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Kam Jones Steps Into Spotlight With Marquette’s First Triple Double Since Dwyane Wade

The senior guard leads a Golden Eagles squad that did not add a transfer for the second straight year and relied instead on internal development.

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Big East Men’s Basketball Preview: Is UConn in Position For Three-Peat?

On paper, this conference should send at least five and possibly more teams to the Big Dance this season.

Sports Illustrated

N.C. State Reaches Elite Eight For First Time Since 1986

N.C. State's victory over Marquette propels them to Elite Eight, facing Duke next in historic run.

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Shaka Smart had to be held back as benches cleared during a skirmish with Bill Self at Maui Invitational

This was INTENSE.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Shaka Smart Revels in Marquette’s Win Over Kansas With Blunt Challenge

The veteran coach jawed at counterpart Bill Self during the game.

Sports Illustrated

No. 23 Illinois falls 71-64 to No. 4 Marquette

Terrence Shannon scores 21 points in Illini’s first loss

Chicago Sun-Times

Big East Coach Rewarded With Lengthy Contract Extension

The Golden Eagles went 29–7 in 2023 and swept both Big East titles.

Sports Illustrated

Marquette's Shaka Smart voted men's AP coach of the year

Shaka Smart was voted the AP men's basketball coach of the year after leading Marquette to regular-season and Big East Tournament titles

The Independent UK

Taking Stock of a Free-for-All Men’s Final Four

This year’s Final Four features a No. 4 seed favorite along with three first-time participants, a fitting field for a college basketball season that didn’t have any truly great teams.

Sports Illustrated

Tom Izzo, Tragedy-Stricken Michigan State Deliver More March Magic

Izzo’s Spartans have fashioned yet another run of unexpected NCAA tournament success out of indescribable pain.

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Shaka Smart showed impressive hops after Kam Jones scored 18 straight points for Marquette

This guy was FIRED UP.

Sports Illustrated

March Madness: SI Ranks all 68 Teams in the Men’s NCAA Tournament

From Duke to Vermont, Texas to Montana State, Pat Forde highlights the best and worst teams in the Big Dance.

The Independent UK

Gun laws, campus policies perplex college sports programs

Recent gun violence involving college players across the country show the challenge facing athletic departments when it comes to determining how gun laws and regulations should be applied within their programs

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Shaka Smart literally jumping for joy after a big Marquette win was so pure

Smart can REALLY jump.

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Marquette gets commitment from 4-star forward Damarius Owens

Marquette has scored a commitment from one of the best young power forwards in the country.

Sports Illustrated

Forde Minutes: League Title Droughts That Could Come to an End

Clemson, UCLA and Marquette are among the men’s programs leading their conferences.

Sports Illustrated

The Men’s Hoops Coach of the Year Race is Wide Open

Here are our five leading candidates for the honor.

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Meet Yuri Collins, College Basketball’s Assist King

The Saint Louis point guard is dazzling—and dominating—with his passing ability. Plus, five observations from the week in hoops.

Tribune News Service

Evolving college basketball landscape is forcing coaches to adapt ... or ‘get out’

Mark Turgeon and Chris Mack had the kind of college basketball jobs at Maryland and Louisville, respectively, that you don’t walk away from. Yet both made the rare move of leaving Power 5 conference men’s basketball jobs in season.

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: Texas' coup wasn't getting Chris Beard, it was lining up Shaka Smart for Marquette

FORT WORTH, Texas — A few days shy of the one-year anniversary of the third-worst loss in Texas history, the man who coached the Longhorns to that memorable defeat against Abilene Christian looks well.

Tribune News Service

UNC rolls to 95-63 NCAA tournament win over Marquette, advances to face Baylor Bears

FORT WORTH, Texas — Coach Hubert Davis accomplished in his first NCAA tournament game something North Carolina didn’t do in three previous tries — beat a Shaka Smart coached team.

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