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It would be easy for Chris Otule to ask, “Why me?” After all, the redshirt junior center has missed 55 games in three-plus seasons at Marquette. He missed the start of his freshman season with a broken left foot. A surgically repaired right foot ended his sophomore season just three games in. And this past […]

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 […]

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, […]

2011 was quite the season for Buzz Williams and the Marquette Golden Eagles. Aside from winning 24 games and a trip to the Sweet 16, Marquette compiled a tremendous recruiting class for 2012, had a player selected in the first round of the NBA draft for the second consecutive year and provided plenty of memories […]

Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Coach Buzz Williams’ No. 11/11 Marquette Golden Eagles (8-0) happens to have two players for whom the other members of the team want to perform well: seniors Darius […]

Vander Blue knows what will awaits him at the Kohl Center on Saturday. But the sophomore guard is more focused on the challenge awaiting him on the court than any negative crowd reaction he surely will face. Blue, a Madison, Wis., native, de-committed from Wisconsin in May 2009 before committing to in-state rival Marquette five […]