Paint Touches

When Jamil Wilson arrived on Marquette’s campus three seasons ago, the physical specimen—all 6-foot-7, 210 pounds of switchable—was unlike anything Buzz Williams had ever had at his disposal. Jimmy Butler, Joseph Fulce, Erik Williams and Jae Crowder before him provided Marquette different particulars of the skill set Williams looked for in his face-up forwards. But […]

The top 10 10. Trent Lockett vs. Miami Stat line: 16 pts, 8 reb, 3 blk, 2 ast, 33 min. Quality of opponent: 9/10. Miami came into this Sweet 16 matchup as a solid favorite to advance. They were the ACC regular season and tournament champions, having spent the last two months of the season in the […]

What he did well: After showing some signs of life in his first season with Marquette–he sat out the 2010-11 season after transferring from Oregon–Wilson was expected to be one of Marquette’s breakout players following the departures of Darius Johnson-Odom and Jae Crowder. That didn’t happen entirely for the 6-foot-7 Wilson, but more strides were […]

  I posed this question late last night on Twitter, and it’s certainly a good thing to be able to debate: Vander Blue vs. Butler or Jae Crowder vs. Murray State? Marquette is in the Sweet 16 for the third straight season–something only Kansas, Florida, Ohio State and the Golden Eagles can say. And while […]

A young, lanky Vander Blue had been on campus as a Marquette freshman for just over two months when he entered his first ever “Life Lessons” sessions, led by his new head coach, Buzz Williams. Williams frequently holds the lectures for his team to talk about life, teach every-day skills and to grow as a […]