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Volume 101, Number 09
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HOUSE of GUARDS MU latest to adapt in era of college small ball lineups By Jack Goods
jack.goods@marquette.edu Photo by Mike Carpenter michael.carpenter@marquette.edu
It doesn’t take long looking at the men’s basketball roster to notice a position disparity. Of Marquette’s 12 scholarship players, seven are listed at guard. Based on the roster makeup, it wouldn’t be surprising to hear that head coach Steve Wojciechowski plans to use three guard sets. But what about four guard, or even five guard sets on the floor at a time if you consider Sam Hauser? It’s
not as ridiculous as it sounds. “The era of the ‘undersized’ team is here and has been here,” Wojciechowski said. “This isn’t some, like, unusual experiment. Like, ‘Oh my gosh I can’t believe they’re doing that.’ … If you’re undersized, it doesn’t mean you’re undermanned.” Small ball is becoming more popular due to its success. You don’t have to be the Golden
State Warriors with Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green for it to work. There are even two teams in the conference Wojciechowski looks to as a model. Villanova won a national championship last year playing with a guard-heavy lineup anchored by center Daniel Ochefu. Xavier finished right behind them in the conference playing that way as well. When it comes to just point
guard and shooting guard, Marquette can go five deep this season. Of that group, only two are locked into a set position — Traci Carter at the one and Haanif Cheatham at the two. Andrew Rowsey, Duane Wilson and Markus Howard can all play either point or shooting guard, and Wilson said he may spend time at small forward like he did his redshirt freshman year. That’s all before mentioning
players like Jujuan Johnson and Katin Reinhart, who will likely stick to big man roles despite fitting a more traditional guard build. “I feel like we’re going to have one of the best back courts in the country,” Howard said. “We have a lot of weapons and a lot of shooting ability from the one through See GUARDS page 12
Startup to publicize election projections in real-time Campaign methods used to generate estimated results By Rebecca Carballo
rebecca.carballo@marquette.edu
For the first time, voters can see real-time election projections throughout Election Day, leaving media ethicists concerned. A Silicon Valley start-up
called VoteCastr will create the projections. They will be based on telephone surveys in advance of Election Day to make a statistical model. It will then use previous modeling and voter turnout to create their projections. The data will be published on the online magazine Slate. Traditionally, news outlets wait for the majority of polls to close before announcing results. In an article published on their site, Julia Turner,
Editor-in-Chief at Slate, described traditional Election Day journalism practices as “paternalistic” toward voters. She added it puts journalists in an uncomfortable position of concealing information from their readers. However, Marquette professor and media ethicist Bonnie Brennen said she worries real-time projections will leave West Coast voters feeling disenfranchised. Due to different time zones,
the polls close at different times. Meaning, the West Coast will be the last to close. “The big concern is: will people feel pressure not to vote or will they feel empowered to go out and get the vote?” Brennen said. Marquette Law pollster Charles Franklin echoed this concern. He referenced the 2004 election, when exit polls leaked at 1 p.m. and showed John Kerry winning the election, but he later lost.
“I thought it substantially enhanced the view among democrats (who) thought the election was rigged or stolen,” Franklin said. “I think that did profound damage in elections.” Franklin said he is nervous VoteCastr may cause the same kind of confusion. “It totally distorted what was happening,” Franklin said. “I fear VoteCastr was tailor-made for that.” In addition to ethical
INDEX
NEWS
MARQUEE
OPINIONS
Chemistry professor aims to help students learn more efficiently
707’s free yoga classes offer 60 minute escape from stress
Divided Editorial Board offers opinions on both candidates
CALENDAR...........................................................3 MUPD REPORTS..................................................3 MARQUEE............................................................6 OPINIONS........................................8 SPORTS...........................................12 SPORTS CALENDAR .........................................13
Flipped classrooms PAGE 5
Detoxing mind, body PAGE 7
See POLLS page 3
Trump vs. Clinton PAGE 10