Marquette men's basketball coach Shaka Smart had an answer ready when asked how he can help senior guard Kam Jones break out of his shooting funk in Big East play. "I need to spend some time with him and rub his temples," Smart said after MU's 59-57 loss to Xavier on Saturday. Smart then got serious.
Mike Lopresti is a member of the US Basketball Writers Hall of Fame, Ball State journalism Hall of Fame and Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame. He has covered college basketball for 43 years, including 39 Final Fours. He is so old he covered Bob Knight when he had dark hair and basketball shorts were actually short.
MU (17-3, 8-1 Big East) has never lost to the Wildcats (12-9, 5-5 Big East) in eight games under head coach Shaka Smart. The Golden Eagles kept pace with St. John's atop the Big East standings.
The Marquette men's basketball team is about to enter a key stretch of its Big East season, and the Golden Eagles will do it as the highest-ranked team in the conference. MU is ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press top 25 released Monday, up one spot from last week.
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Last week, 18 of the teams in the Associated Press top 25 suffered a loss. That includes the Marquette men's team, which had its first Big East setback on Saturday against Xavier. More: How can Marquette's Kam Jones break out of shooting slump? Shaka Smart offers some ideas
Golden Eagles face largest deficit of season. MU went into the under-16 timeout of the second half facing a 43-26 deficit. That marked the most points that the Golden Eagles trail
After coming up short in its first home loss of the season against Xavier last Saturday, Marquette men’s basketball is up a spot to No. 9 in the latest
MU (17-3, 8-1 Big East) has never lost to the Wildcats (12-9, 5-5 Big East) in eight games under head coach Shaka Smart. The Golden Eagles kept pace with St. John's atop the Big East standings.
The seventh-ranked Golden Eagles have flirted with their first Big East loss in recent games, and it finally happened Saturday.
Stevie Mitchell scored 10 of his career-high 22 points during a key five-minute stretch in the second half as No. 9 Marquette overcame Kam Jones’ foul trouble to rally past Butler 78-69
He starred at Cumberland High and played prep basketball at St. George’s. Now he plays for the New York Knicks.