Found this site while searching for MU Basketball news. Complies news articles from many different sources. Some are very interesting.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/local/team?id=269
Liked this one. Gave a bit more background on Buzz's approach to this season and taking over the reins.
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Coach Buzz Williams style works for Marquette Golden Eagles mens basketball team
MILWAUKEE — There's really no such thing as "approximately" in Buzz Williams' world.
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Some coaches might say they're going to spend more time working on defense in their next practice. Williams has a sheet of paper that says Marquette will spend 78 percent of its upcoming practice on defense — but he can tell you that without looking.
Just like Williams knows off the top of his head the exact number of days he has been the Golden Eagles' head coach. It's 283 as of Friday.
Williams has an uncanny knack for reciting precise numbers from memory, a trait he calls more of a "damnation" than a blessing. He laughs when comparing himself to the quirky detective from the TV series "Monk" and admits to a few obsessive-compulsive tendencies.
But while Williams knows his precise nature annoys his family at times, it also is helping the Golden Eagles sustain the success and prominence they enjoyed under Williams' predecessor and former boss, Tom Crean.
"It's unbelievable, man," said senior guard Dominic James. "Just paying attention to detail — I feel like that's rubbed off on the team a lot. Every detail matters to him, and it's rubbed off on us."
After watching Crean abruptly leave Marquette for Indiana on April Fool's Day, the 14th-ranked Golden Eagles are off to a 15-2 start this season. They head into today's game at Providence 4-0 in Big East play.
After taking over, Williams almost immediately began holding Sunday night meetings with players where basketball took a back seat to life. Each week had a different theme, including character, trust, honesty and personal relationships.
"That's all we did in those Sunday night meetings is talk about life, and I think that that probably gave them an inside peek at an accelerated pace at, 'This is who Buzz is as a person,' " Williams said. "I think that as time went on, those things have been beneficial because we established who we were as men before we tried to establish who we were as coaches and players."
James said that trust has made the transition easier. Playing a wide-open style doesn't hurt either, as Williams allows his players freedom on offense in exchange for intense defense.
"Since Day One, we've had that trust in (Williams), and I feel like we've developed that trust because of the confidence he had in us from the beginning. It's been an easy transition. Hasn't been difficult at all," James said.
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20090117/APC0201/901170648/1892/AAA&located=RSS
Great article...you really see how Buzz makes the players the center piece of the program. Nice to hear, hope the success continues!
Did you seriously link to an ESPN.com subpage and refer to it as an "interesting MU basketball news site?"
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LOL! Yes, I guess I did.
But the fact remains, that site does compile some interesting Warrior news that I would have missed.
So ... Pffftttt! :)
-SERocks