The Golden Eagles (15-3, 6-1 Big East) are ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press top 25 that was released Monday, down three spots from last week. MU also is 10th in the USA TODAY coaches poll.
Marquette is expected to promote Mike Broeker to athletic director, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Monday. Broeker has been the school's deputy athletic director for the last 18 years, and he also serves as the athletic department's COO.
NCAA tournament games can also be stingy in scoring, heavy on bad luck and full of momentum swings, which means Marquette could take a lot of teaching moments from its battle with Xavier, both from its adjustments it made to get itself out of a very deep hole and the leadership required to mount a furious comeback.
Zach Freemantle had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Xavier hung on in the final seconds to beat No. 7 Marquette 59-57 to earn its third straight victory while snapping the Golden Eagles’ six-game winning streak.
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UPDATE at 10:15 p.m. CST on Monday, Jan. 20: Marquette University classes are canceled for Tuesday. The university said in a news release all classes are canceled including in-person, synchronous and asynchronous online.
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One voice rings out above the crowd at Marquette games.While David Joplin makes a statement on the court, his dad, Howard, does it from the sidelines."It helps me," David Joplin say
The Xavier Musketeers (11-7, 3-4 Big East) meet the No. 7 Marquette Golden Eagles (15-2, 6-0) Saturday. Tip-off from Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee is set for 2 p.m. ET (FOX). Let’s analyze BetMGM
Two adults were killed and three teenagers injured in a head-on collision Friday afternoon on M-35 in Forsyth Township. A 37-year-old Gwinn man and a 21-year-old Negaunee man were both pronounced dead after the crash just before 4 p.
A Marquette University police officer is charged with felony misconduct in public office after prosecutors said he admitted to trying to "botch" an OWI investigation.
No. 10 Marquette was knocked off its perch atop the Big East standings when Xavier ended the Golden Eagles' six-game winning streak Saturday. The Golden Eagles will try to carry