Paint Touches

Statline: 30 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast, 34 min, 13-20 fg Quality of opponent: 3/10. If this were Jeopardy and the answer was South Florida, the question would be something like: What is turrible? That may seem a little harsh, but for a team coming off a two-win NCAA Tournament appearance, the Bulls took a giant leap […]

Statline: 17 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast, 7-14 FG, 2-2 3FG, 35 min Quality of opponent: 7/10. If you had asked this directly after the game, the answer would have most likely been 6/10. If you had asked this during the Badgers’ conference season the answer would have been 8/10. With the benefit of hindsight, […]

The top 10 10. Trent Lockett vs. Miami 9. Jamil Wilson vs. Miami Stat line: 16 pts, 4 reb, 2 blk, 8-8 fg, 25 min Quality of opponent: 7/10. This Notre Dame squad didn’t scare you on paper or even on the floor, but as Marquette found out just two weeks later, it definitely was no slouch. The […]

Stat line: 8 pts, 11 reb, 2 ast, 38 min. Quality of opponent: 9/10. Miami came into this Sweet 16 matchup as a solid favorite to advance. They were the ACC regular season and tournament champions, having spent the last two months of the season in the top-10 of the AP polls, reaching as high as […]

What he did well: Described by coach Buzz Williams as one of the best defensive freshman he ever coached last season, Derrick Wilson’s best attribute his sophomore season remained his tenacious D. Although it’s difficult to quantify with numbers, as his steal rate isn’t eye-popping, Wilson does a tremendous job at keeping his man in […]

What he did well: Steve Taylor came to Marquette as the highest rated recruit from the Illinois class of 2012, so expectations were quite high. Although his stats may not stand out in any particular way, you’d have to say expectations were met. The logjam of quality frontcourt players limited his minutes, with coach Buzz Williams […]