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When Todd Mayo jogged over to the scorer’s table following a Jamil Wilson foul that created an official’s timeout at the under-16 mark, hardly anyone noticed. Coming out of the timeout, Mayo’s appearance on the Al McGuire Court for the first time in almost nine months came as a shock. Many thought Mayo would play […]

Marquette produced much more of a complete effort on offense Saturday afternoon, rebounding from a brutal loss at Green Bay on Wednesday with a 84-80 win over LSU. Davante Gardner led the team with 19 points and the Golden Eagles shot 49.1 percent from the field. Marquette (8-3) made its first three shots and seven […]

In response to Thursday’s news that Buzz Williams had reinstated sophomore guard Todd Mayo, the first reaction for most was how this helps Marquette. True, after a 47-point outing in a loss to Green Bay Wednesday, any new life injected into the offense would spark at least some change. Clearly the news helps Mayo, as […]

For the second time in four months, Buzz Williams has reinstated shooting guard Todd Mayo to the Marquette basketball team, a source confirmed to Paint Touches on Thursday. Michael Hunt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel first had the report. Williams spoke with Mayo and his family on Thursday to determine whether Mayo, who had become eligible […]

So that was just about as bad as it gets, right? Marquette’s hideous 49-47 loss to Green Bay last night signified just how far this team has to go to become an NCAA Tournament team by the end of the year. Except for a stretch over the final 4:46 in the first half, when the […]

Marquette recorded one of its worst losses in recent memory Wednesday night, losing on the road to a 3-7 Green Bay squad with only eight active players, 49-47. Here are the player grades: Junior Cadougan (8 pts, 6 asts, 5 to) Blew an easy lay-up early on but did hit a nice jumper off the dribble. […]