A new word has been added to the Marquette men’s basketball program dictionary.
They call it: Edge.
Fans are used to seeing phrases like “Energy Generating Behaviors” (EGBs), “Kills” — when the team gets three consecutive stops — or “Relationships, Growth, Victory” (RGV) as some of the pillars of what head coach Shaka Smart has built for his program.
After falling short last season in the first round of the Big East tournament and missing the NCAA tournament for the first time in five years, the Golden Eagles entered the offseason looking to establish ways that made sense when building a new team that blended returners and newcomers.