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Marquette is a basketball first school with an illustrious history, both at a team and individual level. And Tyler Kolek just secured something only 2 other players in Marquette history could claim. For the second consecutive year, Kolek was named to at least one team on all four All-American teams that make up the consensus […]

It wasn’t even a full 6 months ago when I was asked if Tyler Kolek had a shot to win Big East Player of the Year and I pretty much blew off the possibility, as I didn’t think Marquette would win enough nor Kolek put up enough counting numbers. Boy was that wrong. He not […]

At just 5’11”, size has been the biggest detriment to Markus Howard’s game at every level. But at every level Markus has proven time and again that his scoring acumen and ability to shoot the rock is otherworldly. That is what he was born to do, and that’s what he’ll be asked to do at […]

Despite the uncertainty and altered timeline around the 2020 NBA draft, there will be a draft at some point. And with Markus Howard hoping to hear his name on draft night, we wanted to talk to The Athletic’s NBA Draft guru Sam Vecenie to get an expert’s take on all things Howard. And boy did […]