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When Trent Lockett announced he would play his final season of college basketball at Marquette, the task of replacing two NBA players got a whole heck of a lot easier for Buzz Williams and co. The Golden Eagles gained a savvy veteran guard with great size and even better intangibles who would be able to […]

One recruit had his name plastered on every top-100 rankings across the country, won three straight state championships at a powerhouse high school in the heart of Chicago and was tagged, at one point by lead recruiter Tony Benford, as the second coming of Big East Player of the Year Jae Crowder. The other recruit […]

Buzz Williams sent his second and third recruits to the NBA in June, as Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom joined Jimmy Butler at the next level. In four seasons as head coach, Williams has had a player enter the NBA each year (Wes Matthews, Lazar Hayward), and an increasingly talented roster only should add to […]

The season is but a stone throw away, and means there’s a lot of #mubb related content lingering on the web. Don’t worry though, we have rounded up some of the best links at your disposal for the return of the weekly Web Dimes. Darius Johnson-Odom on cusp of dream with Lakers– LA Times NCAA […]

Buzz Williams will send home one of his players next summer. And he’ll do the same the summer after that, too. These offseason suspensions may not only be the result of a punishment handed down to straighten out a player, but also acts as part of his philosophy to let his players understand the value […]

Buzz Williams is “building a house” at Marquette, and his structure is firmly in place following Sweet 16 appearances and 49 wins over the last two seasons. And many are beginning to take note of that house Williams is constructing, and it’s apparent that the Golden Eagles have shed their “under-the-radar” label as Williams heads […]