Wojciechowski gets contract extension at Marquette

The Marquette Golden Eagles open Big East play on Wednesday night against Seton Hall at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Today, Golden Eagles coach Steve Wojciechowski received a new contract extension through the 2021-22 school year. The longtime Duke assistant is in...

Marquette runs win streak to eight

Eight days between games usually means some rust and that was the case for the Marquette Golden Eagles on Monday night. The Golden Eagles got off to a slow start but still managed to pull out a 91-74 win over Chicago State (4-10) at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. The...

Marquette grabs bragging rights from the Badgers

Wisconsin still leads the all-time series, but for now, the Marquette Golden Eagles have grabbed bragging rights with a 57-55 win over the Wisconsin Badgers at the Kohl Center on Saturday. Henry Ellenson had 15 points and eleven rebounds and Luke Fischer had 12 points...

Marquette upsets L-S-U in Legends Classic

Coming off a 28-point home loss to Iowa last week, the Marquette Golden Eagles rebounded for a 81-80 win over 22nd-ranked L-S-U in the semifinals of the FanDuel Legends Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Monday night. The win is the first over a ranked...

Golden Eagles add two pieces, but lose one over weekend

It may not be felt immediately, however, this past weekend could go down as a key one in the long-term future of the Marquette Golden Eagles men’s basketball program. On Sunday, head coach Steve Wojciechowski confirmed the Twitter announcement made by Stevens...

Taylor leaving Marquette

Junior forward Steve Taylor Jr. announced that he is leaving Marquette and will transfer to another school.  It’s not clear where the 6’7 forward will transfer, but he’ll have to sit out a season if he intends to play at another Division 1 school....

Marquette lacks punch without Carlino

After beating Seton Hall without Matt Carlino on Saturday, the Marquette Golden Eagles couldn’t pull off a repeat last night. Carlino was sidelined by a concussion for the second straight game and Marquette had no answer for visiting Xavier, falling 64-44 at the...

Marquette suffers fourth straight loss

Seton Hall broke open a close game in the second half by outscoring Marquette 17-2 in the first 4+ minutes and knocked off the Golden Eagles 80-70 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on Wednesday night. The Pirates (14-6, 4-4 Big East) got 24 points from junior guard...

Marquette wins 3rd straight

Marquette mens basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski said he was concerned about a let-up and those concerns were quickly realized when the Golden Eagles found themselves trailing 29-24 at halftime.  Marquette made just 4 of its first 18 shots (22%) and trailed 20-12...

Fischer scores 19 in Marquette debut

Germantown native Luke Fischer, playing in his first game for Marquette, made his debut a memorable one.  Fischer had 19 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocks to help the Golden Eagles knock off Arizona State 78-71 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on Tuesday night. Jajuan...

Marquette battles back to beat NJIT

The Marquette Golden Eagles trailed for most of the game but rebounded to knock off New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) 62-57 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on Monday night. Redshirt freshman Duane Wilson earned his first start of the season, scoring 18 points...

Wojo era is underway at Marquette

Steve Wojciechowski won his first game as head coach at Marquette on Friday night as the Golden Eagles beat Tennessee-Martin 79-63 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Jajuan Johnson scored a career-high 20 points and Juan Anderson reached his career high with 16 points...

Marquette speeds up its search for new AD

Marquette says it will have a new Director of Athletics in place by December.  The school appointed a search committee to accelerate the process. Marquette has been without an Athletic Director since Larry Williams resigned last December.  Williams was replaced on an...

Neenah’s Heldt commits to Marquette

The Marquette Golden Eagles received a verbal commitment from 4-star recruit Matt Heldt, a 6’10 center from Neenah. Heldt had scholarship offers from Green Bay, Toledo, Northern Illinois and Xavier.  He had also visited Davidson recently and felt comfortable...

Noskowiak back in the mix at Marquette

When Buzz Williams left Marquette, recruit Nick Noskowiak decided to reopen his recruiting process.  Noskowiak said he wanted to be recruited by new coach Steve Wojciechowski. Thursday night, Noskowiak tweeted, “It is a Done Deal, no person I trust more on this...

Cohen staying put at Marquette

Seymour basketball standout Sandy Cohen wanted to pull his commitment to Marquette after coach Buzz Williams left the program for Virginia Tech.  Cohen has changed his mind after meeting with new Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski last week. Wojciechowski drove to...

Marquette recruit Noskowiak reopens recruiting

In a story first reported by the Wisconsin State Journal, point guard Nick Noskowiak from Sun Prairie, who verbally committed in April to Marquette, is going to open up his recruiting process after Marquette hired Steve Wojciechowski earlier this week. Noskowiak said...

Marquette picks Duke assistant to coach basketball team

Marquette University has selected Duke assistant Steve Wojciechowski as its next men’s basketball coach.  Wojciechowski was introduced at a news conference on Tuesday afternoon. Wojciechowski takes over for Buzz Williams, who left for Virginia Tech last month. ...

Report: Marquette hires Steve Wojciechowski

According to an ESPN.com report, Marquette has hired Duke associate head coach Steve Wojciechowski. The 37-year-old Wojciechowski played four seasons at Duke from 1994 to 1998 and has been on Mike Krzyzewski’s staff since 1999.  Wojciechowski was promoted to...

Report: Martin withdraws from Marquette coaching search

According to an Associated Press report, Tennessee men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin, who talked with Marquette about the schools vacant men’s basketball coaching position, has now pulled his name from consideration. Marquette is also set to talk with...