http://www.mail.com/people/132622-buzz-williams.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/132622-buzz-williams.html http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999274-coaches-weigh-attacking-syracuse-zone.html ATLANTA (AP) — Some get paid millions to try and solve the riddle facing the Michigan coaching staff at the Final Four this weekend. How do you score against the Syracuse 2-3 zone defense? Lately, there seems to be no answer. More than any single player, it's the amoeba-like creation crafted by Jim Boeheim over the past 37 seasons and honed to near perfec... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:31:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999274-coaches-weigh-attacking-syracuse-zone.html 2013-04-04T22:31:57Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1991284-texas-tech-hires-tubby-smith-basketball-coach.html LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Tubby Smith is headed to Texas Tech to try to turn around another wayward program. Smith was hired Monday, the school announced late Monday night. Associate athletic director Blayne Beal tweeted that a 2 p.m. press conference was scheduled Tuesday to meet the latest man who is coming from a bigger program to try to revive the basketb... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:57:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1991284-texas-tech-hires-tubby-smith-basketball-coach.html 2013-04-02T04:57:36Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1988836-syracuse-to-final-four-beats-marquette-55-39.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When played to perfection, there's nothing quite like Syracuse's aggressive, half-court 2-3 zone defense. It's 40 minutes of trapping and shot-challenging, of closing off angles, of trusting teammates. "We showed," senior guard Brendan Triche said, "that defense wins games." Yes, the Orange D certainly does. ... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:25:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1988836-syracuse-to-final-four-beats-marquette-55-39.html 2013-03-31T00:25:33Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1987632-marquette-syracuse-hold-big-east-farewell.html WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Big East As We Know It coming to an end, Marquette coach Buzz Williams no doubt figured he'd seen the last of Syracuse's zone for a while. He's a got a 290-pound player on the bench who can't wait to face it again. "I know about spacing," Davante Gardner said Friday. "So they'll change it up and try to lock me down." It takes a ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:54:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1987632-marquette-syracuse-hold-big-east-farewell.html 2013-03-29T23:54:50Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1987596-column-farewell-to-greatest-hoops-league.html Thanks for nothing, greedy college administrators. Because of you, we're bidding farewell to the greatest basketball conference there ever was — and perhaps ever will be. At least the Big East as we knew it is going out in style. That's only appropriate, given all it has meant to the game over the last three-plus decades. ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:24:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1987596-column-farewell-to-greatest-hoops-league.html 2013-03-29T23:24:22Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1986278-buzz-with-edge-marquette-tops-miami-71-61.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Buzz Williams has never been this far in the NCAA tournament before, so it might take a while for him to deal with it. The Marquette coach was just as irritable in victory as he might have been in defeat Thursday night after his Golden Eagles beat Miami 71-61 to put the school in the Elite Eight for the first time in a decade. ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:40:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1986278-buzz-with-edge-marquette-tops-miami-71-61.html 2013-03-29T07:40:58Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1985872-marquette-marches-with-71-61-win-miami.html WASHINGTON (AP) — After sweating through a pair of edge-of-your-seat comebacks, Marquette's first Sweet 16 victory in a decade was as straight and smooth as the 15-foot step-back jumper that Vander Blue nailed at the end of the first half. It helped that the Golden Eagles ran into an out-of-sorts Miami team that, in an echo of its bus ride to the Verizon ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1985872-marquette-marches-with-71-61-win-miami.html 2013-03-29T04:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1978440-minnesota-fires-coach-tubby-smith.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tubby Smith was hailed as a rescuer when he came to Minnesota from Kentucky in 2007, a championship-certified coach who would restore a once-proud program to respectability after it was brought down by scandal. Smith accomplished much of what he was brought in to do, bringing the Golden Gophers back to the NCAA tournament three times, k... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:19:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1978440-minnesota-fires-coach-tubby-smith.html 2013-03-26T01:19:20Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1975956-blue-marquette-butler-door-74-72.html LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Back and forth went Marquette and Butler, trading makes and misses in an intense rematch that made a case for being the best game so far of this NCAA tournament. In the end, Vander Blue and the Golden Eagles pulled out another nail-biter as the Bulldogs couldn't muster any more of their March magic. Blue scored 19 second-half points ... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 04:54:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1975956-blue-marquette-butler-door-74-72.html 2013-03-24T04:54:20Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1974914-bracketracket-theres-pattern-memorized-it.html Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, we throw down, challenge follicles, solve a Rubik's Cube and kiss the rim, all without breaking a sweat, even after batting the ball around with tennis star and Harvard dropout James Blake. We also refer you to a chilling list of celebrity alumni evil twins. Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:43:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1974914-bracketracket-theres-pattern-memorized-it.html 2013-03-23T08:43:47Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1972182-top-seeded-louisville-stays-upset-fray.html LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — No matter where he's coaching or who his team is facing, Rick Pitino has never liked playing the first game of the NCAA tournament as a top seed. "Normally your guys get a little tight, say, 'We're a 1 seed, uh-oh, we could lose this game,'" the Louisville coach said. "And you start playing not to lose rather than to win." Look at fe... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:33:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1972182-top-seeded-louisville-stays-upset-fray.html 2013-03-22T07:33:31Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1971334-marquette-escapes-davidson-59-58-ncaa-tourney.html LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Vander Blue had no doubt where he was going with the ball. The Marquette guard's only concern was whether he'd have room to make it happen. Blue needed just four seconds to make his own path. Taking Jamil Wilson's inbounds pass at midcourt with 5.5 seconds remaining, he drove left past Jake Cohen for a layup that completed a rally fr... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:37:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1971334-marquette-escapes-davidson-59-58-ncaa-tourney.html 2013-03-21T23:37:19Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1865730-no-12-louisville-routs-no-25-marquette-70-51.html LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two weeks of struggle had begun to raise questions about Louisville's ability to contend in the Big East. And while some concerns remain to be addressed over the second half of their league schedule, the No. 12 Cardinals reclaimed some of their swagger with Sunday's 70-51 rout of No. 25 Marquette. Russ Smith scored 18 points, Peyton... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1865730-no-12-louisville-routs-no-25-marquette-70-51.html 2013-02-03T22:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1768790-7-leaving-big-east-to-build-basketball-conference.html The seven Big East schools that don't play major college football are separating from the conference many of them founded so they can build a league focused on basketball. The presidents of the seven schools made the announcement Saturday, two days after their intentions were first reported. "Earlier today we voted unanimously to pursue an orderly evoluti... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 03:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1768790-7-leaving-big-east-to-build-basketball-conference.html 2012-12-16T03:49:00Z