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

MILWAUKEE - Sidney Lowe's halftime message to North Carolina State top scorer Tracy Smith was simple: play harder.

Smith was 9 for 14 from the floor and had a team-high 11 rebounds. Javier Gonzalez scored 15 and Dennis Horner added 13 for the Wolfpack , who used hot 3-point shooting to rebound from Tuesday's surprising loss to Northwestern .

Following a tough loss to Northwestern, NC State returns to the hardwood tomorrow looking to knock off Marquette .

I was amazed when I looked at the Big East preseason rankings and saw Marquette picked No.

West Virginia guard and Newark native Da'Sean Butler, helped guide the Mountaineers to the 76 Classic title this weekend in Anaheim.

By the end, the Michigan players were just shaking their heads. There was no legitimate rationale that a talented team of shooters couldn't get a shot to drop but, on Friday, that was the simple explanation as to the No.

The winningest matchup of Division I coaches was definitely one-sided. Seventh-ranked Duke and Mike Krzyzewski won another NIT Season Tip-Off last night with a 68-59 victory over No.

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Despite 22 points and eight rebounds from junior guard Manny Harris , the No. 15-ranked University of Michigan men's basketball team suffered its first loss of the season on Friday afternoon , falling to Marquette, 79-65, in the first semifinal of the Old Spice Classic at the Milk House on Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.

Lazar Hayward led all scorers with 27 points, as Marquette pulled away late to post a 71-61 win over Xavier in the first round of the Old Spice Classic.

Lazar Hayward had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead Marquette to a 93-68 victory on Tuesday night over South Dakota for its 24th straight non-conference home win.

Jimmy Butler had 15 points and Marquette scored 19 straight points in the first half in an 87-41 victory over Grambling State on Saturday night.

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.

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.

Lazar Hayward scored a collegiate-high 28 points to lead Marquette to an 86-60 victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Tuesday night.

Although it wasna t as convincing as coach Buzz Williams would have liked, the Marquette mena s basketball won its season-opener 85-62 over the Centenary Gents.

Jimmy Butler scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in his first start at Marquette, leading the Golden Eagles to an 85-62 victory over Centenary on Friday night.

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.

Welcome to the second round of Eric vs. Erik. Today, your favorite columnists are locked in an epic debate over the men's basketball team.