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Marquette head coach Buzz Williams isn’t sure why his team is having trouble in the early portion of games. If he did, he would have told them by now. The Golden Eagles won all three games at home over the past six days to move to 4-2 in Big East play, but they didn’t do […]

Basketball is a team sport. Not exactly breaking news. When teammates create offensive opportunities for one another and turn over their opposition, that’s typically a recipe for success. But the No. 25/24 Marquette Golden Eagles have struggled to grasp the concept and properly execute it over their previous six contests, including during Saturday’s 62-57 victory […]

Opening statement I thought we played more minutes of us than we have been playing. I didn’t think that we started great, had too many live ball turnovers early. Their first seven field goal attempts, they offensive rebounded six of them. They’re number one in the country in offensive rebound percentage. After that sequence I […]

On a day when Marquette celebrated its 95-year history, a strong defensive second half propelled the Golden Eagles (14-4, 3-2 Big East) over a struggling Pittsburgh (11-7, 0-5 Big East) squad 62-57. Junior guard Junior Cadougan didn’t light up the scoreboard, but ran the offense with precision, dishing out nine assists —six in the second […]

On today’s show Mark Strotman spoke with Troy Machir, writer for the Ballin’ Is A Habit college basketball blog. He and Rob Dauster are currently on a three-week road trip across the Midwest traveling to various stadiums and arenas to take in all the college basketball they can handle. You can see their running diary […]

From preseason rankings to where teams are now, there has not been a more disappointing team in college basketball than the Pittsburgh Panthers. Losers of five straight, including four in conference play, the Panthers will look to pick up their first Big East win Saturday against Marquette. Here’s a look at Jamie Dixon’s squad and […]