As progress rounds off Marquette's edges, celebrating a unique program's unlikely success

Posted Dec 17, 2017
The team won a lot of games, but it also had a coach who once responded to someone who insulted his center by saying the player “couldn’t throw the ball in Lake Michigan” by bringing the player down to the beach and having him do that very thing. It won an NCAA championship, but it also had a player take down the nets at Madison Square Garden with a switchblade. (Sports Illustrated)

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