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Like Buzz, Blue wears emotions on his sleeve

As Buzz Williams and Marquette broke the huddle in the team’s locker room for the last time as a group, sophomore Vander Blue sat down in his locker and began to cry. Blue kept his head in his hands for minutes before finally looking up, still his eyes still red and filled with tears. Like […]

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Golden Eagles fouled out of Sweet 16

This story was originally published on FoxSports.com. A combination of foul trouble, unlucky bounces and stifling defense held Marquette to its worst shooting performance of the season in its 68-58 Sweet 16 loss to Florida on Thursday. The undermanned Golden Eagles essentially were playing with a seven-man rotation, including a hobbled Davante Gardner, against the […]

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Marquette by the numbers

MU as a whole Marquette finishes the season 27-8. The 27 victories are tied for second-most (1975-76 and 2002-03) in school history, one win behind the 1970-71 team that finished 28-1. Buzz Williams is 96-45 (.686) overall as the head coach of Marquette. The 96 victories rank Williams sixth in Marquette history. For coaches with […]

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Retro Diary: An in depth look at the 7 minutes that changed Marquette’s season

With 7:35 left in Saturday’s game, Marquette’s season hung in the balance. The Golden Eagles were down 46-41, in as hostile an environment as you can get in the NCAA Tournament. Let’s Bill Simmons this bad boy and take you step by step look at how the Golden Eagles persevered through a courtside Retro Diary. […]

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Mayo delivers on the court, matures off it

Coach Buzz Williams looked on as Todd Mayo began to answer the question. The freshman had been asked about the road atmosphere at the KFC Yum! Center, where all but one section of Marquette fans had been pulling for the Murray State Racers all Saturday night. “We knew it was going to be a road […]

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Crowder, Gardner dominate inside game against Cougars

For the past two days, Marquette heard plenty of chatter regarding Brigham Young’s interior size, height advantage at each position and two leading scorers, Noah Hartsock and Brandon Davies, who stood 6-foot-8 and 6-foot-9, respectively. Thursday afternoon, the Golden Eagles quit listening and instead let their play do the talking. The result was a dominating […]

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