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We’ve got a new team back in the top spot this week. Away we go. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 Week 9 1. Louisville (18-4, 6-3) | Last week: 3 Now that’s more like it. After three straight losses, the Cardinals rebounded with home wins over Pittsburgh and Marquette. Gorgui […]

We appreciate ESPN’s Jay Bilas for indirectly plugging our website throughout much of the first half of yesterday’s 70-51 Louisville win over Marquette. But with the fourth performance of the season where Marquette’s offense has looked absolutely lost and failed to score more than 51 points, we decided to investigate Buzz Williams’ claim that the […]

1. Davante Gardner’s importance can’t be understated Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but Davante Gardner’s absence in the Marquette offense makes it an average group, at best. After picking up two fouls in four minutes in the first half, the Golden Eagles stalled offensively — not to mention they lost size in the […]

Marquette travels to Louisville Sunday with a chance to distance itself even further from the Cardinals in the Big East standings. With Syracuse in action as we speak, the Golden Eagles have a chance to sit alone in first place with a road win tomorrow. It won’t be easy, however. Louisville is 10-1 at the […]

For teams that want to be considered contenders in their respective conference, the only true gauge is how said team competes against the stiffest tests. To date, Marquette has not played the top three teams in the Big East, according to standing: Syracuse, Louisville and St. John’s. That will change Sunday when it travels to […]

Even the most optimistic expectations couldn’t have pegged Marquette as contenders for first place one month into the Big East season. With three games against teams picked above the Golden Eagles in the Big East Preseason Coaches’ Poll — Georgetown, at Pittsburgh, at Cincinnati — and another against surprise Connecticut, a 5-2 or 4-3 start […]