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Wisconsin Scouting Report: Efficient Badgers make for unique game

Marquette has had more than a week to recover from its 82-49 loss to Florida in Gainesville, and Saturday night we’ll find out if that was a good or bad thing when the Golden Eagles host rival Wisconsin at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Buzz Williams’ group won last year’s matchup in Madison, moving his […]

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Florida Scouting Report: Efficiency, shooters make Gators tough

Because of the Carrier Classic cancellation, and Marquette’s familiarity with Big East opponents, tonight marks perhaps the toughest task the Golden Eagles will face all season when they travel to Gainesville to take on No. 7 Florida. It’s the first true road game for Buzz Williams’ group, a week and a day after they placed […]

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MSU Scouting Report: Woeful Bulldogs lack depth and experience

The bad news from yesterday, of course, was Rotnei Clarke’s 30-foot, running one-hander at the buzzer that knocked Marquette from the winner’s bracket of the Maui Invitational. The good news, however, is that the Golden Eagles will face one of the weakest BCS teams in the country this afternoon when they take on Mississippi State […]

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Butler Scouting Report: Lack of shooters, but defense paces Bulldogs

Following two wins over Colgate and Southeastern Louisiana, Marquette heads to Hawaii to take part in the Maui Invitational this week, beginning with a first round matchup with the Butler Bulldogs. Last year Marquette won its preseason tournament, the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands, by defeating Winthrop and Ole Miss handily, and hanging on to […]

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SE Louisiana Scouting Report: Experienced Lions lack offensive punch

Marquette moved to 1-0 Sunday afternoon with an easy win over Colgate, and should be on their way to a 2-0 mark before it flies west for the Maui Invitational after a matchup tonight with Southeastern Louisiana. The Golden Eagles saw all 11 of their scholarship players score Sunday in their 83-64 win over Colgate, […]

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Marquette vs Ohio State Carrier Classic Preview

Marquette will travel to Charleston, South Carolina, to take on No. 4 Ohio State on the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier Friday night in it’s season opener, but for Buzz Williams’ squad, it will be much more than your average college game. “The honor of doing something like this is way beyond something words can explain,” […]

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