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Buzz Williams must search, wait for his special team

Usually when Buzz Williams says he’s worried about one of his teams, it’s easy to write off his comments as coach-speak. After all, his resume of five straight NCAA Tournament appearances, at least 22 wins in each season and, most recently, an Elite Eight berth, speaks for itself. The Golden Eagles will be a perennial […]

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Marquette preseason primer: Bigs

Marquette is officially in game week, which means we’ll  be previewing this year’s roster and schedule throughout the week up until Friday night’s game against Southern. Today we look at Marquette’s bigs and finally the non-conference schedule. On Friday we’ll make our predictions for the 2013-14 Golden Eagles. Monday: Guards Tuesday: Wings Wednesday: Forwards/centers Thursday: Non-conference schedule Friday: Predictions The […]

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Coaches pick Marquette as favorite to win Big East

Marquette topped the poll of Big East coaches and was selected as the favorite to win the conference this season. This is a new position for Marquette and Buzz Williams to be in, having never been selected higher than sixth in a pre-season Big East poll — and that was back in 2008 with the […]

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Pro-Am video highlights from Midwest Ballers

If you want something done right, leave it to the professionals. When it comes to highlight reels of local action, no one does it better than the guys over at Midwest Ballers. Here are some of Marquette players’ highlights at the Milwaukee Pro-Am courtesy of Midwest Ballers. It’s true that these glorified pick-up won’t tell […]

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Just how close is Buzz Williams to landing a star center?

With the final live July recruiting period having just begun, the Marquette coaching staff is again out and about on the recruiting trail, offering scholarships to potential commits who could shape the future of Marquette basketball. Today we’ll look at how Buzz Williams is playing the recruiting game perfectly when it comes to big men. […]

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All-Big East Team predictions, July edition

Sure, it’s only July 24 and plenty is bound to change in the next few months. But what’s going to keep this offseason moving better than a little speculation and prediction? Thanks to NYC Buckets (follow on Twitter here) for the idea, John Templon gave his own “Way Too Early: All-Big East Teams” yesterday which […]

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