Marquette Golden Eagles NCAA Basketball News

In order to be a team leader, you also have to be a stand-up guy. So it wasn't surprising that, just four days removed from his nightmarish performance at the free-throw line in the Marquette Golden Eagles' 57-56 loss to Florida State in the championship game of the Old Spice Classic, Jimmy Butler was present and accounted for when asked about his ...

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

The Old Spice Classic had enough current and future NBA prospects to field two All-Star teams on top of the eight very equally matched college squads that provided 12 very entertaining games this past Thanksgiving weekend.

It is going to be hard for Marquette fans to claim Lazar Hayward is one of the most underappreciated players in the nation too much longer, if at all.

As guards and forwards cut through the paint for the third straight game Sunday, Michigan basketball players realized one thing.

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.

Marquette turned team speed into an early-season upset. Lazar Hayward scored 22 points and Jimmy Butler had 17 to lead Marquette past No.

Soloman Alabi should have had a field day against an undersized Iona roster. Instead the seven footer struggled mightily to the tune of only six points on 1-of-7 shooting and four free throws.

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.

It wasn't until well after his victory Thursday that reality hit Marquette coach Buzz Williams.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Lazar Hayward scored 27 points and Jimmy Butler added 15 to help Marquette beat Xavier 71-61 on Thursday at the Old Spice Classic.

After Xavier thumped Sacred Heart by 40 points Nov. 21 to end a three-game, season-opening homestand, coach Chris Mack told players in the locker room that spring training was over.

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 ...

The Goods: Memphis Matters FOXSports.com's Jeff Goodman says Memphis coach Josh Pastner is preparing his team with an eye towards the future.

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.

Marquette University men's basketball coach Buzz Williams says sophomore center Chris Otule has fractured his right foot and will likely miss the remainder of the 2009-10 season.

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.

At mid-day Wednesday, it appeared as though Marquette University's 2010-'11 recruiting class of Vander Blue and Jamail Jones was complete.

Thornton senior Reggie Smith always heard other recruits say they chose a certain school because it just felt right.

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