Milwaukee, WI – Marquette and Butler met for an early afternoon tip on Saturday at Fiserv Forum. Marquette was coming off a tough 83-82 loss at Creighton and looked to get back to their winning ways against the Bulldogs. Butler is also coming off a loss at Seton Hall on Wednesday. The first matchup between […]
Big East Tournament Semifinals
New York, N.Y. – The top four seeds in the Big East tournament slugged it out on Friday night in two semi-final games at Madison Square Garden in New York City with berths in the championship game at stake. By the time the second game ended on Saturday morning, Villanova and Seton Hall had survived […]
Big East Tournament: Day Two
New York, N.Y. – Day Two of the Big East tournament played out on Thursday with all four of the higher seeds holding serve in games that may have lacked for close endings, but certainly did not lack for star performances. VILLANOVA VS PROVIDENCE The top seated Wildcats began the day by riding the performances […]
Creighton Upsets Marquette in Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI—It isn’t often that a team gets outshot from the field, from behind the three-point arc and at the free throw line and still wins a game, but that was the case on Sunday afternoon when the Creighton Blue Jays came to Milwaukee and defeated the Big East-leading and number 10 ranked Marquette Golden […]
Marquette Takes First Place in Big East with Butler Win
Milwaukee, WI – Coming off an eight-day stretch with no games, Marquette returned to action on Wednesday night in a home game against a Butler team hoping to keep its name in the national discussion of NCAA tournament bubble teams. With Big East leader Villanova having lost to Georgetown earlier in the night, Marquette knew […]
Marquette Hands Villanova First Big East Loss
Milwaukee, WI – Markus Howard and Sacar Anim combined to score 56 of Marquette’s 66 points in helping the Golden Eagles eke out a 66-65 victory over Big East-leading Villanova on Saturday afternoon before a sellout crowd of over 17,000 in Milwaukee. The defeat, Villanova’s first in Big East play, snapped a 10-game conference winning […]
Ponds Leads St. John’s to Upset at Marquette
Milwaukee, WI – Chris Mullin was a exceptional shooter and an outstanding scorer in his playing days first as a collegiate at St. John’s and then during a 16-year run in the NBA. Mullin developed a sense of detecting when a player was headed for a big scoring game either by looking in the mirror […]
Theo John Leads Marquette Past DePaul
Milwaukee, WI— DePaul blitzed high-scoring Marquette guard Markus Howard in ball screen defensive coverages and ran him off the three-point line when he did find space behind the arc. The Golden Eagles were forced to look elsewhere for points if they were going to defeat DePaul in a Big East Conference match-up in Milwaukee on […]
Marquette Uses Strong Second Half to Get Past Providence
Newark, NJ – Hidden away in a Fiserv Forum locker room at halftime with his Marquette team trailing Providence 33-25, Sam Hauser and his teammates missed out on the on-court ceremony honoring former Marquette star Dwyane Wade, who announced in the fall that he will end his 16-year run through the NBA upon the conclusion […]
