No. 1 seed Marquette has won 11 of its last 12 games and isn’t the betting favorite in this week’s Big East Tournament. That’s No. 4. seed Connecticut.
His 3-point shooting percentage and scoring average dropped after a sensational junior year.
It would be interesting to see where the uber-skilled 6-foot-6 freshman would be now in his development had he not missed the first month of the season with a right thumb injury.Free-throw shooting. Villanova is the No. 1 team in the country at the charity stripe at 82.3 percentOffensive rebounding. The Wildcats depend on offensive execution, because second-chance opportunities are so infrequent for them.Villanova’s strong stretch to close the season was a sign this team is hitting its stride.
Soriano, the league’s Most Improved Player, is tied with Purdue center Zach Edey for the most double-doubles in the country with 23.An All-Big East preseason first-team selection, Alexander struggled throughout a disappointing season, shooting a career-worst 40.4 percent from the field.
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