MUTV Interviews: Lauren Thomas-Johnson

At Marquette all the way from Manchester, England, Lauren Thomas-Johnson, a JUCO transfer guard for the Marquette Women's Basketball team stops by for a quick interview.

MU Volleyball Coach Pati Rolf Resigns

After seven seasons as the head coach of the Marquette women's volleyball team, Pati Rolf resigned on Wednesday evening.

Pati's tenure at Marquette has had a lot of bright spots, but it's been tough going for the volleyball team this season. Key graduations and a rash of injuries put this team in a severely compromised position.

This comes as a bit of a surprise from a timing perspective as the team still has four games left before the end of the season. This Friday and Sunday they will play home games at the Al.

Assistant coach Erica Heisser will assume an interim head coach role for the remainder of the season.

Marquette Men's Basketball Season Begins Tomorrow!

The 2008-09 edition of the Marquette Men's hoops team is set to be unveiled for the first time at the Bradley Center this season. Saturday's exhibition opener against Colorado State Pueblo will be broadcasted live by MUTV on www.gomarquette.com and in the dorms on channel 99, starting at 1:00 CT. Brian Henry and Jonathan Ficke will have the call.
Marquette will be without injured guard David Cubillan, sidelined swingman Joseph Fulce, and transfer Liam McMorrow. But the game will give fans the opportunity to see new Head Coach Buzz Williams pacing the Bradley Center sidelines for the very first time.
Remember to tune in to MUTV's coverage of the game on www.gomarquette.com.

Brad Galli
MUTV Assistant Sports Director

MU Soccer Gives Ficke the Business, Part Un

Nick Kay and Matt Pyzdrowski of the MU Men's Soccer team embarass Jonathan Ficke down at Valley Fields during a demonstration on penalty kicks. Enjoy his failure.

Marquette Madness, Saturday

We're less than one week away from the "kickoff" of MU Hoops this year (They've begun practicing but Madness was moved back a week because the students were on Fall Break). MUTV will be broadcasting it live from the Al starting at 5:30 CST on GoMarquette.com. Suffice it to say we have big plans and high hopes. There are a number of interviews being lined up with coaches, players and more; we have a number of videos about the program, its history, its present and its future. We've got a lot planned.

The Sports staff, Jonathan Ficke, Ritchie Donnelly and Brad Galli will be anchoring the broadcast; it will be produced by Brian Henry, and there are a ton of other hard-working students that will be instrumental in the production.

During the run up to the broadcast we will be posting interviews with the players, information about the broadcast and a ton of other MU Hoops-related info. Check back later this evening for a video of a 5-6 minute interview with point guard Maurice Acker.

Check out GoMarquette.com for more information about Marquette Madness:
http://gomarquette.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102008aaa.html

Jonathan Ficke
Assistant Sports Director

"The Locker Room" - Live on Ch. 99 Wed @ 8:30 P.M.

Looking for the inside scoop on all Marquette sports teams?
Searching for VIDEO interviews with your favorite Golden Eagle stars?
Well, look no further than MUTV's "The Locker Room," which airs live every Wednesday at 8:30 P.M. CT on Channel 99.
Tonight, tune in to see Preseason All-American golfer Mike Van Sickle tee off with the guys on topics stretching from sand shots to what shoes he wears.

Live, tonight only on MUTV 99.

Brad Galli
MUTV Assistant Sports Director

Jay Bilas: "Big East toughest" conference

The talking heads from Bristol are starting to chime in about this year's upcoming men's basketball season. Jay Bilas, writing in his ESPN Insider blog ranked the Big East as the nation's best conference from top to bottom saying: "UConn, Louisville, Pitt, Notre Dame, Marquette, Georgetown, Villanova, Syracuse and West Virginia likely will be NCAA tournament teams. Cincinnati, Seton Hall and Providence could be near the line at the end."

He's saying that there will "likely" be nine teams from the Big East in the Big Dance. In addition there could be three more on the bubble come March. It's great to hear that the Big East is going to be the best conference in the country, but it just reminds us that from the beginning of conference play to the end of the season, every single game is going to be a battle.

It's a good thing that we have veteran leadership that has been through tough Big East schedules before; we've got another tough one this season.

Jonathan Ficke
MUTV Assistant Sports Director

Welcome to the MUTV Sports Blog.

This is a brand new venture of the MUTV Sports Department and basically we are going to try to give Marquette sports fans another source of coverage, and we’re going to bring you video that you can’t get anywhere else. Since this is new, we are still working on developing regular content, but will be making it a priority to update this on a regular basis and to do so as often as possible.

We intend to include stories from the Marquette Tribune, audio from Marquette University Radio and, of course, video from MUTV. Right now men’s golf, men’s and women's soccer, women’s volleyball, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's cross country are all underway and we will be covering them extensively. Be sure to check in as the men’s basketball season gets closer as we will all be looking forward to another exciting season.

Speaking of men’s basketball, this year MUTV Sports is the sole provider of Marquette Madness to the world. In the days and weeks leading up to that broadcast be sure to check in regularly as we provide information and season preview information. After the event we will be bringing you video and analysis that you won’t be able to find anywhere else.

With that said, I am looking forward to an exciting year of Marquette athletics and I know that all of you are too.

Jonathan Ficke
MUTV Assistant Sports Director
Editor in Chief -- MUTV Sports Blog