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Tag Archives: Steve Taylor
Does Marquette really have 13 positions instead of five? (USA Today)

(Un)scientifically plotting Marquette’s “13 positions”

For the last two seasons Paint Touches has brought you advanced statistics, breakdown of numbers and Synergy analysis. But upon reading the report Wired.com released in late April of last year–NBC’s College Basketball Talk posted it Saturday morning–on “the 13 new basketball positions,” it seems there is a whole new kind of analytics that needs […]

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Jamil Wilson to return to Marquette for senior year

There was some speculation after Vander Blue declared early for the NBA draft that fourth-year junior Jamil Wilson would follow in his footsteps. That’s not the case, as Wilson will return for his senior year in Milwaukee, a source close to the situation told PaintTouches.com. Yesterday Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times confirmed via […]

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Player Breakdown: Steve Taylor

What he did well: Steve Taylor came to Marquette as the highest rated recruit from the Illinois class of 2012, so expectations were quite high. Although his stats may not stand out in any particular way, you’d have to say expectations were met. The logjam of quality frontcourt players limited his minutes, with coach Buzz Williams […]

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Anderson granted release: What it means

Marquette’s official Twitter account announced Monday afternoon that sophomore Juan Anderson had been granted his release. After two seasons with the Golden Eagles, the 6-foot-7 forward is transferring to be closer to his family in Oakland, Calif., and presumably to a school where he can find more playing time than the 9.5 minutes per game […]

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Steve Taylor feature on CSNChicago.com

Two of my associates at CSNChicago.com and I were able to follow around Steve Taylor last week to see how the former Simeon star is adjusting to the college life, and how he is using what he learned in Chicago to help make the Golden Eagles one of the top teams in the country. Along […]

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