There will be no more of Kam Jones’ spinning, left-handed layups for the Marquette men’s basketball team ... Here is a glance ...

The Golden Eagles and Terrapins agreed to a home-and-home series last year, with MU winning in College Station in November.

The Golden Eagles went 79-28 over the last three seasons, but lost to double-digit seeds in the NCAA tournament.

No. 7 seed Marquette will face 10th seed New Mexico Friday night in a March Madness first-round game at Rocket Arena in Cleveland. Tipoff is 7:25 p.m.

CLEVELAND — One graduation party with one coach changed the perspective of Shaka ... Smart said. “He took me to meet a young 18-year-old kid and I helped Keith put him through a workout. That kid ...

Athletic redshirt freshman forward Al Amadou appeared in 14 games as a freshman for Marquette and then redshirted this season ...

CLEVELAND - With more non-local media at Marquette's press conference Thursday — before its NCAA men's basketball tournament ...

THE MODERATOR: We have Stevie Mitchell and Coach Shaka Smart. SHAKA SMART ... I thought our guys did a great job playing with terrific force for the first seven, eight minutes of the game.

We know three times playing a team can be tough. What specifically in the game, adjustments you had to make to make this thing happen? SHAKA SMART: Every game has been a two-point game ...

Golden Eagles coach Shaka ... around after Smart took over. Marquette's David Joplin tries to get past St. John's's Sadiku Ibine Ayo during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game ...

This is the last dance for Marquette men's basketball seniors Stevie Mitchell, Kam Jones, David Joplin and walk-on Cam Brown.

Golden Eagles coach Shaka Smart has his senior class to thank for ... made Marquette a model of stability in a transient college basketball landscape. Now they get to make one more NCAA Tournament ...