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Marquette, along with Georgetown, Seton Hall, St. John’s, Villanova, DePaul and Providence announced today it would be leaving the Big East to join a Catholic-based league at an undetermined date. The earliest the league could begin without paying an exit fee to the Big East would be June 1, 2015, according to sources. However, there […]

The day has come. After 15 months of limbo and departures, beginning with Pittsburgh and Syracuse, followed by West Virginia and TCU, then Notre Dame and Rutgers and finally Louisville, the seven non-football schools of the remaining Big East have decided to split from the football playing members, according to reports from Gary Parrish and […]

“Monarch has been with me throughout my tenure as a head coach and selfishly, I hope I am able to say that for the rest of my tenure.” – Buzz Williams 2011-’12 media guide On a warm August night when Marquette Nation should have been celebrating an undefeated start in men’s and women’s soccer as […]

In a statement released by Marquette University, head coach Buzz Williams announced that assistant coach Scott Monarch has been dismissed from the team. Monarch was found to have been “untruthful with department administrators on multiple occasions after it was discovered he knowingly committed violations,” according to the statement. Williams also accepted in the release a one-game […]

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that Athletic Director Larry Williams “is looking into a possible NCAA rules violation involving the men’s basketball program.” A source close to the situation has revealed to Paint Touches the possible infraction is recruiting-oriented, and it is not believed to be major. Williams’ statement noted that Marquette followed protocol upon […]

The Marquette Athletic Department released a statement from Buzz Williams and Larry Williams earlier today, putting to rest the baseless rumors that Williams would be heading to SMU or any other school. Below is the direct statement from the athletic department: A growing number of speculative news reports concerning the future of Marquette men’s basketball […]