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Badgers, Marquette prepare for NCAA Tournament

March 12, 2012 By

Wisconsin (24-9) received a 4-seed in the East and will face Montana in the opening round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.  The Badgers will face the 13th-seeded Grizzlies (25-6) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Badgers will see a familiar face on the opposing bench in former Badger Freddie Owens, who is now an assistant coach with Montana.  Owens helped the Badgers win the Big Ten regular-season titles in 2002 and 2003 and the Big Ten tournament title in 2004.

The UW-Montana winner meets either fifth-seeded Vanderbilt (24-10) or 12th-seeded Harvard (26-4) on Saturday.

Montana won the Big Sky regular season and tournament titles, while the Badgers finished in 4th place in both the Big Ten regular season and Big Ten Tournament.

Marquette will also play on Thursday afternoon and will tip-off a short time after the Badgers.  The Golden Eagles are the 3-seed in the West and will face the winner of the first round matchup between BYU and Iona.

AUDIO: Buzz Williams on making the days leading up to BYU / Iona count :16

BYU (25-8, 12-4 West Coast Conference) finished 3rd in the league and lost to Gonzaga in the semifinals of the conference tournament. 

Iona (25-7, 15-3 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) won the league’s regular season championship and lost in the conference tournament semifinals to Fairfield.

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Marquette is one and done in Big East Tournament

March 9, 2012 By

The Marquette Golden Eagles had a double-bye into the Quarterfinal round of the Big East Tournament, going into their game with Louisville plenty rested.  But the Golden Eagles still committed 26 turnovers and lost to the Cardinals 84-71 to fall out of the Big East Tournament.

Darius Johnson-Odom had 23 points, but Louisville held Big East Conference Player of the Year Jae Crowder to just 10 points.

Louisville (24-9) faces No. 23 Notre Dame in tonight’s semifinals. 

Marquette now gets some rest and will wait until Sunday evenings selection show to find out who they’ll face in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

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Golden Eagles open play in Big East Tourney

March 8, 2012 By

The Marquette Golden Eagles received a double bye into the quarterfinals of the Big East mens basketball tournament tonight. 

Louisville knocked off Seton Hall 61-55 to advance to the quarterfinals and a meeting tonight against the Golden Eagles (6pm – ESPN).

Marquette (25-6, 14-4 Big East) defeated Louisville on Jan. 16, 74-63 at the Bradley Center.  The Golden Eagles overcame an 18-2 deficit at the start to finish off the Cardinals.

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Crowder is Big East Player of the Year

March 7, 2012 By

Marquette forward Jae Crowder is the Big East Player of the Year, becoming the first Marquette player to receive the Big East award.  Dwyane Wade won player of the year honors in 2003 in Conference USA and Jim McIlvaine won it back in 1994 when Marquette was a part of the Great Midwest conference.

The Big East also named South Florida’s Stan Heath as coach of the year and Moe Harkless of St. John’s as the league’s rookie of the year.

Crowder was also announced as one of 15 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award, given to the nation’s top men’s player.

Crowder helped lead the Golden Eagles to a 14-4 record in the Big East this season.  He averaged 17.6 points and 7.9 rebounds a game this past season.

 

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Marquette falls apart defensively, loses at Cincy

March 1, 2012 By

JaQuon Parker scored a career-high 28 points to lead Cincinnati to a 72-61 win over 8th ranked Marquette in Cincinnati on Wednesday night.

Marquette (24-6, 13-4) had won five straight, including a 95-78 win over the Bearcats in Milwaukee on Feb. 11.  The rematch was all Cincinnati.

The Bearcats repeatedly drove through Marquette’s defense for layups.  Defensively, Cincinnati’s front line blocked 9 Marquette shots with 7 of those being credited to Justin Jackson. 

Darius Johnson-Odom had 18 points and Jae Crowder added 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Golden Eagles.

Cincinnati has won 6 of their last 8 games and improved to 5-3 against ranked teams this season.

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