Pleasantly Surprised from Joe Streator

No, not by whupping (sarcasm) a great (much more sarcasm) Providence team but here we are tied for third in the Big East with no 'bad conference losses' as the talking heads like to say.  To be honest when the year started I thought if Otule continued his improvement we would be no worse then where we are right now in conference but I thought we had a chance to be 18-2 overall rather than 16-4.

How can we beat Louisville like this when..... by Joe Streator

....DJO shoots 7-24, Junior Cadougan 1-8 and Jamil Wilson 1-9?  You do it with a guy named Gardner, some very tough defense... once they got that 2-18 stretch out of their system and very nice free throw shooting 16-18.  Gets you wondering how good we would be if Otule was playing doesn't it?  Maybe a little better but not much.

MU Rallies in Second Half to Beat Pitt 62-57

Marquette's game Saturday against Pitt was once again a tale of two different halves. The first half went to Pittsburgh and their preseason Big East player of the year, Ashton Gibbs. Gibbs led the Panthers to a five point lead at the half with his combination of 3 point shooting and drives to the basket. He looked determined to end Pitt's losing streak by himself.

Marquette's Defensive Tackle Gets a Game Ball by Al Kelly

On Wednesday night against another young but talented team this one from St John's, MU once again played a game with two very different halves. Even though Buzz's Boys got an 83-64 win it was definitely not an easy victory. St John's showed glimpses of how tough they will be when they mature as a team.

First Week of 2012 Has Mixed Results in a Wild Big East Start

During the first seven days of the New Year Marquette started its Big East schedule by facing three conference opponents. New Year's Day brought Villanova to the Bradley Center for a noon game. MU began the week on a positive note by handing the young Wildcats an 81-77 defeat.

Otule Is Out for the Season By Tom Enlund of the Journal Sentinel

Injured Marquette Center Chris Otule Is Done for the Season

Coach Buzz Williams said after Saturday's game against Syracuse that Otule, who suffered a knee injury against Washington on Dec. 6, would have surgery on Tuesday and would not play again this season. "We're disappointed for Chris as a player that his fourth season at Marquette has ended the way that it has," said Williams. "But its the right thing to do relative to the rest of his career at Marquette and for the rest of his life."

Happy New Year from Al Kelly

First I want to wish everyone a Safe and Prosperous New Year. I hope to see many of you at this year's reunion and for those who can't make it we'll drink a toast to your good health.

Only one game this week and it was against a good Vanderbilt team

Life Without Otule from Al Kelly

Here's an article by Tom Enlund of JS Online about MU's troubles without Chris Otule. Whether or not Chris comes back this season is still questionable and is still some time away. Once he's healthy enough to play the question will become are they going to use an injury related redshirt for him. He would be eligible to use the redshirt year and save a year's eligibility giving him two more years to play at Marquette. What would you do?

MU Alumnus Revisits His Days at Marquette from Ray Tobin

Dan McGrath, a Marquette alum, wrote this article for the Chicago sports section of the New York Times.
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Local College Hoops Fans Must Look Around
By DAN McGRATH
Published: December 22, 2011

Journalistic objectivity is put to the test whenever Marquette University plays basketball. I went to school in that gritty, lively patch of Milwaukee just south of the late, great Avalanche Bar, and it was a life-altering experience.

Up and Down Week Ends at 11-1 for Marquette from Al Kelly

Marquette finished their last three games before Christmas with a 2-1 record.

Their first loss of the season came one day after they moved into the top ten (#10) for the first time in several seasons.