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Marquette women picked to finish 3rd in Big East Preseason Coaches Poll

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Selena Lott – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Eleven-time national champion Connecticut is the unanimous favorite to win the BIG EAST Conference women’s basketball title in a vote by the league’s coaches today.  The Huskies, who will begin their first season of BIG EAST play since 2012-13, have won the conference regular season 19 times, along with 18 BIG EAST Tournament titles.  Uconn collected 100 points and 10 first-place votes to top the preseason poll.

Six-time and reigning BIG EAST regular-season champion DePaul finished second in the Preseason Coaches’ Poll, while rival Marquette, which has advanced to four straight BIG EAST Tournament title games, was slotted third.  St. John’s followed in fourth place with 69 points, while Creighton rounded out the top five.

After being picked to finish ninth in the 2019-20 preseason poll, Marquette finished 13-5 in BIG EAST play and advanced to its fourth consecutive conference tournament final.  The Golden Eagles looked well on their way to a national postseason berth after going 24-8 on the year and earning votes in both national polls.  Marquette returns eight letterwinners including three starters from that squad, highlighted by leading scorer and All-BIG EAST Second Team honoree Selena Lott (15.5 ppg) and BIG EAST All-Tournament Team selection Lauren Van Kleunen (11.8 ppg).  Lott was voted to the All-BIG EAST Preseason First Team this year.

Megan Duffy, who was voted BIG EAST Coach of the Year in 2020, has brought in more talent to Milwaukee this year, including Liza Karlen, a 6-2 forward out of Stillwater, Minnesota, who scored over 2,000 points in high school.

Marquette’s Garcia tabbed as BIG EAST preseason Freshman of the Year

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Dawson Garcia

Marquette’s 6’11 forward Dawson Garcia has been tabbed as the BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year in a vote by the league’s head coaches.

Garcia, considered one of the elite prep recruits in the country, is expected to make immediate contributions for Marquette.

The Prior Lake, Minnesota native averaged 31.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and finished his prep career with 2,092 points scored.  He shot 56.3 percent from the floor and 41.2 percent from 3-point range.  Garcia was the USA Basketball MVP of the 2019 FIBA 3×3 in the U18 World Cup.

The only other Marquette player receiving BIG EAST preseason honors is sophomore guard D.J. Carton, who averaged 10.4 points in 20 games at Ohio State last season.

Creighton guard Marcus Zegarowski was tabbed the 2020-21 BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year.  He averaged 16.1 points as a sophomore last season.

Zegarowski is joined on the first team by junior guard David Duke of Providence, Seton Hall senior forward Sandro Mamukelashvili, Villanova senior guard Collin Gillespie and Villanova sophomore forward Jeremiah Robinson-Earl.

Marquette picked to finish sixth in Big East Preseason Poll

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Steve Wojciechowski

With four starters returning from a team that compiled a 24-7 overall record and a 13-5 conference mark, Villanova has been chosen to win the 2020-21 regular-season crown in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches’ Poll.  The Wildcats, who tied Creighton and Seton Hall for last year’s regular-season title, received nine first place votes and a total of 99 points in the poll.

The Wildcats have now been tabbed for first place in the preseason poll in six of the last seven years.  They have won or shared the BIG EAST regular-season crown six of those times under head coach Jay Wright.

Creighton has been picked to finish second with Providence third.  Connecticut, which has returned to the BIG EAST this season after a seven-year absence, edged Seton Hall for fourth place.

The Marquette Golden Eagles were picked to finish sixth.  Steve Wojciechowski faces the task of replacing the nation’s scoring leader, Markus Howard, from last year.  The Golden Eagles finished 18-12 a year ago.  Their top returning scorer is guard Koby McEwen.

Xavier was picked to finish seventh, followed by Butler, St. John’s, DePaul and Georgetown.

COVID halts Marquette hoops for two weeks

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With the start of the college basketball season just over a month away, the Marquette men’s and women’s basketball teams have shut down for two weeks after two positive tests for COVID-19.

After testing on Monday, both the men’s and women’s program had a positive test.  Following NCAA guidelines, the players and coaching staffs for each team will quarantine for the next 14 days.  They’ll be eligible to return to practice on November 4.

While schedules haven’t been released yet, college teams can begin playing games on November 25.  That would give Marquette roughly three weeks to get ready for their season openers.  Official practices for NCAA teams got underway last Wednesday.

 

Fiserv Forum awarded 2025 NCAA Tournament games

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Fiserv Forum – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

The NCAA awarded first and second round 2025 men’s basketball tournament games to Marquette University to be played at Fiserv Forum.  The event will be in addition to the 2022 opening round games at Fiserv Forum in 2022.

Milwaukee is no stranger to the NCAA Tournament.  The Bradley Center hosted the event seven times previously: 1992, 1996, 2004, 2010, 2014 and 2017.  The Mecca also hosted NCAA Tournament games in 1984.

“We are looking forward to hosting the 2022 and 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship first and second rounds with Fiserv Forum,” Marquette director of athletics Bill Scholl said in a statement.  “The Bucks have been tremendous partners with the university and we couldn’t be more excited to showcase the arena and the city of Milwaukee to college basketball fans from around the country.”

 

Golden Eagles Win $1 Million TBT Championship (AUDIO)

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2020 TBT Champions

The Marquette Golden Eagles alumni team knocked off Sideline Cancer 78-73 in the $1 million TBT championship game Tuesday night in Columbus, Ohio.

Travis Diener hit the game-winning three-pointer to lead the Golden Eagles to their first TBT title.  It comes after Marquette lost in the title game a year ago.

Darius Johnson-Odom was named to TBT’s All-Tournament Team and given TBT MVP for his efforts in the win, tallying 15 points and three assists.  Jamil Wilson, who joins Johnson-Odom on the All-Tournament Team, finished with 16 points and five rebounds.

Tuesday’s championship game concluded the 24-team event that began July 4, making TBT the first nationally-televised basketball tournament to be completed in the United States since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

AUDIO: Travis Diener on his final 3-point shot :15

AUDIO: Travis Diener says it’s great to avenge last years title game loss :14

 

Marquette Alumni Team set to play for TBT title

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The Marquette Golden Eagles alumni team meets Sideline Cancer in the 2020 TBT championship game on Tuesday night.  One million dollars is on the line in the winner-take-all matchup and can be seen at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN.

Marcus Keene, who led the nation in scoring in 2017 at Central Michigan has dominated for Sideline Cancer, averaging 20 points a game during the tournament.  Sideline Cancer beat four-time TBT champion Overseas Elite 67-65 to advance to the title game.

The Golden Eagles squad fell to Carmen’s Crew, an Ohio State alumni team, in the TBT 2019 Championship.  They advanced to the final by beating the Red Scare, a Dayton alumni team, 79-70 in Sunday’s semifinals.

Tuesday’s championship game will conclude the 24-team event that started on July 4.  TBT administered more than 2,000 COVID-19 tests since the middle of June and received just 43 positive results, for a positivity rate of just 2 percent.

Marquette’s Bailey will take a run at NBA Draft

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Marquette Golden Eagles sophomore forward Brendan Bailey announced on Instagram Monday that he is going to give the NBA a shot in 2020.

The 6’8 Bailey is leaving the door open to a possible return to the Golden Eagles.  He averaged 7.1 points and 5.2 rebounds a game last season.  Bailey started all 30 games for Marquette last season, averaging just over 25 minutes a game and hitting 46 of 120 (38.3%) of his three-point attempts.

Bailey committed to Marquette in 2016 but took a two-year Mormon mission.  His first season on the court with the Golden Eagles was 2018-19.

Brenden Bailey is the son of former NBA standout Thurl Bailey, who spent 13 seasons in the league.

 

Carton to transfer to Marquette

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Former Ohio State guard D.J. Carton says he has decided to transfer to Marquette to play for the Golden Eagles.

Carton entered the NCAA transfer portal back in March after leaving the Buckeyes in January because of mental health issues and will now play three hours from his home town in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Carton had been Ohio State’s highest-rated basketball recruit since D’Angelo Russell in 2014.

Carton has three years of eligibility left but will have to sit out this season before being able to join the Golden Eagles.

Carton averaged 10.4 points and shot 47.7% overall (71-149) for the Buckeyes.  He could file for a waiver to play immediately in 2020-21 but is also reportedly considering a pro career if he does not receive a waiver.

Marquette has a void at guard with the departures of Markus Howard (27.8 ppg) and Sacar Anim (13.1 ppg).

Marquette’s Howard falls short of Wooden Award

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Markus Howard – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Marquette Golden Eagles guard Markus Howard came up short in his bid for this year’s Wooden Award.  Howard was one of five finalists as the top player in college basketball, but the honor went to Dayton forward Obi Toppin.

Howard led the nation in scoring this past season, averaging 27.8 points a game at Marquette.

Toppin also won the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year award.

Iowa’s Luka Garza finished second in the Wooden Award balloting.  Garza was named the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year after averaging 23.9 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks a game.  He also captured the Big Ten Player of the Year award.

Saddiq Bey of Villanova, Myles Powell of Seton Hall and Peyton Pritchard of Oregon, also won positional awards from the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Bey received the Julius Erving Small Forward of the year award.  Powell earned the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year and Pritchard was honored with the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year.