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2013 Scion Dental Milwaukee Pro-Am preview

The Scion Dental Milwaukee Pro-Am will kick off tomorrow night in Greenfield, marking the first time since the Golden Eagles were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament that they will take the court in a public setting. Let’s jump right into everything you need to know about this year’s Pro-Am. Rosters The NCAA allows for […]

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Analyzing Marquette’s transfers under Buzz Williams

There has been a lot  of talk about a transfer epidemic in college basketball with coaches and media alike bemoaning the “me-first” culture pervading today’s youth. Yet  the transfer rate remains steady around 9 to 12 percent, according to Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn. That’s less than the national average for non student-athletes as the New […]

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Marquette transfer table

Not all transfers are created equal, as four of these players never made it to the first day of fall classes. So while the “transfer” label may not exactly fit, they still make it into our table of players to leave Buzz Williams and Marquette. (We also didn’t include Juan Anderson and Jake Thomas as […]

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Where are they now: Rob Frozena and Tommy Brice

21 points. 10 rebounds. 3 assists. No, this isn’t the stat line of one great game but rather the career numbers of fan favorite Rob Frozena in his four year Marquette career. Fan favorite may be underselling it a bit. He was a rock star with the crowd chanting his name on a regular basis, […]

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Where are they now: Jerel McNeal

It’s not easy going from being one of the most decorated players in Marquette history to yet another name in the long list of NCAA athletes passed up by the NBA. Jerel McNeal’s transformation from a scrawny teen out of Hillcrest High School in Illinois to one of the most gifted scorers in the game […]

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Harris transforms into a ‘Marquette player’

When then-high school sophomore Malek Harris took the 90-minute drive from Orland Park, Ill., to Milwaukee in June 2012, his expectations weren’t all that high. Marquette had begun to show interest one month after assistant Isaac Chew and his Chicago ties were hired to Buzz Williams’ staff. But by Harris’ own admission — “I was […]

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