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Marquette moves into first place in Big East

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Markus Howard scored 28 points and Theo John added 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead the 11th-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles to a 79-69 win over Butler on Wednesday night.

Marquette (22-4, 11-2 Big East) erased a eight-point deficit early in the second half with a 25-7 run.

The Golden Eagles moved into first place in the Big East Conference by themselves after 17th ranked Villanova fell surprisingly to Georgetown 85-73.  Marquette has a half game lead on the Wildcats in the conference race.

Howard, who leads the Big East in scoring, made 9 of 20 shots from the field, including 6 of 13 from beyond the arc.

Sean McDermott had 27 points and Kamar Baldwin 12 for Butler (15-12, 6-8).

The Golden Eagles hit the road and play at Providence on Saturday.

Marquette headed back to NCAA “Sweet 16”

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The Marquette Golden Eagles are headed back to the NCAA’s Sweet 16 for the 3rd straight season.  The Golden Eagles squeaked by Butler 74-72, avenging a 1-point loss to the Bulldogs earlier this season.

Butler’s Rotnei Clarke, who beat the Golden Eagles at the Maui Invitational back in November with a three-point shot, this time tried again and missed everything.

Vander Blue had 29 to lead Marquette in the win.  They’ll take on the winner of Sunday’s game between Illinois and Miami next week.

Butler considering move to Atlantic 10

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Horizon League member Butler is considering a move to the Atlantic 10 conference. 

Bulldogs athletic director Barry Collier met yesterday with his coaches but declined comment on his message.

The Atlantic 10 is looking to replace Temple, which will join the Big East in all sports other than football in 2013-14.

A Butler move would be more costly for the school.  Their travel budget would go up with conference road trips to cities like Charlotte, N.C., Massachusetts, New York City, Rhode Island, Virginia and St. John’s.  All of those trips are further than Butler’s current longest trip, to Green Bay in the Horizon League.