Paint Touches

On this week’s edition of Paint Touches, Mike Wottreng, Mike Nelson, Andrei Greska, Mark Strotman and Matt Trebby break down Marquette’s future without the ox-in-the-box, whether Vander has turned the corner and what kind of challenge the Fighting Irish will put up on Saturday. (Click on the links to listen). Davante Gardner talk Vander Blue […]

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Conference Breakdown

Big East: 8  

Big 10: 8  

SEC: 7  

Big 12: 5  

ACC: 4  

Atlantic 10: 4  

Mountain West: 4  

Missouri Valley: 2  

West Coast: 2  

Conference USA: 2  

Pac 12: 2    

Last Four In

Iowa State  

New Mexico  

Arkansas  

Colorado State  

First Four Out  

NC State  

BYU  

UCF  

VCU

Next Four Out

Seton Hall  

Marshall  

Stanford  

Dayton    

New Additions (case for, case against)

Iowa State

• Won four of last five games
• Worst loss at Drake (RPI: 100) on Nov. 15

New Mexico

• Won three straight games
• 10-2 in last 12 games
• 8-2 in road/neutral games

• Non conference strength of schedule: 253
• Lost to Santa Clara (RPI: 254) on Nov. 24

Colorado State

• 9-3 in last 12 games
• Strength of schedule: 1
• Beat San Diego State (77-60) on Jan. 28 

Washington – Cal moves to at-large based on conference standings  

Dropped Out (case against, case for)

Dayton  

• Three straight losses, including a home loss to Rhode Island (RPI: 242) 
• 7-5 in last 12 games 
• Loss at Miami Ohio (RPI: 249) on Nov. 15

Seton Hall  

• Five straight losses 
• 6-6 in last 12 games 
• 2-4 against RPI Top 50 

North Carolina State  

• Lost two of last three games 
• Best win: at RPI No. 49 Miami 1-5 against RPI Top 50 

Stanford  

• Lost three of last four games
• 1-2 against RPI Top 50
• Non conference strength of schedule: 289

Published by Michael LoCicero and Michael Wottreng

Points in the paint and paint touches were consistent and abundant in the opening half of Tuesday evening’s 66-59 Marquette victory over Seton Hall. It was the No. 15 Golden Eagles’ first contest without redshirt junior center Chris Otule and sophomore forward Davante Gardner, the squad’s two tallest players. Gardner missed Tuesday’s contest with a […]

It’s been three weeks and five days since the No. 15 Marquette Golden Eagles lost (19-4, 8-2 Big East). They’re on a seven-game winning streak. Vander Blue recorded his best offensive performance in a Big East contest on Tuesday with his 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting and eight rebounds. DJO and Jae Crowder are playing […]

We have a lot of Marquette t-shirts here at Paint Touches that we are jonesing to give out. As such we came up with a little caption contest with the winner receiving a t-shirt. Just leave your caption in the comments section and the winner will be notified via Twitter or Email as to where […]

Re-live some of the best shots from Tuesday night against Seton Hall. Photos by Rebbeca Rebholz of the Marquette Tribune.