Cracked Sidewalks

"My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world was a cracked sidewalk."
—Al McGuire

Marquette's Premier Basketball Blog

Thursday, January 12, 2012

While 1 in 6 games (Norf, LSU, Vandy) are a dud for most teams; Gardner & Mayo step up to remind us this may be a Top 10 team

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I’m not sure the next time you will see four players as dominant across the board as you saw last night when Davante Gardner, Todd Mayo, DJO...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Five Questions with Rumble in the Garden

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Blogger friend Pico from Rumble In the Garden  sat down with Cracked Sidewalks to answer some questions about the Johnnies.  His information...
Saturday, January 07, 2012

Despite losses, 2 best performances since Otule injury a great sign

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While the two losses this week will almost certainly drop Marquette out of the Top 25, the two strong performances broke a miserable 7-game ...
Friday, January 06, 2012

The Season So Far In One Picture

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A few years ago I did a similar " DOOMED!!!! " post and then the season promptly turned itself around.  I really hope to be just...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Improved Guard Play Will Be Key To Reversing Trends

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Tonight, Marquette begins a difficult two-game stretch of road games.  Unfortunately, despite the recent conference opening win over Villano...
Monday, January 02, 2012

An early look at NCAA possibilities.

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As the message boards are starting to buzz with talk about how many bids the Big East teams may receive, it is interesting to note this obse...

Closing Time

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Welcome back, Dr. Blackheart .  Following the Warriors' victory over the Villanova Wildcats to start the Big East season, the Good Doct...
Sunday, January 01, 2012

December Non-Conference Report

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Time to take another look at our non-conference opponents, this time for the month of December. A couple teams took big jumps in their proje...

Big East kickoff at Noon - top 20 Big East players and MU picked to finish top 4 with conference slumping

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Team Proj W Proj L Trend in Pomeroy Top 20 BE players Syracuse 15 3 #4 steady all year 5, Kris Joseph 6-f-7; 7, James Southerland 6-f-8; 8,...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Blogger says Vandy with Ezeli his top pick to stay within single digits or win; MU must leverage defensive and bench superiority

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A look at the match-ups tonight shows that with the return of 6-foot-11 Festus Ezeli against Marquette, the starting squads are virtually ev...
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Monday, December 26, 2011

Holidays in Japan

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We've just wrapped up the first part of the season, and have a few days off along with the All-Star weekend coming up. We just finished...
Friday, December 23, 2011

1st Value Add Top 100 of 2012 points to Jae Crowder as All-American

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With Marquette beating it's last mid-major opponent of the season last night, with a 64-50 win over UW-Milwaukee ( see story here ), I t...

Marquette captures Cheese State hoops title

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It wasn't pretty but a win is a win is a win. With Marquette's victory over UW-M on Thursday night they capture the unofficial Chee...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Buzz’s defense may have prevented 20-point loss to LSU; possible Otule return could lead MU back to Top 10

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Marquette has averaged a “Game Score” of just 79 since losing Chris Otule, only one-point better than UWM’s 78. MU has home court advantage...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

LSU's highly recruited 3 bigs offer threat with no Otule Monday - MU tunes up well with 93-72 win

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Of all the great news during Saturday's win, the most important stat was MU allowing Northern Colorado, and above average team on the of...
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