Category Archives: College Basketball
Don’t Let Xavier’s Buzzer Beater Making You Forget Marquette’s Pathetic Defense
Marquette Golden Eagles played Xavier in their third game of the week. A 2-1 week in the Big East with two road games sounded pretty nice. Golden Eagles also would have two NCAA Tournament resume wins with beating Creighton and Xavier. Marquette jumped out to
Bad First Half & a Late Flop Doom Marquette Against Seton Hall
Marquette Golden Eagles were trying to follow up their big win against Creighton with an equally big win against Seton Hall. While the Pirates are missing Myles Powell from this year’s team, they still have an NCAA Tournament team. After all the torment Hall provided
Marquette Delivers The Second Half Stunner to Creighton
Marquette Golden Eagles started Big East play on Monday. It was not an easy turnaround for them as they went from Los Angeles to Omaha to play Creighton. The Jays are a top ten team in the country who just lost by a point to
Koby McEwen’s Big Second Half Prevents Marquette From a Green Bay Letdown
Letdown games are a thing in all sports. They’re never fun. You have a big win against a rival or a top opponent, and you need to keep that focus for the next opponent who isn’t as good. It’s not an easy task. Then you
Marquette Proved They Belong With CBB’s Big Boys After Beating Wisconsin
Marquette Golden Eagles and Wisconsin Badgers is one of the best rivalries in college basketball. Now and again, there is a clunker like last season. But for the most part, you get dramatic, throw the records out type of basketball game. Marquette stumbled on Tuesday
My Reaction to Tip-In Heard Aaround Wisconsin
Last night’s Wisconsin-Marquette game was one of the record books. Marquette beat Wisconsin, 67-65 on a tip-in by Justin Lewis at the buzzer. The moment was absolutely incredible. If you missed this game, you missed one of the better college basketball games I’ve watched in
Marquette’s Zone & Press Woes Lead To First Loss of The Season
Marquette Golden Eagles started the year, 2-0. This is something they’ve done often. But then they play a top-tier opponent that is in a Power 5 Football conference and they crumble like a cheap suit. As Paint Touches noted, Marquette is 1-6 in those games
First Impressions About This Season of Marquette Basketball
Typically, we will try to get a recap up the day after games. That will be the mission moving forward. Friday games are always tough which we have two of them in the next two weeks. As a placeholder, let’s talk about the first two
Marquette’s December Schedule is a Doozy
College basketball is less than a month away from kicking off. If you follow Jon Rothstein, he made mention how screwed up non-conference scheduling is for the sport. Despite having multiple months to plan things out, teams are still struggling with the idea of figuring
Wisconsin-Marquette Keep Rivalry Alive Amid Weird Basketball Year
Due to college football mostly going with conference games only, some rivalries were left out. There is no Georgia-Georgia Tech, Louisville-Kentucky, Florida-Florida State. All those games were wiped out. College Basketball is in a weird in-between. They need non-conference games to bolster resumes for the