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January 14, 2019 | Andrei Greska | 1 Comment

Why are the computer rankings down on Marquette?

With a 2-0 record in a week of carnage for the rest of the AP top 25, Marquette was able to jump from 21st to 15th in the weekly ratings, the best ranking under coach Steve Wojciechowski and the top mark since March 2013, almost 6 years ago. AP ratings don’t mean anything, in that […]

January 10, 2019 | Andrei Greska | 0 Comments

The zany stats from Marquette’s most improbable win

We will touch on the emotional factor of Marquette’s victory over Creighton later today, but before we do that, we have to set a baseline for just how improbable the victory itself was. You don’t need any fancy charts to tell you what Marquette did was historic, overcoming a 5 point deficit in under a […]

January 7, 2019 | Andrei Greska | 0 Comments

Big East Tiers: 1/7/19

We have our first full week of Big East action in the books, so it’s once again time to take the league’s temperature. And boy is it lukewarm. I’ve been doing these charts every few weeks since last season, but I’ve never seen one quite like this. Of the 10 teams in the conference, 9 […]