We can’t ignore the fact that Alabama’s coin toss of a win over a team ranked in front of them is marred by Houston losing to SDSU as well. So that’s everyone in front of Marquette.

Assists_Marquette 19 (Porter 6), Xavier 10 (Purvis 3). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Marquette 31 (Volker 7), Xavier 22 (Orio 4, Purvis 4). Total Fouls_Marquette 11, Xavier 4. Technical Fouls_None.

Houston and Marquette rounded out the new-look top-five with the Cougars improving to 13-3 this week and up to a perfect 5-0 in Big 12 play, and the Golden Eagles winning Tuesday at DePaul to get ...

Dayton is the week’s lone dropout. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Houston still No. 1, while Marquette and Kansas tumble in USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll ...

Xavier picked up its first Quadrant 1 win of the season Saturday afternoon with a 59-57 upset of No. 7 Marquette.

Stevie Mitchell scored 10 of his career-high 22 points during a key five-minute stretch in the second half, helping No. 9 Marquette overcome Kam Jones' foul trouble to beat Butler 78-69 on Tuesday ...

As much as I love sports (Marquette, Auburn, NY Jets and Islanders and Houston Astros) and politics, my family and my faith (Catholic) are the most important things to me. For most of my life ...

Percentages: FG 50.909, FT 1.000. 3-Point Goals: 9-19, .474 (Volker 4-5, Forbes 3-8, Vice 1-1, Perkins 1-1, Porter 0-2, Akot 0-1, Utberg 0-1) Turnovers: 13 (Porter 3, Volker 3, Forbes 2, Vice 2, ...