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Marquette upbeat despite 4-game skid (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Jimmy Butler was talking about Marquette's confidence, and he was dead serious. OK, so at least he was trying to be. But pint-sized teammate Maurice Acker was clowning around in the background, trying to make Butler crack up with the cameras and recorders rolling -- a sign that the Golden Eagles aren't as downtrodden as one might expect.