Marquette's Championship Quest: Can They Make Four Straight NCAA Tournament Appearances?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Marquette's Championship Quest: Can They Make Four Straight NCAA Tournament Appearances?

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No. 18 Marquette aims for a fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth, with the team looking to replace departing players Tyler Kolek and Oso Ighodaro. The Golden Eagles have a strong core of returning players, including Kam Jones, David Joplin, and Stevie Mitchell, but they need to find replacements for Kolek and Ighodaro. The team opens with a home game against Stony Brook and faces two-time defending national champion UConn in the Big East Conference tournament.

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No. 10 Marquette routs Stonehill 94-59 behind Joplin’s 27 points
1 month, 2 weeks ago

No. 10 Marquette routs Stonehill 94-59 behind Joplin’s 27 points

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Joplin poured in a career-high 29 in the Golden Eagles’ previous game, an 80-69 win Saturday over Georgia in the Bahamas. Amir Nesbitt led Stonehill with 14 points, Hermann Koffi scored 13 and Chas Stinson added 10. Key moment Stonehill stayed close until 8:53 in …

Marquette Dominates Stony Brook, Clinches Season-Opening Victory
2 months ago

Marquette Dominates Stony Brook, Clinches Season-Opening Victory

Associated Press  

Kam Jones shines for Marquette, leading the Golden Eagles to a 102-62 victory over Stony Brook. Jones scored 32 points, including 14 from the floor, and added 23 points from beyond the arc. The Seawolves, on the other hand, were led by Joe Octave with 12 points and Ben Wight with 10 points and eight rebounds.

No. 5 Marquette visits Kalkbrenner and No. 12 Creighton
10 months, 1 week ago

No. 5 Marquette visits Kalkbrenner and No. 12 Creighton

Associated Press  

Marquette Golden Eagles at Creighton Bluejays Omaha, Nebraska; Saturday, 2:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 5 Marquette Golden Eagles after Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 23 points in Creighton’s 85-64 win over the Seton Hall Pirates. Marquette averages 9.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.5 more made shots on average than the 5.6 per game Creighton gives up. LAST 10 GAMES: …

No. 7 Marquette hosts Xavier following Jones’ 34-point performance
10 months, 2 weeks ago

No. 7 Marquette hosts Xavier following Jones’ 34-point performance

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Xavier Musketeers at Marquette Golden Eagles Milwaukee; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Eagles -10.5; over/under is 158 BOTTOM LINE: No. Marquette averages 8.9 made 3-pointers per game, 1.7 more made shots than the 7.2 per game Xavier gives up. LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Eagles: 9-1, averaging 81.9 points, 31.0 rebounds, 18.7 assists, 8.4 steals and 4.1 blocks …

No. 17 Marquette visits St. John’s following Jones’ 22-point game
11 months, 3 weeks ago

No. 17 Marquette visits St. John’s following Jones’ 22-point game

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Marquette Golden Eagles at St. John’s Red Storm New York; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 17 Marquette visits the St. John’s Red Storm after Kam Jones scored 22 points in Marquette’s 87-74 win against the Villanova Wildcats. St. John’s ranks fifth in the Big East with 15.4 assists per game led by Daniss Jenkins averaging 5.9. LAST 10 …

Villanova visits No. 11 Marquette after Jones’ 20-point outing
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Villanova visits No. 11 Marquette after Jones’ 20-point outing

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Villanova Wildcats at Marquette Golden Eagles Milwaukee; Monday, 2:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Eagles -6; over/under is 143 BOTTOM LINE: No. Villanova is the best team in the Big East allowing just 65.1 points per game while holding opponents to 40.8% shooting. TOP PERFORMERS: Jones is scoring 14.9 points per game and averaging 2.9 rebounds for the Golden …

Jones and No. 11 Marquette host Villanova
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Jones and No. 11 Marquette host Villanova

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Villanova Wildcats at Marquette Golden Eagles Milwaukee; Monday, 2:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. Marquette ranks eighth in the Big East with 23.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Tyler Kolek averaging 4.4. Villanova is seventh in the Big East scoring 74.3 points per game and is shooting 41.8%. LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Eagles: 6-4, averaging 75.2 points, 34.4 rebounds, …

King, Hottinger lead No. 19 Marquette to 11th straight win, top Appalachian State 99-91
1 year ago

King, Hottinger lead No. 19 Marquette to 11th straight win, top Appalachian State 99-91

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— Jordan King scored a season-high 29 points and Frannie Hottinger grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds as No. Marquette added to its best start in program history with its 11th straight win and had its highest-scoring game of the season, topping 90 points for the third time this season. King moved into third all-time in career games played by starting …

Tyler Kolek, No. 3 Marquette cruise past Southern 93-56
1 year, 1 month ago

Tyler Kolek, No. 3 Marquette cruise past Southern 93-56

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The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! In its first game since a runner-up finish in the Maui Invitational, Marquette used swarming defense to convert 22 turnovers by Southern into 38 points. We’ve got to do our job.” Jordan Johnson scored 21 points for Southern, matching his season total entering the game. …

Southern visits No. 3 Marquette after Kolek’s 22-point game
1 year, 1 month ago

Southern visits No. 3 Marquette after Kolek’s 22-point game

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Southern Jaguars at Marquette Golden Eagles Milwaukee; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Eagles -31; over/under is 151 BOTTOM LINE: No. Marquette scores 79.5 points per game, 7.7 fewer points than the 87.2 Southern allows. Southern averages 6.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 fewer makes per game than Marquette gives up. TOP PERFORMERS: Kam Jones is …

Ighodaro leads No. 4 Marquette to 73-59 rout of top-ranked Kansas in testy Maui semifinal
1 year, 1 month ago

Ighodaro leads No. 4 Marquette to 73-59 rout of top-ranked Kansas in testy Maui semifinal

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HONOLULU — Steaming mad about some Kansas trash talk, Marquette coach Shaka Smart stormed up the sideline looking ready for a fight. Tempers flared late in the first half after Kansas swingman Kevin McCullar Jr. drained a 3-pointer in front of Marquette’s bench. “Our guys did a really good job of just basically ignoring what happened and just continuing to …

No. 4 Marquette routs No. 1 Kansas 73-59 in Maui Invitational semifinals
1 year, 1 month ago

No. 4 Marquette routs No. 1 Kansas 73-59 in Maui Invitational semifinals

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HONOLULU — Oso Ighodaro had 21 points and nine rebounds as No. 7 TENNESSEE 67 HONOLULU — Fletcher Loyer scored 27 points, Zach Edey had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and Purdue edged Tennessee in a Maui Invitational semifinal. 9 DUKE 95, LA SALLE 66 DURHAM, N.C. — Sophomore guard Tyrese Proctor scored a career-high 22 points and Duke used …

Marquette coach Smart faces mentor Izzo in NCAA 2nd round
1 year, 9 months ago

Marquette coach Smart faces mentor Izzo in NCAA 2nd round

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Watching Tom Izzo’s Michigan State team win the 2000 national title was a seminal moment for Shaka Smart, then a 22-year-old graduate assistant at Division II California University of Pennsylvania. “That cemented in my mind college basketball was where I wanted to be,” Smart said Saturday, a day before his second-seeded Marquette team was to face Izzo …

March Madness: Jones, Marquette roll over Vermont 78-61
1 year, 9 months ago

March Madness: Jones, Marquette roll over Vermont 78-61

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kam Jones managed just a single point in the first half against Vermont. Jones scored 18 of his 19 points in one stretch of the second half as second-seeded Marquette pulled away from Vermont en route to a 78-61 rout in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. That’s what allowed us to break the …

Marquette will play for Big East title Saturday. The reason why starts with Shaka Smart
1 year, 10 months ago

Marquette will play for Big East title Saturday. The reason why starts with Shaka Smart

New York Times  

NEW YORK — Forty-two minutes remained on the pregame countdown clock, and it was rowdy inside Madison Square Garden with more or less nobody around. “Clear the way!” Zach Wrightsil howled, an injured senior wearing a leg brace who nevertheless fanboy-ed every teammate sailing in for a dunk, up to and including Olivier-Maxence Prosper’s gnarly windmill. By the end of …

No. 10 Marquette beats Georgetown 89-75, takes Big East lead
1 year, 10 months ago

No. 10 Marquette beats Georgetown 89-75, takes Big East lead

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WASHINGTON — Marquette needed to avoid a letdown in between Top 25 Big East matchups. Bryson Mozone had 11 points and Akok Akok had 10 for Georgetown, which has lost 12 straight games against Top 25 teams since winning the 2021 Big East Tournament. “Kolek is the head of the snake,” Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing said about Marquette’s star point …

Marquette’s rout of Baylor proves Shaka Smart is taking hold of the program
2 years, 1 month ago

Marquette’s rout of Baylor proves Shaka Smart is taking hold of the program

New York Times  

MILWAUKEE — Early in a day that ended with two hours of straight basketball bacchanal, Marquette’s men’s hoops staff had a meeting. “It’s understanding they’re not going to be all the way where you want them to go, all the time,” Smart said late Tuesday, gripping a telltale rolled-up box score in a Fiserv Forum hallway, “but we’ve gotta demand …

Shaka Smart back home, eager to revitalize Marquette hoops
3 years, 9 months ago

Shaka Smart back home, eager to revitalize Marquette hoops

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — Shaka Smart acknowledges he’s happy to return to his home state but says that isn’t necessarily the reason he decided to leave Texas for Marquette. And he’s already been to the Final Four.” Marquette pursued Smart in 2014 — three years after that Final Four run — but he stayed at VCU. “I’m so grateful for all coach …

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