Mike Lopresti is a member of the US Basketball Writers Hall of Fame, Ball State journalism Hall of Fame and Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame. He has covered college basketball for 43 years, including 39 Final Fours. He is so old he covered Bob Knight when he had dark hair and basketball shorts were actually short.

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.

Marquette men's basketball coach Shaka Smart had an answer ready when asked how he can help senior guard Kam Jones break out of his shooting funk in Big East play. "I need to spend some time with him and rub his temples," Smart said after MU's 59-57 loss to Xavier on Saturday. Smart then got serious.

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, up one spot from last week.

Golden Eagles face largest deficit of season. MU went into the under-16 timeout of the second half facing a 43-26 deficit. That marked the most points that the Golden Eagles trail

Jalen Rose and the Xfinity Halftime Report crew discuss the recent success of Shaka Smart's Marquette Golden Eagles, also analyzing how effort can help Shaheen Holloway's Seton Hall Pirates overcome their lack of talent.

Stevie Mitchell scored 10 of his career-high 22 points during a key five-minute stretch in the second half as No. 9 Marquette overcame Kam Jones’ foul trouble to rally past Butler 78-69

After coming up short in its first home loss of the season against Xavier last Saturday, Marquette men’s basketball is up a spot to No. 9 in the latest

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.

The seventh-ranked Golden Eagles have flirted with their first Big East loss in recent games, and it finally happened Saturday.

The No. 15 St. John’s Red Storm is set to host the Providence Friars at the Jack Kaiser Stadium in Queens, New York on Saturday, Feb. 1. The Red Storm are yet to lose a game at home with a 13-0 record on their home court and are definitely looking to continue this streak.

This weekend's national TV slate has great SEC matchups, John Calipari's return to Kentucky and a new chapter of UNC vs. Duke.