Paint Touches

Relive some of the best moments from Marquette’s 26th straight home victory in Friday’s opener against Southern. Be sure to click on the images to see them in full size. All photos by Ryan Messier.

Paint touches are an integral part of Marquette’s offense. While the actual number will vary by team the magic number to remember from last season is .71, as Marquette did not lose when averaging .71 paint touches per possession.  To see how this holds up this season we will try to update this tracker a few […]

It wasn’t a visually pleasing performance by any stretch of the imagination, but Marquette was able to outlast Southern for a 63-56 victory. As a reminder, the grades are based on an individual curve. An “A” game for Deonte Burton may be a “C” game for Jamil Wilson. Expectations and roles are taken into consideration. […]

It’s time for yet another edition of Warriors Abroad, our look at past Marquette basketball players and where they are currently plying their trade. We tweaked our criteria a bit and are no longer listing players who are no longer playing professionally as the list is ever growing. We also changed the format a bit […]

While the usual take-every-observation-with–boulder-of-salt condition applies, these notes from the 2013 edition of Marquette’s Haunted Hoops scrimmage should be even more questioned than usual. Instead of having a straight 5-on-5 scrimmage, Buzz Williams decided to truly get something out of it and held a pseudo practice. Yes, it was in a full-court scrimmage setting, but […]