Paint Touches

Thanks to the more than 450 of you that took time out to complete the Big East fan survey on preseason projections, we have a pretty robust dataset to parse through. Although Marquette fans once more dominated the responses, with over 54% being self-proclaimed #mubb fans, we still were able to get a great a […]

Going into the his freshman campaign last year, I had fairly minimal expectations for Chase Ross. He wasn’t a heralded recruit. He wasn’t the talk of the preseason. He didn’t play in the open scrimmage. And the backcourt was fairly jammed. In my own preseason estimates, he was going to see the lowest number of […]

Every year I take the media’s projections and try to set a baseline for how the Big East will shake out. But this season, with a lot of inspiration from Kevin Farrahar at Friar Basketball, I wanted to get a crowd consensus to throw into the mix as well. Fill out the form below, which […]

One of my favorite things to do all summer is collect Big East projections and line ’em all up to create one big repository. I’ve done it each of the past 3 years and find it not only makes me smarter about non-BE teams, it also helps give me perspective. And in years like Marquette […]

I came across a really good video on Twitter that highlighted Tyler Kolek’s special passing ability passing under pressure, and after going through coach Drew Dunlop’s full timeline, found 3 additional breakdowns. They are an incredible reminder that Tyler’s passing isn’t just limited to pick and roll proficiency, and a great taste of what we […]

Having spent an inordinate amount of time collecting TV data over the past decade, I find that TV designation day, the day when the Big East and its teams releases the tip times and TV homes for all games, is more exciting than schedule release day. We already know all 10 opponents and have a […]