Paint Touches

Every week Paint Touches will bring you a roundup from the week that was in the Big East. Week 1 saw 13 of the 15 Big East teams remain undefeated, as well as some big performances from the Connecticut Huskies in Kevin Ollie’s debut as head coach. Power Rankings  1. Syracuse (1-0): Impressive win over No. […]

It’s a statline that speaks for itself: 9 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in 21 minutes. Sophomore Juan Anderson had his best game as a Golden Eagle and it’s not even close. In a season full of false starts and untimely pit stops, Anderson’s box score for the entire 2011-’12 season read: […]

MILWAUKEE — Marquette extended its streak of season opening wins to 12 with an 84-63 victory over Colgate on Sunday afternoon at the BMO Bradley Center. “We still have a lot of things to work on as everything wasn’t perfect,” junior Jamil Wilson said. “It was good to put some wind in the sails finally […]

Re-live some of the best moments from Sunday afternoon as Marquette took down Colgate 84-63 to open the 2012-’13 season. (Photos by A. Martina Ibanez-Baldor)

Well that was some way to start the season. Just moments before Marquette was set to take on No. 4 Ohio State aboard the U.S.S. Yorktown in the Carrier Classic, a few players noticed wet spots on the court. A quick mop-up turned into a full clean-up job by the crew, players and even Buzz […]

The right call was made Friday night in Charleston. But it shouldn’t had to have been made in the first place. The Marquette-Ohio State contest was supposed to begin at 7 p.m. local time, and up until a few seconds before tipoff, everything was going swimmingly. Starting lineups had been announced, a goosebump-inducing rendition of […]