Monday, April 04, 2016

Seasons over and changes are coming....now what?

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We put a couple of weeks between us and the end of the Marquette season, and now we're ready to talk about it. Be prepared, this is a fa...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

JJJ Surges; Remembering Beating Nasty Big East Turned ACC Team; New Big East to New Heights Without Stars

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Reflections on Marquette's past March battles with the former nasty Big East opponent still alive this year and the fact that the curren...
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Saturday, March 26, 2016

Nova Hopes to Add to Big East Breakthrough Tournament

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Butler and Xavier could have made it an incredible tournament for the Big East, but this is still a strong one for the conference. As I just...
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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Former MU asst coach, Trey Schwab, has passed away

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I was saddened to learn that Trey Schwab passed away today.  He had been fighting for his life while waiting for another lung transplant, bu...
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Friday, March 18, 2016

Dunn Delivers Huge for Marquette and Big East after Failing to Beat MU

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Thank you to my Breitbart Sports Preseason Player of the Year, Kris Dunn for delivering for my bracket but most importantly for the Big East...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Seton Hall Kept Ball from MU Bigs, Now They Get Gonzaga and Utah

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Another season without post season play, and in fact I did not have MU anywhere close to an NIT bid. However, the future looks bright assumi...
Monday, March 07, 2016

Ellenson 2nd Team All-BE, Fischer 3rd Team, JJJ Surging

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Henry Ellenson, Luke Fischer and JaJuan Johnson combined to hit 49 of 63 two-point shots the last three game of the season (78%). The perfor...

The regular season is over, now what?

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Marquette's 99th regular season campaign has drawn to a close and we are left with the question now what. We discuss the deflating Butle...
Sunday, March 06, 2016

Critics Get a Clue: Buzz and Crean 2 of Top Coaches in Country

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Don't look now, but the haters of the last two Marquette coaches are having a bad year. As I keep up with my running total of the bid ...
Saturday, March 05, 2016

Big East Fans Rooting for Butler over Marquette at Tip-Off

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In a piece this morning for Breitbart I graded the bid chances of all 351 teams with Seton Hall, Providence and Butler as teams that likel...
Monday, February 29, 2016

Duke North? Ellenson Could Put MU Behind only Duke

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A couple of notes on my piece in Breitbart Sports today . First, it is amazing how efficient Duke players are year in and year out at www.va...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

Good effort, but Villanova is just too good

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Welcome to a live edition of Scrambled Eggs Podcast! With Joe McCann in town, we decided to record a live podcast, which really just means l...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Yes, MU Can Beat a No. 1 Saturday and Make Tournament

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Just before Christmas I calculated the Sagarin numbers gave MU a 3.2% chance of getting the 23 wins they needed to make the NCAA tournament...
Friday, February 19, 2016

Marquette is still young, and still maddeningly inconsistent

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Marquette had a week off so we decided to take advantage and really process the Creighton and Providence game. That's mostly an excuse f...
Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Two tough loses but not all is lost

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Another week of #mubb product and another week of two loses with silver linings. In this episode of the podcast we discuss the Seton Hall an...
Friday, February 05, 2016

Fischer, JJJ or Cheatham Could Join Ellenson in NBA to keep MU in Top 15 NBA Factories

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Value Add updated the chance of players making the NBA last night, and the odds are that at least one of three players - Luke Fischer (35%),...
Monday, February 01, 2016

That week feels a whole lot better than the week before.

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Well, we can all breathe just a touch easier, as we now know Marquette can put together a quality game against a quality opponent in Big Eas...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

Road Warriors Finally Add a Big Home Win

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Butler was the 7th Top 200 team to visit the Bradley Center this season. The first times Marquette averaged doing 13 points WORSE than their...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

Ellenson 31st Best Defender; MU with 4 in top 15%

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It sounds like I depressed fans with Henry Ellenson's Value Add Ranking , and it slipped even further to 405th after the Stetson game. H...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

What's wrong with Henry?

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Nothing. He is just a super talented freshman that shoots more than any other major conference freshman except Jamal Murray of Kentucky. ...