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In his second career start, senior guard David Cubillan filled the boxscore with 12 points, nine assists and four steals.

Lazar Hayward, who averaged 16.3 points and 8.6 rebounds as a junior, will be Marquettea s unquestioned leader this year.

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.

A year ago, it was unclear exactly where David Cubillan stood with coach Buzz Williams and the Marquette Golden Eagles.

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.

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.

There has been an extraordinary amount of turnover in college basketball during the offseason.

Oct. 23, 2009 2:07 p.m. One week into practice and it's so far, so good, as far as coach Buzz Williams is concerned with regard to his youngish Golden Eagles.

If we can break away from the Vander Blue talk for a minute, it's Big East media day at Madison Square Garden in New York, which means the coaches' picks for all-league and team projections are out.

For anyone needing a Butch Cassidy/Sundance Kid who-are-these-guys kind of fix, the Al McGuire Center was the place to be Wednesday.

For the MU faithful, Friday's Marquette Madness certainly did not disappoint. The doors of the Al McGuire Center opened at 5:00pm and a sea of Blue and Gold quickly filled the 4,000-seat arena.

Georgetown expects to challenge for the Big East title. And it's obvious with the turnover of rosters that Pitt and Louisville should drop out of the top two slots from a year ago to make room for a contender that finished in the bottom six last season.

I am not exactly talking about Marquette Madness Friday night. Sure the slam dunk contest will be fun to watch and it will be neat to see all the new players scrimmage.

Highly touted freshman Jeronne Maymon made it only a few minutes into his first collegiate workout before drawing Marquette coach Buzz Williams' ire.

Here are the facts: The chances stud recruit Junior Cadougan plays this year are slimmer than Paris Hilton on a diet.

His name is Dwyane Tyrone Wade, first name spelled with the "y" before the "a" because he can do whatever he wants.

A young and inexperienced Marquette Golden Eagles team had better do plenty of growing up early this season.

Liam McMorrow's brief career as a Maquette basketball player is over. The sophomore has been sidelined due to undisclosed medical issues, though he will remain in school and get his bachelor's degree.

Jimmy Butler came in as a junior college transfer with a reputation as a scorer, but spent his sophomore year coming off the bench, playing defense, rebounding and picking up scattered points here and there within the framework of the offense.

It's a strange, almost eerie feeling, to walk into the Marquette gym sans the sight of Jerel McNeal, Dominic James and Wesley Matthews.