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2012 power forward Aaron Durley tweeted tonight that he has committed to Buzz Williams and the Marquette Golden Eagles. The 6-foot-10, 270-pound forward from Houston, Tex. is Marquette’s fourth recruit from the class, joining wing Jamal Ferguson, combo guard T.J. Taylor and combo forward Steve Taylor. Durley chose the Golden Eagles over South Florida, South […]

This past weekend as I rode the train for hours on end, I decided to look a bit into the Big East teams from a numbers point of view. Seeing the critical acclaim Cracked Sidewalks‘ very own John Pudner received for his tremendous Value Add statistic* from Sports Illustrated as well as others, I figured […]

“Switchables.” If you don’t know what those are, well, you should. They are Buzz Williams’ favorite type of player and the size/skill set he has based his coaching philosophy around. Switchables are usually in the 6-foot-5 to 6-foot-8 range and have a multi-faceted skill set and can guard multiple positions on the court. Think a […]

The Business First Journal published a fascinating report last week breaking down how much universities earn, spend and make on college basketball. The information is freely available to anyone through the department of education but the table in the first link makes it very easy to compare different schools, so go check it out. One […]

Last week, the experts at NBA Draft Express ranked the top NBA prospects in the Big East Conference for the upcoming season. There was little shock that Connecticut’s sophomore guard Jeremy Lamb was ranked No. 1, followed by Villanova’s sophomore forward Mouphtaou Yarou. Both are hard to debate, as they have the youth and athleticism […]

The 2011 Marquette men’s basketball schedule was finalized and announced by the Big East Conference office Wednesday afternoon. The Golden Eagles will play 14 nationally televised games. The Villanova Wildcats, Cincinnati Bearcats and Georgetown Hoyas are Marquette’s repeat opponents. For the third time in four seasons, the Golden Eagles will open up their conference play […]