday, but almost cost them […]

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Inside Juan’s career game

It’s a statline that speaks for itself: 9 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in 21 minutes. Sophomore Juan Anderson had his best game as a Golden Eagle and it’s not even close. In a season full of false starts and untimely pit stops, Anderson’s box score for the entire 2011-’12 season read: […]

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What can Trent Lockett bring to the table?

When Trent Lockett announced he would play his final season of college basketball at Marquette, the task of replacing two NBA players got a whole heck of a lot easier for Buzz Williams and co. The Golden Eagles gained a savvy veteran guard with great size and even better intangibles who would be able to […]

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Going pro: Ranking the roster on NBA potential

Buzz Williams sent his second and third recruits to the NBA in June, as Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom joined Jimmy Butler at the next level. In four seasons as head coach, Williams has had a player enter the NBA each year (Wes Matthews, Lazar Hayward), and an increasingly talented roster only should add to […]

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Haunted Hoops 2012 Analysis

In a bit of a shakeup from previous editions of the Haunted Hoops scrimmage, Marquette played two 12-minute “games” with the score re-setting at the half instead of two 15-minute halves with a running score like in previous years. The team was broken down into blue and white squads of similar talent distribution. The Blue […]

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