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February 12, 2012 | | 0 Comments

Defensive pressure ignites Marquette offense

Marquette scored 95 points and shot over 56 percent from the field on Saturday, but it was an impressive span of defensive play that jumpstarted the offense and set the tone in its 17-point win over Cincinnati. It was another uninspiring start for the Golden Eagles’ defense, which allowed Cincinnati 12 points in the paint […]

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February 11, 2012 | | 0 Comments

Despite another slow start, Golden Eagles fly past Bearcats

After Marquette got off to another one of its patented slow start, the Golden Eagles responded with a 43-17 run the rest of the first half en route to a 95-78 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon. After a Dion Dixon layup gave Cincinnati (17-8, 7-5 Big East) a 16-4 lead just 4:41 into the […]

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February 10, 2012 | | 0 Comments

February 9 Bracketology

February 9 Bracketology

Let’s hear your thoughts!

 

Conference Breakdown

 

Big East: 8

Big 10: 8

ACC: 6

SEC: 6

Big 12: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

Missouri Valley: 2

West Coast: 2

Conference USA: 2

Pac 12: 2

 

Last Four In

Purdue

Arizona

Minnesota

NC State

 

Last Four Out

BYU

UCF

Seton Hall

VCU

 

Next Four Out

Wyoming

Northern Iowa

Arkansas

Massachusetts

 

Teams Added (case for, case against)

Miami

  • Win over Duke (RPI: 2)
  • Worst loss at Purdue (RPI: 56)
  • 9-3 in last 12 games

 

  • 5-5 in road/neutral games
  • 3-7 against RPI Top 100
  • 11 of 15 wins have come against RPI sub-100

 

NC State

  • Win against Miami
  • Non conference SOS: 32
  • 9-3 in last 12 games

 

  • 1-5 against RPI Top 50
  • Losses at Stanford (RPI:98), Georgia Tech at home (RPI:140)

 

Arizona

  • Non conference SOS: 46
  • 6-5 in road/neutral games

 

  • Loss at UCLA (RPI:124)
  • 4-7 against RPI Top 100

 

Teams Subtracted (case against, case for)

Arkansas

  • 0-7 in road/neutral games
  • Losses at Georgia (RPI:108) by 22, home against Houston (RPI:242)
  • Non conference SOS: 202

 

  • Three wins against RPI Top 50
  • Non conference RPI: 10
  • Seven of eight losses on the road

 

Washington, La Salle are no longer automatic qualifiers

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February 9, 2012 | | 0 Comments

Five Point Play V18: Position-by-position

Marquette reached the 20-win mark under Buzz Williams on Monday for the fourth time in as many seasons and will look to add another tally in the win column on Saturday afternoon against Cincinnati. But instead of breaking down the Bearcats, we decided this week to use each question and gear it toward each position […]

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February 9, 2012 | | 1 Comment

MU aims to start new win streak against UC

The No. 18 Marquette Golden Eagles (20-5, 9-3 Big East) will look to begin a new streak when they square off against the Cincinnati Bearcats (17-7, 7-4 Big East) Saturday afternoon at the Bradley Center. Darius Johnson-Odom led the way in a second half comeback win, 89-76 over DePaul on Monday night. Head coach Buzz […]

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February 7, 2012 | | 28 Comments

Caption Contest

Back by popular demand, it’s another caption contest. You know the deal. Drop us a funny/witty/smart caption in the comment section or on Twitter for a chance to win a t-shirt autographed  by two Marquette players. We will pick a winner Friday afternoon during our weekly radio show so be sure to listen in.  The only stipulation […]

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