Marquette finishes off top-10 foe Syracuse
Marquette finally held onto a win against a ranked Big East opponent with a 76-70 victory over No. 9/10 Syracuse. Senior Jimmy Butler and junior Darius Johnson-Odom hit three clutch three-pointers in...
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Zoning in: MU picks up win against Syracuse’s 2-3 defense
Jae Crowder helped Marquette take down Syracuse last Saturday. Photo by Cy Kondrick / Cy.Kondrick@Marquette.edu Marquette’s struggles against zone defenses are well known by Golden Eagle fans....
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Men grab opportunity by the horns against Bulls, 59-58
Darius Johnson-Odom helped spark a late rally in Marquette's win. Photo by Ryan Glazier / Ryan.Glazier@Marquette.edu It may not have been pretty, but Marquette still found a way to come back and beat...
View ArticleMU can’t ovecome 18 turnovers in 80-68 loss to St. John’s
Coach Buzz Williams’s yellow blazer couldn’t will the Golden Eagles to victory on Al’s Night Tuesday as the men lost to St. John’s 80-68 – Marquette’s first double-digit loss this season. Williams...
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Crowder filling Hayward’s shoes
Junior forward Jae Crowder has done his best Lazar Hayward impression this season.Photo by Ryan Glazier / Ryan.Glazier@Marquette.edu After Marquette’s 80-78 loss to Washington in the NCAA Tournament,...
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Men’s basketball having shooting pains
Marquette had a rough time finding points in a home loss to St. John's. Photo by Stephanie Waterman / Stephanie.Waterman@Marquette.edu The men’s basketball team surely isn’t deserving of the “NIT”...
View ArticleMU shipwrecks Seton Hall 73-64
Marquette kept its NCAA tournament hopes alive and helped honor retiring University President the Rev. Robert A. Wild with a 73-64 win over Seton Hall Saturday night. The Golden Eagles (16-11, 7-7 Big...
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Connecticut a make or break game for men’s team
Jimmy Butler against Seton Hall. Photo by Cy Kondrick / Cy.Kondrick@Marquette.edu As the Marquette men’s basketball team pushes toward an NCAA Tournament berth, there’s still one crucial piece missing...
View ArticleSCHMIDT: For Cinderella Butler, clock strikes midnight
If Jimmy Butler were a literary term, he’d be a motif. His recurring acts of toughness and breakneck hustle symbolize everything the Buzz Williams coaching tenure is about. Butler is a scrappy,...
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Butler braces for battle with Providence’s Brooks in Big East Tourney
MU is hopeful for the Big East Tournament with All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention player Jimmy Butler and All-BIG EAST Second Team player Darius Johnson-Odom. File Photo by Ryan Glazier /...
View ArticleMarquette downs Providence 87-66 in Big East Tournament
It was a roller coaster ride for Marquette, but the Golden Eagles downed the Providence Friars 87-66 Tuesday night on the back of senior forward Jimmy Butler’s near triple double: 19 points, 10...
View ArticleMarquette unable to match Louisville’s offense in 81-56 loss
Five games in five days was deemed a “daunting” task by coach Buzz Williams before the Big East Championship tournament began. But three games proved to be too daunting for Marquette (20-14) as the...
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SEEMAN: How Sweet it is
First, a disclaimer: I like to think I know a thing or two about sports, but recent evidence shows there’s a strong possibility that I actually know nothing about sports. My bracket is more busted than...
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SEEMAN: Golden Eagles turn in satisfying season
Every missed shot during Friday night’s Sweet 16 game — all 40 of them — acted as 40 separate hammer blows driving the final nail through the coffin of the Marquette men’s basketball season. As easy as...
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SCHMIDT: Butler looking for seasonal work
In two weeks time, the seniors on the men’s basketball team will face a task far more perilous than stopping Connecticut junior guard Kemba Walker or trying to syphon through the iron clamps of...
View ArticleSCHMIDT: All hail Gonyo, Athlete of the Year
Sports at Marquette can be a bit schizophrenic. Just when you think you have a handle on what’s going on, things go all Jekyll and Hyde and take an unexpected turn. This year, the script was flipped so...
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SCHMIDT: Butler’s story is one that shouldn’t have been
There was a little kid from Tomball, Tex., who grew from a crack in concrete. He was abandoned when he was 13 years old. He was lost. He was found. He was raised by adoptive parents. He survived the...
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GRESKA: Five ways to put the ‘mad’ back in Marquette Madness
Andrei Greska It’s time. There have been exactly 200 basketball-less nights and days at Marquette. In three more, however, life will be breathed back into campus. Marquette Madness, the annual...
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PHOTO SPOTLIGHT: Marquette Madness in action
Marquette Madness provided a spectacle with three point contests with fans, scrimmages with NBA players,karaoke with coach Buzz Williams and games with the Marquette men’s and women’s basketball teams....
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TREBBY: Marquette’s own Fab Five
After the men’s basketball game against DePaul on Monday night, I thought about where seniors Darius Johnson-Odom and Jae Crowder will go down in the annals of Marquette history. It’s difficult to say...
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