Big East Media Day and More

Just a little bit more from yesterday's Big East Media Day as well as getting ready for Marquette Madness (and more)

Big East Media Day

• Even though Rosiak wasn't among the 200+ people that were credentialed for Big East Media Day yesterday, he still managed to pop out some excellent blog entries. First, he delivered an interview with Jerel McNeal. Then, Rosiak also checked in with an interview with Buzz. As always, nice job by Rosiak.
• The conference website has additional information from yesterday's event as well. The initial page has Mike Tranghese's opening comments. The press conference is about ten minutes, but it's kind of worth it. Tranghese welcomes the two new coaches to the league, talks about the history of the league and growing up with ESPN, and then even gives a glimpse of what the partnership with SNY for TV will mean. There are several additional links on that page as well for pre-season honors and the coaches poll, most of which has already been covered here and elsewhere.

Marquette Madness

• Marquette Madness is two days away! Try to make it in person, and if not, check it out online. Even if you can't watch it live, the MUTV-sports folks are saying it will be archived to watch later. The MUTV-Sports blog provides some hints about their broadcast of Marquette Madness.
  
• In addition, the official GoMarquette.com site has unveiled more of their video. In case you forgot the context for this commercial, here's a picture of the Converse Ad. I still love that ad, and am excited to see the full video version.
• There will definitely be some recruits as well as fans at Marquette Madness. Bullseye reports that there will be some top underclass prospects from Illinois in attendance, including class of 2009 player Chris Colvin. Here's a rough list of additional recruits as well.
  

Additional Misc Information about Marquette (or not)

• MarquetteHoops.com also delivers two new interviews. The first is an interview of Jimmy Butler, and the second is an interview with Dwight Burke.
• Finally, for some fun... Since we mentioned Converse, www.marquettewillbeback.com has a counter until the start of the NCAA tournament (144 days). And since we're talking about counters, in case you were wondering how long Buzz has been on the job, the moderators at MUScoop put up a handy reference on their stats page. (199 days)
  

UPDATE: Bullseye link and re-formatted the whole page

Media Updates

Some additional news and notes from around the web.

• There was also a new release from the podcast series with an interview of Brad Autry. Of all the podcasts, Coordinator of Student-Athlete Development Brad Autry has been the most enjoyable to listen to so far. Again, here is the landing page for all podcasts.
• Autry also touches on the most recent event for the Marquette players. Evidently they just completed Boot Camp. I'm not sure what Boot Camp really refers to, except that Autry mentions it involved lots of running. Has the NCAA relaxed the pre-season requirements for workouts, or are coaching staffs just getting smarter about how they work the teams? We've heard about 30 minute workout chunks and now Boot Camp, but I thought practice didn't officially start until tomorrow? By the way, the previous link has extra information about the Marquette Madness event on 10/25.
• The team is down in Chicago today for the Chicago Tip-Off Dinner. The event will be at the Shedd Aquarium at 6:30 tonight.
  
• While in Chicago, Marquette will practice on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Despite reports to the contrary, those practices will be held at the University of Chicago and will not be open to the public.
  
• As a continuing demonstration of why it's a great time to root for Marquette, MU will be on TV a lot this year. The full PDF can be obtained here. Twelve games will be on national TV, and almost all of the other games will either be on Channel 32 or the Big East Network. No, the BE Network is nothing like the Big Ten Network. No word yet on what the TV schedule means for ESPN Full Court, although Chicos is confident all games will be on DirecTV.
• Eric Silver has an interesting article that re-ranks the 2005 Big East Recruiting Classes. (He ranks MU's class of the Three Amigos as #1)
  
• Finally, Luke Winn from SI ranks Marquette the Number Four backcourt in the nation. Check out the link, or view the MUScoop Thread for details (as well as a link for where we were ranked last year). And.... he has McNeal as the #12 Senior in the nation.
  

UPDATE: included McNeal link
UPDATE #2: No open scrimmage at Whitney Young

Recruiting Updates

Just a few quick updates regarding recruits.

• Mark Miller reports that "New Marquette University coach Buzz Williams is beginning to show interest in Milwaukee Lutheran sophomore T.J. Kadima." If you don't check it out regularly, bookmark the following site and check it out regularly. Mark Miller does a great job.
• Harv and Roy from Bullseye report that 6'2 guard Darius Smith from Marshall High School in Chicago and 6'3 guard David Brown from Hononegah High School in Rockton, IL are both high priority recruits for Marquette University. Check out the link for more details.
• Per a report from TampaBay.com, MU is expressing strong interest in 6'2" point guard Sheldon Cooley. Cooley was the Hillsborough Player of the Year, averaging 22 points, 9 rebounds and five steals per game as a junior.
  
• NBE Basketball Report has a great rundown of the GBOA North AAU Tournament. There are just a ton of comments about Marquette target Jeronne Maymon in the link, including a detailed breakdown (scroll down). Here's my favorite comment:

"...to a waiting Maymon who passed up an opportunity for a highlight reel finish by laying the ball softly off the glass and in with nary a defender in sight."

Iman Shumpert Update: Bullseye Brothers

Not much new here - - but it is good to see that MU remains closely associated with Iman Shumpert, class of 2008.

....there are presently four schools that Illinois Prep Bulls-eye clearly believes are at the head of the pack when it comes to Shumpert's recruiting list--Illinois, Marquette, Georgia Tech and Clemson. All four have been there from the beginning and have offered scholarships. When Shumpert completes his trip to the University of Illinois this weekend, he will have taken unofficial visits to all of these schools.

............Shumpert has already mentioned on numerous occassions that he feels he enjoys an outstanding relationship with Illinois' Bruce Weber, Marquette's Tom Crean, Georgia Tech's Paul Hewitt and Clemson's Oliver Purnell.

Here's the link to the complete report.