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.

After months of anticipation, college basketball early signing period has commenced.

Jimmy Butler made his first collegiate start one to remember. The junior forward scored a career-high 27 points and fell one shy of tying his high with 13 rebounds to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles past Centenary, 85-62, in the teams' opener Friday night at the Bradley Center.

Jimmy Butler scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in his first start at Marquette, leading the Golden Eagles to an 85-62 victory over Centenary on Friday night.

Marquette coach Buzz Williams made a promise to his young team this season. After they completed his intense offseason conditioning program, he'd run the distance from Milwaukee to Indianapolis, the site of the Final Four, over 40 days.

Dwight Buycks and Chris Otule will have some help next season. Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 1:13 p.m. Tags: marquette , buzz williams , vander blue After losing four seniors, including three top-ten scorers in school history, it was imperative that Marquette head coach Buzz Williams and his staff continue their successful early recruiting run.

Milwaukee - " The Marquette University men's basketball program has signed Madison Memorial High School standout Vander Blue prep star and Jamail Jones to National Letters of Intent, head coach Buzz Williams announced Wednesday afternoon.

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.

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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.