There will be no more of Kam Jones’ spinning, left-handed layups for the Marquette ... the Golden Eagles will look much ...

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.

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

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

Shaka Smart is no stranger to redefining and rebuilding college teams. His run with VCU in 2011 to his time at Texas, he has built up a reputation as a coach who does things his own way. And now, he ...

Other NCAA teams have utilized the transfer portal to their advantage and following this devastating March Madness loss it ...

Before the Golden Eagles face New Mexico in a first-round game Friday, beat reporter Ben Steele answered your questions about the game and the teams.

Shaka Smart's first NCAA Division I assistant job was at Akron for Keith Dambrot, who coached LeBron James in high school.

Marquette remains a throwback program by generally avoiding the transfer portal at at a time when just about every other coach spends the offseason pursuing players from other schools.

Marquette Golden Eagles head coach Shaka Smart looks on during the first half against the St. John's Red Storm at Fiserv Forum. / Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Shaka Smart has had quite the journey ...

THE MODERATOR: Coach, whenever you're ready. SHAKA SMART: That was a high-level game. Xavier fought their tails off. They really did a good job in the first half having us on our heels.

CLEVELAND - Marquette ... Smart met his wife, Maya. That was also when he experienced one of his best stories in over two decades of coaching in college, one he relayed to his Golden Eagles ...