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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 […]

March 1 Bracket

Conference Breakdown

Big East: 10

Big 12: 6

Big 10: 6

SEC: 5

ACC: 4

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

West Coast: 3

Colonial: 2

Conference USA: 2

Missouri Valley: 2

Pac 12: 2

Last Four In

Seton Hall

Texas

USF

Xavier

First Four Out

NC State

Miami

Arizona

Ole Miss

Next Four Out

Oregon

Northwestern

UCF 

Saint Joseph’s

Additions (case for, case against)

USF

• SOS: 24
• 12-5 in Big East
• 9-3 in last 12 games

• Three losses against RPI 100-150 (Old Dominion, Penn State, Auburn)
• 5-10 in road/neutral games
• 6-6 in non conference play (best win vs. Cleveland State RPI: 78)

New Mexico, Montana new automatic qualifiers

Subtractions (case against, case for)

Miami

• Non conference SOS: 124
• 5-8 in road/neutral games
• Ten of 17 wins against RPI Sub 150

• Wins at Duke (RPI: 3), vs. Florida State (RPI: 29)
• SOS: 35

Published by: Michael LoCicero (@michaellocicero) and Michael Wottreng (@MWottreng)

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 […]

The Marquette Golden Eagles are familiar with adverse situations. As last Friday night showed, they also are familiar with continued successes during those difficult times. Three starters, including leading scorer Darius Johnson-Odom, were suspended for the first half against West Virginia for an undisclosed violation of team rules. Johnson-Odom, along with junior guard Junior Cadougan […]

February 26 Bracket

Conference Breakdown