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

Sunday, April 07, 2024

Season in reflection

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Sadly, what once promised to be a magical #mubb season came to an end over a week ago and we're finally ready to talk about it. We talk ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Scrambled Eggs checks in with Travis Diener

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Joe McCann flies solo on this mission but he's in good company because Marquette legend, Travis Diener joins him on the pod. They talk M...
Monday, March 25, 2024

N.C. State Wolfpack Preview

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  David Joplin and Tyler Kolek lifted Marquette back to the Sweet 16 Photo by Alex Martin | Journal & Courier I don't know that I...

Joe's Guide to Dallas

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I did this a couple years ago when Marquette came to Fort Worth, so I thought I'd do a sequel for Dallas. I admit I'm not going to b...

The Curse is Lifted, or we just figured out how to win tough games, one of the two

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Welcome in to a VERY excited Scrambled Eggs podcast. #mubb has broken through to the 2nd week of the NCAA Tournament for the first time sinc...
Friday, March 22, 2024

First half nightmare, second half pleasant dream

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#mubb has advanced in the NCAA tournament and while it wasn't as pretty as we would have wanted, it was a solid win. We're back to t...
Monday, March 18, 2024

Bracketology: Final Thoughts

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  David Joplin, Shaka Smart, and Zaide Lowery are headed to Indianapolis Photo by Ebony Cox | jsonline.com Ultimately, the biggest lesson fo...

It's Dancing Time and We Got the Reset We Wanted

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The regular season is done, the conference tournament season is done, even Selection Sunday is done. Now it's time for #mubb to show wha...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

Bracketology: Selection Sunday Final

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Our final submission is ready to go. Due to Iowa State moving up, Marquette lands in the West with North Carolina, Baylor, and Kentucky as t...

Bracketology: Selection Sunday Morning

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 I'll have one final post with a final S-Curve and bracket, but this is where we stand. First, a few thoughts: Final 1-seed:  Iowa State...
Friday, March 15, 2024

Bracketology: Quick Hits

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Oso Ighodaro and Marquette burst Villanova's bubble  Photo from gomarquette.com Bubble teams are making their final statements, other te...
Thursday, March 14, 2024

Bracketology: Bracket Dreams (and Nightmares)

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  Cracked Sidewalks identified Vermont as a 2023 Dream Matchup Photo by Michael Conroy | AP Photo Bids have been awarded, Championship Week ...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Welcome to Crackedtology

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Well we did it, we brought together staples of the Cracked Sidewalks, Alan Bykowski joins the pod to talk brackets. We talk Marquette seedin...
Monday, March 11, 2024

Bracketology: Championship Week

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Shaka Smart celebrates Marquette's 2023 Big East Tournament title Photo by Marquette Athletics The regular season is over. Four months a...

Regular Season is a Wrap

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Despite injuries and headwins #mubb brings the regular season to a close with a win and a solid Big East campaign. We're back to talk ab...
Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Bracketology: Bid Thieves in the Night

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Brian Wardle is no stranger to unexpected March success  Photo by Matt Dayhoff | Peoria Journal-Star Conference tournaments kicked off last ...
Monday, March 04, 2024

Valiant effort, but let's get healthy

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Boy, nothing like a routine pass to knock the wind out of the #mubb sails. The team had a series of set backs on the player availability fro...
Saturday, March 02, 2024

Bracketology: By land or by air?

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Projecting a bracket is like playing chess on an airport runway  Photo by Marquette Athletics | Twitter.com March is finally here, and as th...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Just Clowning Around

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No matter how you slice it, that was a fun and stress free week of #mubb. We're back to talk about a Kam Jones heater, Tyler Kolek pass-...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Bracketology: Bubble Bath

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Seton Hall is trying to box Butler out of the bubble  Photo by Michelle Pemberton | IndyStar With March less than a week away, the bubble ac...
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