Marquette University NCAA News

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

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Freshman center Youssoupha Mbao has been sidelined for Marquettea s first two regular season games due to a violation of NCAA amateurism rules.

Coach Buzz Williams said following the Haunted Hoops scrimmage that he hoped his Golden Eagles would be "whipped, and beaten in every possible way" by the Virginia Cavaliers in the teams' dual scrimmage/workout in Charlottesville on Sunday.

According to the New York Daily News undrafted rookie Marcus Landry has earned a roster spot with the New York Knicks.

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.

They've told him nothing, so Wesley Matthews didn't know what to make of the fact his main foe - NBA journeyman Ronald Dupree - was waived Thursday, making the undrafted rookie swingman from Marquette the last free agent standing in Utah.

While Vander Blue decided to stay in the state of Wisconsin, that hasn't always been the case for high-profile in-state recruits.

Oct. 18, 2009 6:36 p.m. Green Bay a ' Former Green Bay television anchor and one-term U.S. Rep.

Fair Wind Chill: 44 F NBC 15 Sports has confirmed that Madison Memorial senior guard Vander Blue will sign to play college basketball at Marquette.

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.

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.

Ask second-year Marquette basketball coach Buzz Williams if he is a tough self-evaluator and he'll tell you "extremely." Ask him how his coaching performance in his team's 25-10 season last year held up to his self-evaluation, he gets aerobic on you.

Now that they're back in Salt Lake City after preseason stops in London and Madrid, and he's back on Earth himself, the Jazz may not know what in the world to think of Wesley Matthews.

The Jazz will use the same opening lineup in their exhibition game here today against Spanish League power Real Madrid as it did for Tuesday's preseason loss to the Chicago Bulls in London.

Perhaps no adage is more universally known than that of "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." Thankfully for unsigned free agents and unproven rookies, the NBA preseason consists of more than one game.

St. Francis - Milwaukee Bucks forward Kurt Thomas , in his 15th season in the NBA and with his seventh team, has been around several kinds of training camps.

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

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The 2009-'10 Marquette men's basketball season was always expected to be something of a rebuilding season.