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What if I told you New Mexico’s defense was not only a top-20 D in the country, but also strong in the spots Marquette most likes to operate?

Marquette’s violent defense is a Shaka Smart philosophy, but Chase Ross’ IQ and athleticism help put it into practice.

If it feels like Marquette is on defense much more than it is on offense, you are not alone and not wrong.

Following a thorough late night victory over Villanova on Feb 2, the 2nd win over the Big East’s standard bearer in 2 weeks, Marquette was sitting at 16-7, 8-4 in Big East play and dreaming of just high the ceiling for this team could be. It wasn’t just that it beat Nova twice, it was […]

As the calendar turned to 2020 on Dec. 31st and Marquette prepared to launch its Big East campaign in Omaha, MU boasted a good to very good defense, rated as the 40th best in the country with a 91.1 Adjusted Defensive rating on KenPom. Just 3 weeks later, the AdjD rating has tumbled 3 full […]

Coming into the season, if I told you Marquette would have a top-50 defense this year, you’d punch me in the face for wasting your time. The questions being asked weren’t how good can it be, but simply, will it get better? So to have this Marquette team sitting at 39th in Ken Pom’s Adjusted […]