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Confirmed recruits on hand for Marquette Madness

Marquette Madness is one of the biggest events for Marquette when it comes to recruiting as it brings some of the biggest high school names to witness a high-energy event. The 2013 version may be be the best in a while when it comes to star-power, with a confirmed guest list that is both impressive […]

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Marquette Madness primer

Our-long awaited national crisis is almost over. No, the government isn’t going to be up and running any time soon, but come Friday at 7 p.m., Marquette basketball will be and for fans and followers of the blue and gold, that’s more than enough good news. Here at Paint Touches we have scraped and clawed […]

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With Buzz Williams it’s not what, but why

This is Part 4 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 Part III (Sept. 24): Buzz […]

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What is average Marquette basketball player worth?

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 […]

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Is Marquette a top-20 program?

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 […]

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Bringing order to a chaotic life, one day at a time

This is Part 2 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 Buzz Williams’ spacious office in the southeast corner of the Al McGuire Center on Marquette’s campus is the […]

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