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The day has come. After 15 months of limbo and departures, beginning with Pittsburgh and Syracuse, followed by West Virginia and TCU, then Notre Dame and Rutgers and finally Louisville, the seven non-football schools of the remaining Big East have decided to split from the football playing members, according to reports from Gary Parrish and […]

Marquette topped Wisconsin  60-50 Saturday night to win its second consecutive in-state rivalry game and move to 6-2 on the season. It was quite a different performance for a team just 10 days after a beatdown in Gainesville, and the player grades reflect it: Juan Anderson (0 pts, 4 reb, 4 fls, 1 blk, 1 […]

Buzz Williams’ media availability Thursday afternoon was a fascinating look into the mind of one of the most well-compensated college basketball coaches in the country. Yea, he had some boiler plate preview stuff about the rivalry with Wisconsin–seen in the video above–as well as some left over thoughts on Florida. (If you want your previews […]

Miklasz: Majerus lived his life to help others– St. Louis Post-Dispatch Rick Majerus gave his heart and help– ESPN.com Unconventional Rick Majerus made lasting impact on college hoops– SI.com Monson: There was nobody like Rick Majerus– Salt Lake Tribune Saying goodbye to an old friend, Rick Majerus– CSN Chicago Rick Majerus did it his way, always– ESPN.com […]

A little after 7 p.m. on Saturday, word began to float on Twitter that Rick Majerus, 64, former Marquette head coach and brilliant basketball mind, had passed away. Majerus tried out for the Marquette basketball team in 1967, was cut hissophomore season, but then asked to stay on as a student assistant after coaching at […]

Marquette’s attempt to avenge last season’s Sweet 16 went terribly awry as the Golden Eagles got waxed 82-49. It’s difficult to assign grades in such a lopsided affair, but here are my quick evaluations of the sordid affair: Junior Cadougan: 2 pts, 2 ast, 2 to, 2 fls  He got in foul trouble early on and […]