Paint Touches

I don’t normally do previews before regular season games because they get stale quick and I’m not one for reading many previews myself, so why would I subject others to this. But it’s a pretty special occasion and I have time, so I re-watched the first matchup and had some quick thoughts that were originally […]

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

Of the 100 or so posts I’ve put up over the last 4 years, I’d hazard a guess that Markus Howard was prominently involved in at least half of them. There are no shortage of words on him, and when we’re talking about the most prolific scorer in Marquette history, I think it’s safe to […]

If you have a Twitter, like well made informative charts, and don’t follow @jgtrends on Twitter, you’re really missing out on some of the most insightful advanced metrics in college basketball as a whole. Yesterday in particular, he put out this chart of the points each shot has been worth to top-25 teams this year, […]

It was all good just 2 weeks ago. Having won 5 of the past 6 games and rising to top 25 status in both the AP poll and Ken Pom, Marquette had all the momentum and opportunity to start thinking about possibly reaching protected seed (top-4) status in NCAA Tournament seeding. Sure sweeping 3 of […]

Re-live some of the best moments from Marquette’s Big East loss against Creighton. Be sure to click on the images to see them in full size. Photos by Ryan Messier.