Oliver Purnell was the head coach at Dayton from 1994-2003. During that time, he brought Smart in as director of basketball ...

Marquette men's basketball coach Shaka Smart always talks about ... talked this week about those early days with Smart. Smart's first college coaching job was at California University in ...

Two area college basketball powers play each other Friday in downtown ... 6 Marquette and won 71-63 after being down 10 ...

Chase Ross looks and plays like a football defensive back, but he's leading Marquette’s disruptive basketball defense.

Nobody has ever won anything that really matters in December of a college basketball season. It's still early. We have a long ...

More:Marquette vs. Wisconsin basketball preview: A look at the matchups, plus predictions But, in an interview on Thursday night, MU head coach Shaka Smart struck an optimistic tone. "Still TBD ...

Coach Shaka Smart feels things are coming along nicely for his No. 6 Marquette squad, which faces a potentially stiff test in the season's final nonconference game. On Saturday night, the Golden ...

The Golden Eagles (9-2) allowed the Flyers to score 45 points in the second half to pull away in MU's nonconference finale.

Saturday's game against Texas A&M continues a trend for Purdue basketball: testing itself against some of the nation's toughest defenses.

In a first half where neither team pulled away, Tonje led Wisconsin with 12 points followed by Klesmit, who scored 11. Facing ...

Illinois fans are, let's say, displeased with where the Illini currently stand in the latest poll ... as in not on it ...