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No beach, but Marquette's a holiday hot spot, too

By Mechelle Voepel

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Cancun, Hawaii, Miami … Milwaukee? The first five are places you'd expect to be the site of a Thanksgiving hoops event, as teams hope to add some warm weather and R&R to the actual basketball over the holiday weekend. But Marquette? "You're saying 40 degrees isn't warm?" Golden Eagles coach Terri Mitchell joked about what's expected to be the high temperature in Milwaukee for the next several days. So what made No. 15 Virginia, Utah and Gonzaga ...

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