It’s here. 126 days after Marquette tipped off its season against Colgate, the day of reckoning has come. Selection Sunday is but a few hours away, with the potential fate of the Golden Eagles in the selection committee’s hands. The games are played, the stats kept, all there is to find out now is who […]
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Best 2014 recruiting fits for Marquette
With Selection Sunday now 24 hours away, content will be heavily-focused, if not entirely focused on Marquette’s opponent and results for the next month. After that we’ll have end-of-the-season reports and a look-ahead to next year’s team, so it will be a while until the recruiting trail heats up. With that in mind, we wanted […]
Notre Dame dominates offensive boards in crucial moments
When looking at the box score of Notre Dame’s win over Marquette on Thursday night, one should assume the Fighting Irish didn’t win the game through rebounding. Marquette grabbed 16 offensive rebounds off 29 of their misses from the field, and Notre Dame had just 12 on 36 misses. But when Notre Dame needed to […]
Interior trouble allows Connaughton (another) career night
“He’s the only guy knocking down 3’s, which means you can not leave him.” “He’s one of those guys that I don’t think you leave at all. Especially a guy coming off a game in which he hit six 3’s.” “He’s the first guy you have to find.” “Would you give help off of that […]
Notre Dame 73, Marquette 65: Grades
Junior Cadougan – Give credit to Cadougan for looking last year’s debacle against Louisville (eight turnovers) in the eye and producing tonight. He finished with 14 points, including a pair of 3-pointers. The 1 assist-to-3 turnovers were an issue, however, but Marquette only assisted on nine field goals as a team. His defense (Eric Atkins […]