Paint Touches

Vander Blue went off in the fourth quarter, rattling off about six gym-shaking dunks when Jamil Wilson’s team decided to leave the “scantron” bubbles unfilled instead of going with straight C’s as most vanquished test takers do. Alas, you will have to take my word for it as my camera decided to malfunction during the […]

2. Jae Crowder (2011-2012)            vs.   7. Lazar Hayward (2009-2010) The case for Crowder: It’s not fair to say he came out of nowhere, seeing as his father was a pretty good basketball player himself, but who would have thought a junior-college transfer would dominate the premier conference in the country and put in […]

4. Jerel McNeal (2008-2009) vs. 5. Wesley Matthews (2008-2009) The case for McNeal: The senior’s Second Team All-American season was slightly overshadowed by the other two of the “Big Three” and Lazar Hayward, but McNeal was superb. He was third in the Big East in points, scoring 20 or more points in 11 of 12 games during one […]

This is the first match-up of the second round of the Top Season Performance Bracket. Who moves on is up to you, so vote early and share with others! 1. Dwyane Wade (2002-2003) vs. 8. Jimmy Butler (2010-2011) The case for Wade: Fresh of defeating the No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats to book a trip to the Final Four […]

6. Robert Jackson (2002-2003) vs. 11. Travis Diener (2004-2005) The case for Jackson: Dwyane wade cast quite a shadow in Milwaukee, but Jackson did a lot of the dirty work to get Marquette to the Final Four. He had eight double-doubles, including 24 points and 15 rebounds in the famous Elite Eight Kentucky game. He […]

This is the seventh match-up of a 16-person bracket looking at the best individual season performances of the last decade. The complete bracket is at the bottom of each match-up. Vote early and share. The more votes, the better. 3. Steve Novak (2005-2006) vs. 14. Jimmy Butler (2009-2010) The case for Novak: Welcome to the […]