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When asked in May why he made the decision to forgo his senior season and enter the NBA Draft, Vander Blue confidently told the Journal-Sentinel’s Charles Gardner that he “[knew] how this process works” and that he was just “trying to follow the footsteps of Jimmy [Butler]” and the rest of the Marquette basketball alumni […]

1. Past stories on Blue’s path to the NBA — Vander Blue’s top 5 NBA team fits — Where Blue ranks among PG prospects — Vander Blue’s best NBA fit — Pick-and-roll: Where Blue stacks up — Where Blue ranks among SG prospects — Recapping Vander Blue’s successful day in Chicago — Vander Blue’s draft equivalent: Malcolm […]

It’s been a while since Buzz Williams hauled in a true switchable, but 6-foot-7 Malek Harris, who gave an oral commitment to Marquette during his unofficial visit Wednesday, is exactly that and a perfect fit for the Golden Eagles. Harris had been on Marquette’s radar for some time and lead recruiter Isaac Chew, using his […]

Marquette picked up its first commitment from the class of 2014 when Malek Harris, a 6-foot-7 switchable from Illinois, committed after taking his visit earlier on Wednesday. Harris had taken a visit to Purdue and was scheduled to go to Northwestern tomorrow, but decided he had seen enough. From eariler: – Malek Harris (6-foot-7 forward, Carl […]

The beauty of the NBA draft — any professional sports draft, for that matter — is that a player does not need every team in the respective league to covet him. 96.7 percent, if we’re talking NBA, of the general managers could have no interest in a player’s services, but that 3.3 percent, that one […]

When Vander Blue made the decision to forgo his senior season he let it be known that his workouts leading up to the draft would be as a point guard, not the shooting guard position he played for three years at Marquette. Though Blue contended he ran the Golden Eagles offense at times, the reality […]