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Prior to Saturday, Joe Fulce might have been better known for his spot-on impressions of Marquette Golden Eagles coach Buzz Williams than he was for his contributions on the floor.

For those waiting to hear why Marquette freshman Jeronne Maymon quit the basketball team Monday, some of their questions were answered Wednesday when his father, Tim Maymon, was reached via telephone.A He spoke of reasons that included his son "not being used the way he needs to be used" as well as Marquette failing to "run the offense for him".

The Marquette men's basketball team's best players are not its biggest. That's all that matters to Golden Eagles coach Buzz Williams.

Both Michigan and Marquette responded well to their first true challenges of the young season.

Through two games at this weekend's Old Spice Tournament at the Wide World of Sports, the Florida State basketball team has shown flashes of brilliance on both the offensive and defensive ends of the floor.

For the first time, the "swing vote" made a major difference. Labeled as such before the season by Marquette coach Buzz Williams for his ability to provide energy and offense off the bench, Darius Johnson-Odom received his first starting assignment Tuesday night and made the most of it.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Marquette used pressure defense and the scoring of Lazar Hayward to remain undefeated.

As a two-time state player of the year at Madison Memorial High School, Jeronne Maymon is used to pressure.

Marquette received some bad news on the eve of their game against South Dakota when they learned that sophomore center Chris Otule will likely miss the remainder of the season with a broken foot he suffered in practice Monday.A In three games where Otule had been used sparingly against smaller competition, he was averaging 3.7 points and 2.2 ...

Slowly but surely, these youngish Marquette Golden Eagles are coming together. The latest evidence came Saturday night at the Bradley Center, as a balanced offensive attack combined with some smothering defense resulted in an 87-41 drubbing of the Grambling Tigers.

Junior guard Dwight Buycks recorded a double-double en route to a Marquette 87-41 victory.

Two games into the mena s basketball season, and questions still linger. Can Jimmy Butler and Lazar Hayward stay out of foul trouble? Has coach Buzz Williams found a starting lineup? Will this team live or die by the 3-pointer? Lazar Hayward scored a career high 28 points against Maryland Eastern Shore and led MU to a 2-0 start.

One era of Marquette Golden Eagles' basketball ended in Boise last March, while another will take flight Friday at the Bradley Center.A Six newcomers will take the court Friday night along with the rest of Buzz Williams' roster as they get ready for a season full of mystery that will be solved as the season progresses.

Dwight Buycks and Chris Otule will have some help next season. Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 1:13 p.m. Tags: marquette , buzz williams , vander blue After losing four seniors, including three top-ten scorers in school history, it was imperative that Marquette head coach Buzz Williams and his staff continue their successful early recruiting run.

The Marquette mena s basketball team handled the MSOE Raiders as a superior team should, running away with the 106-47 victory in the teama s first and only exhibition game Saturday at the Bradley Center.

Nearly 14,000 were in attendance at the Bradley Center as MU unofficially kicked off its 2009-10 season against MSOE Saturday afternoon in the Golden Eagles' lone exhibition game.

Lazar Hayward scored 24 points, leading new-look Marquette to a 106-47 exhibition win Saturday over the Milwaukee School Of Engineering Raiders.

Quakertown High product Brett Roseboro will not be playing in the Big East after all, but he can still prove his Division I worth, most likely in the Atlantic 10 Conference.