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Marquette had never been better than a five-seed at the Big East Championship. It had never boasted the Big East Player of the Year. It never had two players named first team all-conference since the program entered conference play in the 1989-1990 season. But this season Marquette had it all. It was the consensus No. […]

Mark Strotman will have the full write-up tomorrow, but after seeing the way West Virginia fans feel the world is out to get them, a quick chart should settle things (ok it won’t settle anything because they love a good conspiracy theory). Just look at the way Crowder finished the year. He dominated Kevin Jones […]

It’s a little known fact that Marquette likes to get out and run. Most people view Marquette as a a half-court, methodical team. Kidding. Marquette doesn’t like to play in the half-court. Nor does it like to play methodically. And combating a zone takes place in the half-court and forces an offense to play methodical. […]

Marquette forward Jae Crowder is among the top candidates for Big East Player of the Year. The senior has helped carry an injury-riddled Marquette team to 13 conference wins and has it in position for the second seed in the Big East Championship tournament and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. By all […]

Well, the Golden Eagles have played better, but this certainly isn’t any cause for concern. It’s never good to lose the way Marquette did tonight, but the combination of Cincinnati’s stifling zone and ability to beat the Golden Eagles at their own game (transition points and limited turnovers) was the perfect equation for a game […]

With less than one week of games remaining, we’re down to the home stretch of the Big East season. Marquette finds itself in unprecedented territory boasting not one but two candidates for Big East Player of the Year. We made the case for Jae Crowder last week — as has the great Cracked Sidewalks blog, Jay […]