With matchups for the Elite Eight now set, here are some takeaways from Friday's action.
We went 1-2 on our favorite picks yesterday, and with Illinois winning also, Thursday was the day of the dogs. We've got a fresh four-game slate to wrap up the Sweet 16, what say you to us finding some winners together?
Takeaways as the men's NCAA Tournament narrowed its field down to the Sweet 16.
In Shaka Smart’s second year as a college head coach, he took VCU from the First Four to the Final Four. Thirteen years later, he’s finally back in the Sweet 16.
Shaka Smart is finally back in the Sweet 16, and it is clear the longtime coach is not taking the opportunity for granted.
Marquette coach Shaka Smart says star guard Tyler Kolek has been practicing in 5-on-5 drills this week as the 2023 Big East player of the year gets ready to return from an oblique injury.
The Marquette basketball program is set to play in its first NCAA Tournament game on Friday against Western Kentucky, and Shaka Smart gave a good update on star player Tyler Kolek, who has been dealing with an oblique injury as of late and sat out this week at the Big East Tournament.
Marquette coach Shaka Smart is optimistic that Tyler Kolek's oblique injury won't knock the 2022-23 Big East player of the year out...
The Marquette men’s basketball head coach spoke about his All-American point guard and his injury outlook going forward this season. Are you all tuning in for Shaka Smart’s weekly radio show with Jen Lada live from the Motor Bar and Grill at the Harley Davidson Museum every Thursday?
Dan Hurley has done an outstanding job as head coach of UConn basketball, and a large part of the program’s success under his watch is the culture he has ingrained in the team.
The Texas Longhorns visited the Marquette Golden Eagles in Milwaukee on Wednesday night in a highly-anticipated non-conference battle between two top-12 teams, but the end result had anything but thrills.
A sizable favorite prior to the game starting, Mick Cronin's young team gave No. 4-ranked Marquette all it could handle in the Golden Eagles' 71-69 victory in the opening game of the still-ongoing 2023 Maui Invitational. UCLA came out quite aggressive on both ends of the floor.
Tensions flared at the Maui Invitational Tuesday between Kansas head coach Bill Self and Marquette head coach Shaka Smart.
Anyone familiar with head coach Shaka Smart is not surprised No. 5 Marquette is ready to get defensive. The Golden Eagles begin their Big East title defense on Nov.
Marquette rewarded coach Shaka Smart with a contract extension that takes him through the 2029-30 season on Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Oso Ighodaro had 16 points, six rebounds and five assists to lead Marquette to a 69-58 victory Friday night over visiting Creighton at Milwaukee in the Big East opener for both teams.
Shaka Smart snagged his second four-star commit in two weeks on Tuesday when top-100 guard Tre Norman committed to Marquette.
Four-star power forward prospect Al Amadou committed Thursday to play for Marquette. A 6-foot-9, 185-pound native of Harrisburg, Pa., Amadou chose Shaka Smart and the Golden Eagles over finalists Georgia Tech, Miami, San Diego and St.
The Marquette 2022 recruiting class offers multi-positional talent.
That comment probably won’t sit well with Longhorns fans. Again, Texas did not win an NCAA Tournament game in six seasons under Smart.
Smart will replace Steve Wojciechowski at Marquette. Wojciechowski was fired recently after seven seasons with the Golden Eagles.
The University of Texas men's basketball team lost Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament - again - causing at least one prominent analyst to call for the firing of Longhorns coach Shaka Smart.
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