Paint Touches

This is the first tournament experience of my life and all I can say is wow. The passion is incredible. Walking down the street and seeing all the different school colors represented — Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky — is special. So we decided to get to know some of the fans that make the big dance […]

The Paint Touches crew has touched down in Louisville and is ready to provide unprecedented coverage of Marquette’s quest to repeat 2003. Well, unprecedented may be a bit strong but you get the picture. We will start off with a few clips of the open practice held at the YUM! Center today, with more in […]

Here’s a quick look at what some national writers have to say at first glance about Marquette’s chances in the Tourney in the Twittersphere, with a dash of Dwyane Wade for good measure. (Click on the pictures to see them in full size.)

Mark Strotman will have the full write-up tomorrow, but after seeing the way West Virginia fans feel the world is out to get them, a quick chart should settle things (ok it won’t settle anything because they love a good conspiracy theory). Just look at the way Crowder finished the year. He dominated Kevin Jones […]

With less than one week of games remaining, we’re down to the home stretch of the Big East season. Marquette finds itself in unprecedented territory boasting not one but two candidates for Big East Player of the Year. We made the case for Jae Crowder last week — as has the great Cracked Sidewalks blog, Jay […]