After a season filled with tight finishes, the Golden Eagles’ luck ran out Thursday in San Jose. Brad Galli reports from the HP Pavillion where Buzz Williams, Lazar Hayward, and Marquette’s season ends after the NCAA first round, following an 80-78 loss to Washington.

Brad Galli reports from San Jose, CA, where the Golden Eagles’ stylish new ‘dos have kept with the theme of hair-inspired stories in this 2009-10 campaign. Lazar Hayward and Buzz Williams chime in as Maurice Acker plays barber. Plus, Williams compares first-round opponent Washington to BIG EAST teams.

Todd Warner reports from New York in the Golden Eagles and Red Storm’s first ever meeting at Carnesecca Arena in Queens. Jimmy Butler hit his second game-winning shot of the year to go along with 18 points and 8 rebounds. Here what the guys were telling him after the game.

Chris Gaulke reports from the Bradley Center as the Panthers end their losing streak in Milwaukee and snap Marquette’s 5 game Big East winning streak. Lazar Hayward and Buzz Williams talk about the lack of paint touches and getting back to “being themselves” Sunday.

In the newest installment of MUTVSports’ weekly series, Todd Warner recaps Buzz Williams’ MSOE press conference, host Brad Galli profiles the Texas connection on MU’s team, Donnie Dwyer chats with the Fanatics about their new shirts, plus much more.

Heavyweight Boxing legend Butterbean stopped by the Marquette Student Media office before his “Brew City Brawl” fight. Butterbean chatted with MUTVSports Director Brad Galli and Marquette Tribune Sports Director Nick Bullock about his upcoming retirement bout, his boxing son, and an encounter with Michael Jordan.

Welcome everyone to MUTVSports.com. If you’ve visited the site before, we welcome you back to the site that gives you an all-access pass to every Marquette University sport. We’ll continually have interviews with athletes, coaches, writers, and so many more people you want to hear from.

Below are two videos from the team we cover most in-depth, the Men’s Basketball team. The videos come from the Golden Eagles’ All-Access Media Day, and they highlight the New Faces of Marquette Basketball and the day in general. Click here for our YouTube page, which has all of our online videos. Enjoy the videos and again, we look forward to you joining us for a great year at MUTVSports. Sincerely, MUTVSports Director Brad Galli.

Marquette invited acclaimed sports journalist Christine Brennan to campus as part of the year-long celebration of 100 Years of Women at the University. MUTV Sports Director Brad Galli talked with Brennan about the key breakthrough moment in her career and what young journalists need to do to succeed in the field.

Check out the full story of Golden Eagle Lazar Hayward scoring 14 to lead all USA scorers in their Bronze Medal clinching game at the World University Games here.

Lazar Hayward can add "Bronze Medalist" to his resume

Crackedsidewalks.com recently posted a story about Lazar’s 2010 NBA Draft status.

Their writer, bamamarquettefan1, writes, “in the NBA mock draft…Lazar is now forecast to be the 4th Big East Player in the NBA Draft and the 29th player taken overall.”
Noting the success Lazar has enjoyed, bamamarquettefan1 says, “If the reports are true that Lazar is handling the ball more often and well are true…then this could be quite a key development to help the great recruiting class gel next year.”
Take a look at the entire write-up here.

Brad Galli
MUTV Sports Director

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