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

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...
Monday, February 19, 2024

Well that was unfun

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Boy that did not go the way we had it planned in our heads. #mubb took a drubbing against clear #1 in the country, UCONN. So we talk about t...

Bracketology: Monday Morning Point Guarding the Top-16

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  The Selection Committee released their top-16 on Saturday morning, and for the second year in a row, our projections from 6 days before th...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Bracketology: Top-16 Contingency Plans

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Finished the meeting today. We have contingency seed lists and brackets based on outcomes of games played prior to Saturday. — David Worlock...
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

National Marquette Day Hits Different

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This is gonna be an intense one. #mubb is back after a brief layoff with a heart pounding win against St John's on National Marquette Da...
Monday, February 12, 2024

Bracketology: Breaking Down the Top-16

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Tristen Newton & Tyler Kolek are battling for 1-seeds in the NCAA Tournament  Photo by Patrick McDermott | Getty Images A year ago, the ...
Monday, February 05, 2024

Bracketology: Resume Fine Lines

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  Tyler Kolek floats a shot over Creighton's defense Photo from gomarquette.com After a chaotic weekend, Marquette finds themselves at #...

It's all starting to come together

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Don't look now but #mubb has won 6 in a row and is starting to get healthy. We talk about the roller coaster that was Villanova and a bi...
Friday, February 02, 2024

The Practical Application of Culture and Connection in a Basketball Setting (Introducing Breaking Eggs)

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Here at Cracked Sidewalks, we're trying something new. This is a first effort, open to critism, and ridicule but we are soft launching a...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Despite the Injury Bug #mubb finds a way

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 Don't look now but Marquette is on a 4 game winning streak. #ScrambledEggs is back to talk about this past week where Marquette pulled ...

Bracketology: Big East Check-In

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Marquette & UConn are in excellent NCAA position  Photo by Porter Binks | gomarquette.com With the exception of DePaul and Georgetown at...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Bracketology: Fans are Down but Marquette is Up

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Marquette is rising in the latest bracket Photo from Marquette Athletics After a 2-3 stretch that included upset losses to Providence, Seton...
Monday, January 22, 2024

Bounce back week for #mubb

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 Phew, that was a real gut check week for #mubb given how things were going the last couple of games. However, the team passed the gut check...

Bracketology: Forget About NET

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As rankings, seeding, and brackets are discussed, we come to the part of the calendar where the NET is argued over and complained about. The...
Thursday, January 18, 2024

A Good Run of Bad Luck

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At the risk of getting an “OK Boomer” from the 30 and under crowd I’m going to a semi-obscure mid-90s reference as the entry point to this...
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