Tag Archives: ESPN

Big East, FOX Sports 1 struggle to gain TV ratings

Going into the  season, one of the biggest questions regarding the Big East was how much of an impact leaving ESPN for FOX Sports would have on the TV ratings. Getting a wide audience is a crucial aspect of maintaining national relevance for a regional league, not to mention a key selling point to potential […]

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Larry Williams Exclusive Part I: FOX, NCAA Tournament crucial to future success

With the excitement of March Madness and the basketball season as a whole coming to an end, it’s now time to look more closely at the “new” adventure Marquette and nine of its closest basketball friends are about to embark on. The new conference, no longer to be referred to as the new Big East, […]

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Do top 25 rankings matter?

It doesn’t matter. It’s pointless. No one cares. From the amount of Twitter dialogue I’ve seen, it seems like there has been a recent, more noticeable, backlash to the in-season basketball polls of late. Writers and fans alike have been more dismissive of results, using a variety of similar phrases as those above. And while […]

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Web Dimes 11/5

To start your week  off right, here’s some of the best #mubb related links from the past few days. Keep checking back for a slate full of content this week as Marquette prepares to climb aboard the USS Yorktown to open the season on Friday. Marquette’s eccentric Williams opens up– JS Online Southwind High basketball standout […]

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Has Notre Dame dealt the Big East a knockout blow?

Darn. When Dick Vitale opined on Twitter last Saturday that his sources were telling him Notre Dame was close to accepting an invitation to join the ACC, I had a good belly laugh. There goes crazy uncle Dick, spouting off absurdities even Bigfoot chasers wouldn’t believe. I mean really, why would the ACC allow ND […]

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Marquette official 2012-2013 schedule

The Big East schedule was officially announced today, and Marquette’s schedule is now complete. Opponents were already known, but dates are now set in stone. Some times still have not been announced. Marquette will appear on national TV as many as 17 times in the 2012-2013 season, beginning on Nov. 9 with the Carrier Classic […]

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