Tag Archives: Pittsburgh

Best Game Bracket: 2 vs. 15/7 vs. 10

This is the first match-up of a 16-game bracket looking at the best Marquette game of the last decade. The complete bracket is at the bottom of each match-up. Vote early and share it. The more votes, the better. 2. 1/3/06 UConn (Big East Opener) vs. 15. 1/6/10 Georgetown (Cubillan 6-6) The Case for UConn […]

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Best Game Bracket: Play-in games

Let’s face it folks, there’s only so much for college basketball fans to talk about during the doldrums of summer—hence our Top Performance Series, ESPN’s current 50 in 50 series and CBS’ ongoing anonymous coach polling. It’s not that we don’t want to talk about substantive issues, there’s just not much fruit to be juiced. […]

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Five Point Play V3: Realignment questions

In case you have been living under a rock for the past week, Syracuse and Pittsburgh opted to leave for the Atlantic Coast Conference. Other Big East teams may not be far behind. The Big East’s future is up in the air, and that’s not good for Marquette, a school without a football team. Football […]

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What conference realignment means for Marquette

Welcome to Marquette Fr. Pilarz! First you dealt with sexual assault claims against athletes all summer, which in some form or another led to the outing of Athletic Director Steve Cottingham. Then you witnessed Milwaukee becoming Compton where armed robberies were as common as the sun rising in the morning. And just as your inauguration […]

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