Paint Touches

Last night Andrei detailed the type of player Marquette will face in Nik Cochran, an efficient sharpshooter for the Davidson Wildcats. He may be the one to cripple Marquette from beyond the arc if the Golden Eagles can’t contain him, but the meat and potatoes of their defensive efforts will come in stopping forwards Jake […]

For this year’s Marquette team, 3-pointers haven’t been all that memorable. To be exact, there have been just 132 “memories.” Yes, Junior Cadougan’s buzzer-beater against Connecticut to send Marquette’s Big East opener to overtime is included in that number. So is Vander Blue’s shot-clock-beating 3 against Wisconsin. Jamil Wilson and Blue connected on late 3-pointers […]

In reading Mark’s detailed scouting report of Davidson on Monday, I couldn’t help but sit in awe of Nik Cochran. Yes, his free-throw shooting is Novakian, going 112-119 this season for a ridiculous 94.1 percent accuracy, but it was his outside shooting that had my eyes bulging. Cochran has hit a ridiculous 48.5 percent of […]

As part of our week-long preview of Marquette in the NCAA Tournament, today we break down Davidson from a numbers standpoint. Later in the week we will look at the matchups that could decide Thursday’s outcome. There were no surprises in the Southern Conference this season as Davidson ran through the regular season (17-1) and […]

Now that the die has been cast and we know Marquette has a date with Davidson Thursday afternoon, it is time to do what they tell you never to do as a player and peek ahead at what the Golden Eagles might face should they advance. Drawn as a No. 3 seed into the East […]

Buzz Williams believes his team deserves a three-seed in the NCAA Tournament. But that doesn’t mean he expected it. After losing to Notre Dame in the quarterfinals of the Big East Championship Thursday night, it was presumed Marquette would end up with a four or five-seed. Everyone gathered at The Annex on Marquette’s campus seemingly was taken […]