Paint Touches

Re-live some of the best moments from Marquette’s Big East opening win over  Georgetown at the Bradley Center. Be sure to click on the images to see them in full size. Photos by Ryan Messier.

I have lots of thoughts after Marquette’s victory over Georgetown, but don’t have a coherent structure to tie them together. So bullet points it is. I went on a little Tweet Shower yesterday after doing some KenPom surfing: Doing some KenPom surfing, #mubb's current ranking (38) going into BEast play is the 3rd best of last […]

Probable Starters: 1: Jagan Mosely: 6-3 205 lb FR PG: 20.7 mpg, 4.2 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 3.0 apg, 0.9 spg, 0.3 bpg, 1.5 tpg, .381 FG%, .235 3P% 2: Rodney Pryor: 6-5 205 lb RSSR SG: 31.7 mpg, 19.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.1 apg, 0.9 spg, 1.0 bpg, 1.9 tpg, .558 FG%, .514 3P% 3: […]

Probable Starters: 1: Bronson Koenig: 6-3 190 lb SR PG: 27.6 mpg, 15.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.5 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.3 bpg, 1.3 tpg, .454 FG%, .857 FT%, .337 3P% 2: Zak Showalter: 6-3 185 lb RSSR SG: 26.2 mpg, 6.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.0 spg, 0.4 bpg, 0.9 tpg, .407 FG%, .786 […]

Probable Starters: 1: Jaron Hopkins: 6-6 205 lb RSJR SG: 31.3 mpg, 14.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.9 spg, 0.4 bpg, 3.1 tpg, .517 FG%, .556 FT%, .100 3P 2: Jahmel Taylor: 6-0 175 lb JR PG: 31.7 mpg, 13.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.3 spg, 0.1 bpg, 1.4 tpg, .500 FG%, .737 […]

It’s common to hear from coaches and analysts that no one call or no one play was the difference in the game. In theory, that’s correct. A made free throw when the score is 5-5 counts the same as a made free-throw when the score is 65-65. Reality doesn’t work that way though. The importance […]