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Pat Connaughton scored 18 points on six three-pointers and Jerian Grant added 17 points to lead No. 24 Notre Dame to a 73-65 win over No. 12 Marquette on Thursday night in the quarterfinals Big East Championships. Jamil Wilson scored 16 for the Golden Eagles in a losing effort, while Junior Cadougan added 14, and […]

For Marquette to advance to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament for the first time since 2010 it will have to overcome two obstacles: the nightmare that was last year’s loss to Louisville at Madison Square Garden, and Jack Cooley, who played just 15 minutes against the Golden Eagles two weeks ago because of […]

The general consensus was that, following the departure of Jae Crowder, the Marquette defense would have trouble matching last year’s numbers. And while according to KenPom.com, Marquette’s offense (No. 16) has outplayed its defense (No. 49) and its defense this season has been worse statistically than it was a year ago with Crowder (No. 14), […]

The Big East Tournament is upon us at last! The final year of this version’s Big East should be a memorable one, as three teams tied for first and three more teams were within three games of the top spot. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week […]

As always, these tiebreakers are simply for seeding in the Big East Tournament. If eight teams somehow finished tied for the best record in the conference, those eight teams would share the regular season championship. First things first, Marquette holds head-to-head tiebreakers over Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh. They lose a head-to-head tiebreaker with Louisville, and […]

Marquette hosts one of the hottest teams in the Big East when Pittsburgh comes to town tomorrow for a noon tip off. The Golden Eagles are currently tied for first place in the conference standings following Syracuse’s 66-58 loss at Connecticut Wednesday. “This is probably the biggest game of the year for us so far, […]