Archive | 2012

Player Breakdown: Jae Crowder

This is the last part of  Paint Touches’ series breaking down each players’s 2011-2012 campaign and looking forward to next year. A big thank you to assistant coach Aki Collins, who provided exclusive, in-depth analysis on each player. What he did well: Everything. He literally did everything well this past season culminating in a Big East […]

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Jae Crowder: Path to the NBA

This story is part of a Paint Touches’ series, Jae Crowder: Path to the NBA, which will track Crowder’s workouts, interviews, and tryouts leading up to the June 28 NBA Draft in New York City. Jae Crowder’s playing days in a Marquette uniform are over, but the forward has wasted no time preparing for the […]

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Player breakdown: Darius Johnson-Odom

This is part of  Paint Touches’ series breaking down each players’s 2011-2012 campaign and looking forward to next year. A big thank you to assistant coach Aki Collins, who provided exclusive, in-depth analysis on each player. What he did well: Darius Johnson-Odom came into his senior season expected to finally be the go-to player after playing […]

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Aaron Durley granted release

The Marquette Athletic Department sent an email Friday that Aaron Durley, a 6-foot-10 incoming recruit, would not be joining the program next season. “It has been a privilege and pleasure building a relationship with Aaron and his family,” head coach Buzz Williams said.  “We wish Aaron the absolute best in his future academic and athletic […]

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Vander Blue Breakdown

This is part of  Paint Touches’ series breaking down each players’s 2011-2012 campaign and looking forward to next year. A big thank you to assistant coach Aki Collins, who provided exclusive, in-depth analysis on each player. What he did well: Vander played more than 18 minutes twice in the last 13 games last season, and […]

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Player Breakdown: Jamil Wilson

This is part of  Paint Touches’ series breaking down each players’s 2011-2012 campaign and looking forward to next year. A big thank you to assistant coach Aki Collins, who provided exclusive, in-depth analysis on each player. What he did well: After a rather inauspicious start to his Marquette career which saw limited minutes and little in […]

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