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WASHINGTON -- For the Marquette Golden Eagles, there is so much more at stake than a berth in the Final Four. The Big East brand isn't on the line, but a Marquette win will enhance it more than any television deal or agreement to play games at Mad...

Jason King looks at the "pressure meter" hovering over each Sweet 16 team heading into Thursday and Friday's games.

Jamil Wilson tied his career-high with 19 points and Chris Otule added a season-high 16 to help No. 22 Marquette beat No. 21 Notre Dame 72-64 on Saturday, the Golden Eagles' 25th consecutive home win.

Davante Gardner scored a career-high 26 points and No. 22 Marquette beat No. 12 Syracuse 74-71 on Monday night in a game that further tightened things at the top of the Big East.

Vander Blue scored 19 points and No. 17 Marquette used a sizeable rebounding advantage to beat Seton Hall 67-46 on Tuesday night.

Vander Blue scored 19 points to lead No. 18 Marquette to a 79-69 victory over No. 16 Pittsburgh on Saturday.

A momentum-shifting technical foul on Marquette coach Buzz Williams helped No. 15 Georgetown beat Marquette 63-55.

Reserve forward Davante Gardner scored 17 points to lead No. 25 Marquette to a 69-62 victory over injury-depleted Seton Hall, which had just eight available players Wednesday night.

Marquette 74, Pittsburgh 67

Davante Gardner made two free throws with 8.3 seconds left and Marquette had to hang on while No. 15 Georgetown missed a deciding free throw before getting a 49-48 victory Saturday.

If Marquette wanted to send a message to Buzz Williams and the NCAA that it was taking a violation by a member of its staff seriously, then consider it done. Williams was miserable during his time away from the Golden Eagles. The school-imposed one...

Marquette sophomore guard Todd Mayo has been declared academically ineligible.

College basketball is full of fun preseason traditions. Midnight Madness. Message board trash talk. Irrational hype. The expectation that teams with lots of returning juniors and seniors will magically get better. And did I mention Midnight Madness? ...

Marquette coach Buzz Williams announced the dismissal of assistant Scott Monarch on Friday, and Williams will serve a one-game suspension as part of the school's self-imposed sanctions for recruiting rules violations it reported to the NCAA.

Isaac Chew confirmed Tuesday he was leaving Illinois' staff for Marquette less than two months after being hired as an Illini assistant.

Marquette has granted sophomore forward Jamail Jones a release from the basketball team.