Paint Touches

With the whole pay-or-not-to-pay debate raging in college athletics, there are many articles and even more pieces of data trying to swing the argument one way or the other. This is not one of them. I simply saw a cool chart and wanted to see what it would look like with Marquette involved. Said chart […]

Marquette (26-9, 14-4 Big East) Postseason: NCAA Elite 8 (55-39 loss to No. 4 Syracuse)  This is the fifth installment of a 10-part series evaluating the schedules of the 10 Big East teams for the 2013-14 season. Above record, tournament finishes are from last season.  Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown analyses are available by clicking the […]

This is Part 3 of an exclusive five-part series documenting how Marquette head coach Buzz Williams has grown since he took over the helm in 2008. Part I (Sept. 9): Four dusty corners: Where it all began Part II (Sept. 16): Bringing order to a chaotic life, one day at a time Buzz Williams has a […]

No. At least not according to Sports illustrated’s Andy Glockner. Before anyone gets in a tizzy about this perceived lack of respect and starts bombarding Glockner on Twitter (@AndyGlockner in case you were interested) he did have Marquette as one of the final cuts along with Maryland. So that means at worst he believes Marquette […]

Georgetown (25-7, 14-4 Big East) Last season: NCAA Second Round (78-68 loss to No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast) This is the fourth installment of a 10-part series evaluating the schedules of the 10 Big East teams for the 2013-14 season. Above record, tournament finishes are from last season. Butler, Creighton, DePaul analyses are available by […]

Relative to reaching his dream of playing in the NBA, the last six months had been rough for Vander Blue. After a fantastic NCAA Tournament appearance, Blue went undrafted in June’s NBA draft, had an up-and-down Summer League performance both with the Houston Rockets and Memphis Grizzlies and patiently waited for an NBA team to […]