Thursday, December 20, 2012

Reminder: Badgers lost at GB after beating eventual NCAA champ Duke; but MU needs win over bubble LSU team to keep forecast as a 10th seed (all seeds, spoilers and bubble teams calculated)

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The panic over the loss to Green Bay is a bit out of hand.  Wisconsin lost their last trip to Green Bay three years ago ( www.kenpom.com ha...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Pomeroy: How it works and how MU jumped from 49th to 36th in a week

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In addition to the more important developments, yesterday was a reminder of why it is important to root for Marquette's opponents. I adm...
Saturday, December 15, 2012

MU faces all juniors & seniors & one of the top defenses in Savannah State at 1 p.m. Saturday

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For a quick preview of Savannah State today, the item that jumped out is that everyone who will be on the court will be a Junior or Senior t...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

VCU would nudge new conference ahead of ACC; Current All-Conference players for Catholic 7 + Butler/Xavier/VCU

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After a day of rumors the 7 Catholic, Basketball only schools left the Big East for a new conference which we hope will be called, well, the...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Exciting Questions: Mayo back? Catholic Big East School Breakaway with Gonzaga?

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Exciting news is hitting in the aftermath of the big win over Wisconsin. First, it appears Todd Mayo is done with exams and may be back on t...
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Sunday, December 09, 2012

Going out with a bang - Big East dominating BCS foes for one final year

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West Virginia is already playing in the Big 12, and UConn is ineligible this year to repeat the feat of a 9-9 Big East team winning the Nati...
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One Thousand Five Hundred Victories

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Marquette's win over Wisconsin-madison yesterday was not only a win for in-state bragging rights for another year, it also marked the 1,...

Double digit wins over Pomeroy Top 10: Wade over Kentucky 2003, Novak over UConn 2006, Amigos over WVU 2009 & Cadougan over Wisconsin yesterday

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Junior Cadougan dominated Wisconsin for a 60-50 win, marking only the 4th time in 32 chances that Marquette has beaten a Pomeroy Top 10 team...
Saturday, December 08, 2012

Ryan's Badgers 8th biggest overachievers to come into Bradley Center at 5 p.m. today (ESPN2) as 2 1/2 to 4 point favorites

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At the beginning of the season www.valueaddbasketball.com projected Wisconsin as the 25th best team in the country, but I certainly anticip...
Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Top 40 Catholic basketball teams and 'All-Catholic team'

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I oppose the formation of a "Catholic League" for basketball.  However, I ranked the Catholic Universities who play D1 hoops in l...
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Sunday, December 02, 2012

Video tributes to Rick Majerus

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Andy Katz Digger Phelps Fran Fraschilla Seth Greenberg   Tom Crean (11:13 of video) Local news video of Majerus...
Saturday, December 01, 2012

Remembering Rick Majerus

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"Absolutely heartbroken with these reports. Prayers to Coach Majerus' family and all the wonderful student-athletes & staff at...

Rick Majerus dead at age 64. RIP

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Former Marquette basketball coach Rick Majerus passed away this evening at the age of 64.  Majerus had a history of heart troubles for many ...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Value Add questions if MU really has even a 15% chance of revenge by beating 2 potential All-Americans and NBA prospects in Florida Thursday (8 pm, ESPN2)

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ESPN's Eamonn Brennan wrote a really nice piece ( read here ) on me and Value Add, but he did point out that like anything else, "t...
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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Top Value Adds for MU Players and Non-Conference Opponents

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With the first release of the 1500 Most Valuable Players to date (see next post down), Jamil Wilson jumps out as Marquette's top player ...