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Marquette’s Buzz Williams Runs Silent and Deep

CNguon — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:01:13 +0000

Joseph Dzuback is an RTC correspondent. He filed this report after spending an evening keeping a close eye on Marquette head coach Buzz Williams.

Why does Marquette, a school about to earn consecutive NCAA bid #8, still struggle to secure a spot in the national limelight? Part of the answer is no doubt rooted in their coach. Buzz Williams, 5’11” with that North Texas drawl, is hardly a presence at Media Day confabs. Unlike Marquette’s legendary Al McGuire, whose height and New York City accent (and ever so slightly too-loud voice) could turn heads and draw ears. Tom Crean, Marquette’s 15th [...]

Why Villanova Will Win…

nvr1983 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:11:51 +0000

As part of our ongoing attempt to bring you the best college basketball coverage anywhere, we enlisted the editors from the finest team-specific blogs we could find to write posts explaining why their team will win tomorrow.

Our first submission is brought to you by Pete of LetsGoNova.com.

Make no mistake about it: Villanova is the underdog tomorrow. North Carolina is favored by 7.5 points in Vegas and by 4 points by KenPom (with a 66 percent chance of victory).

More intuitively, common sense tells us the Tarheels are the superior team. North Carolina features five [...]

Boom Goes the Dynamite: NCAA Tournament Day Four

nvr1983 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:16:29 +0000

After a thrilling finish last night that made Demetri Goodson a household name for at least a few days, we think the tournament has officially begun. Even being fairly selective, we think there are at least 3 outstanding games today. Here’s a quick rundown of the games we’ll be covering tomorrow:

12:10 PM: #6 Arizona State vs. #3 Syracuse 2:20 PM: #12 Wisconsin vs. #4 Xavier 2:30 PM: #11 Dayton vs. #3 Kansas 2:40 PM: #13 Cleveland State vs. #12 Arizona 2:50 PM: #8 Oklahoma State vs. #1 Pittsburgh 4:50 PM: #6 Marquette vs. #3 Missouri 5:00 PM: #10 USC vs. #2 Michigan State 5:20 PM: [...]

NCAA Preview: Marquette Golden Eagles

rtmsf — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:59:47 +0000

MARQUETTE (#6, West, Boise pod)

vs. Utah State (#11) March 20th, 12:30 P.M.

Vegas Line: Marquette -4.5

Thanks to Vegas Watch for providing these graphs that measure the moving average of a team’s spread (moving avg.) over time vs. the spread for each individual game (indiv). If a team’s moving average is higher than zero, then Vegas currently has a higher opinion of them than Pomeroy, and vice versa.

General Profile

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Conference: Big East, at-large bid Coach: Buzz Williams, 24-9 at Marquette 08-09 Record: 24-9, 13-7 Big East Last 12 Games: 5-7 Best Win: 79-72 v. Villanova, [...]

This Week’s RTC Blogpoll

nvr1983 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:40:12 +0000

This week’s poll was tough because so many top 25 teams lost and it’s kind of hard to compare the relative strength/weakness of each loss. I also wasn’t sure what to do with Marquette. I dropped them quite a bit because of the loss of Dominic James, but I came away impressed after watching their loss at Louisville particularly with Jerel McNeal having an awful day.

Rank Team Delta 1 Connecticut 2 2 Pittsburgh 1 3 North Carolina 1 4 Oklahoma 2 5 Louisville 1 6 Memphis 1 7 Michigan St. 2 8 Duke 1 9 Kansas 7 10 Wake Forest 11 Villanova [...]

Boom Goes the Dynamite: 03.01.09 Edition

nvr1983 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:09:55 +0000

Well it’s finally here. The month of March is upon us. Here at RTC, we’ll be coming up with a ridiculous number of posts (I’m not sure how we will be able to do it with our other “lives”) so be sure to check back throughout the month as we will have posts for conference recaps, our unique bubble watch, frequent bracket updates by our resident bracketologist Zach, our favorite NCAA tournament memories, and the most comprehensive NCAA tournament preview anywhere. Ever.

11:00 AM: Just to set the table for today (and before I run out to [...]

ATB: Marquette’s Dominic James Out For the Season

rtmsf — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:18:21 +0000

RTC Intern Mike Lemaire contributed to tonight’s ATB.

Marquette Loses Their Heart & Soul. Connecticut 93, Marquette 82. Marquette announced at halftime that their senior leader and heart/soul of the team, PG Dominic James, had broken the fifth metatarsal in his left foot and will not play again this season. He hurt it on a seemingly innocuous play just four minutes into the first half, but the x-rays don’t lie, and this is a potentially devastating blow to the Golden Eagles as we approach the postseason. James had re-invented his game this year, becoming less [...]

Checking in on the… Big East

rtmsf — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:12:16 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference.

Player of the year.

How do you define it. Who put up the best stats? Who is the best player on the best team? The most valuable player? Maybe the guy that, if you were to have a draft involving every player in the league, you would pick first?

My criterion is simple – who is the best player? Easy enough, right?

As of now, there are only four players that should be considered for the award, and [...]

Set Your Tivos: 01.26.09

nvr1983 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:59:33 +0000

A really weak set of games tonight and only one really worth watching. To be honest, this is a surprisingly weak week of games. I would say there are only a handful of games that I would consider worth watching this week, but I’ll get to that in another post.

Game of the Night (The only one worth watching) #10 Marquette at #19 Notre Dame at 7 PM on ESPN and ESPN360.com: This game might answer some of the questions I posed this weekend about the Big East. I think the conference is not as good as everyone says they [...]

Boom Goes the Dynamite: 01.24.09

nvr1983 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:15:19 +0000

After my trip to Chapel Hill last weekend where rtmsf handled all of the duties for Boom Goes the Dynamite while I mingled with ESPN personalities and college basketball stars, I will be in charge of today’s edition while rtmsf does relationship stuff with his significant other. Pretty weak if you ask me. . .

11:00 AM: Although we are a men’s college basketball site, we feel that it’s appropriate to mention the passing of Kay Yow, the former NC State coach, to breast cancer (or more precisely complications related to breast cancer). We can’t really do justice to [...]

Checking in on the… Big East

nvr1983 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:36:19 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference.

Give me an honest answer. What do you think is a more impressive accomplishment? Winning the Big East regular season title, winning the Big East Tournament, or reaching the Final Four?

Me? I’m going with the Big East regular season title. Every single time you step on the court in this league, it is a dogfight. It’s ridiculous what these teams go through. Take a look at the next six days for Syracuse: they head to DC on Wednesday to take on Georgetown, [...]

Checking in on the… Big East

rtmsf — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:10:13 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference.

With conference play starting next week, four teams have emerged as the favorites to win the league – UConn, Georgetown, Pitt and Syracuse. After that, it is a mess of talented but enigmatic teams. Notre Dame, Marquette, West Virginia, Louisville and Villanova have all shown flashes of dominance, but have also had their flaws exposed on national TV. By far the biggest disappointment has been Louisville. The Cardinals were a top 5 preseason team on pretty much everyone’s list, but unless Santa [...]

Checking in on the… Big East

rtmsf — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:52:00 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference.

There are a lot of people out there that will call themselves college basketball experts, myself included (although I may be the only one to think that way). And these so-called experts keep telling you how good the Big East is this year. Once again, myself included.

If the Big East is so good, then where are all the marquee wins?

The Big East only has three really good wins – Notre Dame beating Texas in Maui, Syracuse beating Kansas in a de facto [...]

Checking in on the… Big East

rtmsf — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:15:47 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference.

The Big East lost three of their four marquee games this week as Notre Dame lost to Ohio State and West Virginia and Villanova were swept in the Jimmy V Classic (Marquette did pick up a win at home against Wisconsin). Even teams like UConn (four point win over Buffalo) and Syracuse (came back from down 16 against Cornell) barely avoided being upset. Right now, the only team that is playing well and has played well through out the season is Pitt.

If [...]

Checking in on the… Big East

rtmsf — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:16:39 +0000

Rob Dauster of Ballin is a Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference.

The Big East is proving why it is the best conference in basketball, as the 16 teams in the conference have lost a grand total of five games. I mean, Seton Hall barely sneaks into the top 10 in the conference and they are 4-1 with wins over USC and Virginia Tech early on. To be fair, most of the games that have been played at this point in the season have come against cupcakes, but a Big East team has already knocked off [...]