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,

Royce Parham has shown fearlessness as a freshman, but will fully gain the trust of Shaka Smart by committing to the details on defense.

The Golden Eagles have been a No. 2 seeding in the last two NCAA Tournaments. How are they projected this season?

MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLUC) - Multiple fire departments were dispatched to a reported house fire early Monday morning in Forestville. A firefighter confirmed with a TV6 reporter that Marquette County Central Dispatch was contacted shortly after midnight about the fire near Hogbelly Trail off Forestville Road.

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.

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A wind advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 1:21 p.m. EST valid for Monday between 7 a.m. EST and 1 p.m. EST for Marquette County.

No. 10 Marquette faces Butler after Stevie Mitchell scored 21 points in Marquette's 87-74 win over the Villanova Wildcats. The Bulldogs have gone 7-5 in home games. Butler is eighth in the Big East with 13.

Now that the second half of the men’s college basketball season is here, we can start turning an eye toward our brackets. Look no further than the Big East for an intriguing mix of teams, featuring the two-time defending champions looking to rediscover their mojo and a few teams pushing the boundaries of what they were thought to be capable of.

Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games.

In McNeeley’s absence, Saint Mary’s transfer Aidan Mahaney has shown the ability to step up -- he went for 14 points against Xavier -- but has been largely inconsistent. He’s averaging 5.2 points after averaging 13.9 ppg the last two seasons in the WCC.