One recruit had his name plastered on every top-100 rankings across the country, won three straight state championships at a powerhouse high school in the heart of Chicago and was tagged, at one point by lead recruiter Tony Benford, as the second coming of Big East Player of the Year Jae Crowder. The other recruit […]
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Going pro: Ranking the roster on NBA potential
Buzz Williams sent his second and third recruits to the NBA in June, as Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom joined Jimmy Butler at the next level. In four seasons as head coach, Williams has had a player enter the NBA each year (Wes Matthews, Lazar Hayward), and an increasingly talented roster only should add to […]
Web Dimes 10/29
The season is but a stone throw away, and means there’s a lot of #mubb related content lingering on the web. Don’t worry though, we have rounded up some of the best links at your disposal for the return of the weekly Web Dimes. Darius Johnson-Odom on cusp of dream with Lakers– LA Times NCAA […]
Haunted Hoops Photo Gallery
Re-live some of the best moments from Friday night’s Haunted Hoops scrimmage with photos taken by A. Martina Ibanez-Baldor. Be sure to check out our Facebook page for more pictures as well.
Haunted Hoops 2012 Analysis
In a bit of a shakeup from previous editions of the Haunted Hoops scrimmage, Marquette played two 12-minute “games” with the score re-setting at the half instead of two 15-minute halves with a running score like in previous years. The team was broken down into blue and white squads of similar talent distribution. The Blue […]
2012-13 Big East projections using Value Add
With the basketball season right around the corner it is once again time to project how the Big East will shake out using a tweaked advanced statistical model of Value Add. For a primer on Value Add and how I went about ranking the teams, here is the explanation from last season. I decided to […]