Paint Touches

Marquette completed its non-conference schedule Saturday with a 75-66 win over North Carolina Central, moving the Golden Eagles to 9-3. With the Big East season around 48 hours away, it’s time to look back on the first two months of the season and see, in no particular order, which general preseason thoughts were confirmed, which […]

By Marco Radenkovich Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. That was the story Saturday afternoon at the Bradley Center as Marquette (9-3) hung on for a 75-66 win over North Carolina Central (6-7). Marquette committed 20 turnovers, leading to 25 NC Central points. The turnovers ranged from steals to dropped passes to out of bounds violations. The Golden […]

Marquette will try and close out its non-conference schedule better than it did last year when it takes on North Carolina Central tomorrow afternoon at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Last year’s final tune-up to the Big East coincidentally was also the last time Marquette lost at home, a 79-57 loss to Vanderbilt. Since then […]

Trent Lockett arrived in Milwaukee as the assumed top scorer at Marquette, a team with question marks on offense after the departures of Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom, expectations were high. He wasn’t going to replicate either of the two seniors’ numbers, but as a proven scorer was expected to fill up the box score […]

The final power rankings of 2012 have arrived, and a major upset shook up the top five. Louisville has only 11 wins and has tallied a loss while there is still an undefeated team remaining and three teams with 12 wins, but the Cardinals will stay in the top spot until a top-5 (in these […]

Marquette proved Saturday afternoon it may not be over its early season inconsistencies, but did show that it is more than capable of overcoming them as non-conference play winds down and the Big East season awaits. The good numbers were seen easily in the box score: 84 points, including 32 in the paint, in 73 […]