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If you want to see a timely snapshot of how the Big East TV ratings are faring, I got the dashboard for you.

With Marquette’s 71-64 victory at Illinois, the Golden Eagles broke an over decade long streak of not winning a true road game in November (a 75-72 win at UWM on Nov 27, 2010). Some of that is that the season is starting earlier and earlier, so there are more November games, and another part is […]

Re-live some of the best moments from Marquette’s season-opening victory over Northern Illinois. Be sure to click on the images to see them in full size. Photos by Ryan Messier.

I don’t normally write much after a cupcake. Any stats pulled out have too tiny a sample to be worth discussing. And there’s not a ton to take away from end to end blowouts. But I needed to expand on the attendance, so am using this pace for that and a few other blurbs. Record […]

There are a million blessings I’ve been given in this life, but one of the best is to have a son that loves sports more than I do. He’ll wake up and watch the YouTube recap of last night’s games. First thing he does when he gets home from school, weather permitting, is go to […]

Before every season, I like to put my money where my mouth is and project how many minutes each player will play. It’s not that I’m particularly good at it (far from it) but it’s a great way to see just how much changes from what the narrative/expectation is the 6 months of the offseason. […]