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http://crackedsidewalks.com/ - "My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world was a cracked sidewalk." —Al McGuire Marquette's Premier Basketball Blog

3 big positives, 3 concerns vs. Grambling
Last year I wrote that I didn’t like having so many cupcakes on the schedule because no matter how bad MU beat them it dropped our RPI ranking substantially. Well, the 87-41 win over Grambling State will drop MUs RPI ranking in the final analysis, but after watching my first MU action of the ...
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Grambling Preview - Game Day
Here are some links and videos for the Grambling game today The official Marquette release (including the game notes ) In an interesting twist, Junior Cadougan will join the radio broadcast team , along with Homer Rosiak previews the game on his blog From Marquette, here is a video where Buzz ...
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Reggie Smith signs with Marquette
On the final day of the early signing period Buzz Williams went back to a Marquette stronghold, Chicago's south suburbs, to land 6'0" guard Reggie Smith of Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Ill . Smith joins guard Vander Blue and forward Jamail Jones in Marquette's incoming 2010 freshman ...
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Boot Camp Video
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Marquette moves to 2-0
Last night the new look Marquette Warriors defeated the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks 86-60. Senior forward Lazar Hayward led the squad with 28 points and 8 rebounds. Jimmy Butler landed up with 13 points and seven boards while Dwight Buycks and David Cubillan each finished with a dozen.  ...
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Maryland - Eastern Shore
Just a few links for tonight's game Here is the official GoMarquette.com preview . Click here for the UMES Game Notes . Rosiak also has his preview on the blog . Did you know UMES has a player called Freddy Obame Obame? Or did you know about some of these famous UMES alums ? In a few other ...
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Dump truck of videos from MUTV..
MUTV has been busy, pumping out videos the last few days. It's Saturday. Sit back and enjoy some MUBB goodness: Vander Blue @ the game: MUBB Weekly part 1: Part 2: Post-game:
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Un De Feat Ed!
Marquette started the 2009-10 campaign with a 85-62 thumping of Centenary. Jimmy Butler was superlative with a double double, 27 & 13. Quick hits: Rosiak Box Score Post-Game Presser:
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Game Day is Back
Heck yeah... Game Day is back as Marquette takes on Centenary tonight at ( checks sweet wallpaper) 7:30 pm. Here is the official release from Marquette , including their Game Notes . In addition, at the link, they have a video clip of Buzz previewing the game. (We love the Athletic Department ...
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Cracked Sidewalks 2009-2010 Predictions
As we have done for the previous few years, here are the Cracked Sidewalks predictions for the season. Want some fun? Check out the picks from previous years. 2006-2007 (Actual record was 24-10 (11-7), and can be found here ) 2007-2008 (Actual record was 25-10 (11-7), and can be found here )  ...
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More on Signing Day (and some stuff)
Building on the original signing day post , here is more around the web on signing day at your one-stop shop for Marquette information. Marquette provided several video clips for the signing day press conference . Part One Part Two Now that you've seen the original press conference, ...
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Jones, Blue sign with Marquette as Signing Period Opens
Buzz Williams and his staff were rewarded for months of aggressive recruiting when a pair of top 100 players signed on to play basketball at Marquette today. Williams' second recruiting class at Marquette is highlighted by guard Vander Blue . Blue, from Madison (WI) Memorial, reneged on a ...
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It's Signing Day
Good morning in Marquette-land. With the official basketball season only two days away, today is a big day. That's because today starts the signing period. Marquette is expected to sign Vander Blue and Jamail Jones during this recruiting period. With two more spots available in the class , it's ...
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Podcasts and Previews
Missed the Marquette Basketball Hour with Buzz Williams ? Check out the podcast from last night's event at Marquette's podcast home page . In addition, hometown reporter Todd Rosiak gives a great article focusing on Lazar Hayward . It's a good article on this year's star player. Rosiak also ...
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MU / MSOE Highlight reel
MU / MSOE Highlight reel
crackedsidewalks.com — Looks like Marquette is going to pump out a lot of videos this year for fans. Outstanding. (more) MU / MSOE Highlight reel
MU hosts MSOE in exhibition tilt
With the new season less than one week away the Marquette Warriors host MSOE this afternoon in the year's only exhibition matchup . Tip-off is scheduled for 1pm Marquette Standard Time. The game will be streamed live on GoMarquette .com courtesy of the team at MUTV .
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Pre-Season Roundtable - Part Two
Thanks for joining us again as we tackle the Pre-Season Roundtable. Earlier we looked at the Team . Today we are looking at Part Two (the players). Who do you think will be Most Improved? Tim Chris Otule . Based on reports from the boards and Rosiak's observations it seems that Otule could ...
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Pre-Season Roundtable - Part One
Did anyone else say "Holy crap... basketball season starts on Saturday!", or was it just us? Anyways, it prompted Cracked Sidewalks to kick off another roundtable as we look forward to the season. As we've done the last few times, we'll do this in two parts. In part one, we'll focus on the Team ...
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Update time
With the season less than two weeks away Buzz Williams received good news recently when the NCAA ruled that freshman center Youssoupha Mbao would only have to sit out two games due to a violation of his amateur status before enrolling at Marquette. Mbao will miss games against Centenary and ...
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