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Recruiting Update: Poole Goes Across the Lake, Willis Comes Home for a Visit

First the bad news. One of Marquette’s top targets for the 2017 class has committed elsewhere. Jordan Poole, a local product from Milwaukee’s Rufus King High has decided to take his talents across the pond and over to the University of Michigan. Poole is ranked as the 92nd best player in the nation per 247sports. […]

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Brendan Bailey Commits to Marquette

2016 top-100 wing Brendan Bailey committed to Marquette on Tuesday. Bailey, a 6-foot-7, 190-pound native of American Fork, Utah, choose Marquette over offers from the likes of Michigan, Gonzaga, San Diego State, UConn, and hometown Utah. Bailey originally committed to Arizona State in 2014 but reopened his recruitment when Herb Sendek was fired by the […]

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Preseason Preview: San Jose State

Marquette Madness has come and gone. The season is so close, we can taste it. Marquette fans know who we will battle but might not know anything about our future opponents. To remedy this, Paint Touches is taking an in depth look at each of Marquette’s opponents, both conference and non-conference, to see what we […]

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Preseason Preview: Chicago State

Marquette Madness has come and gone. The season is so close, we can taste it. Marquette fans know who we will battle but might not know anything about our future opponents. To remedy this, Paint Touches is taking an in depth look at each of Marquette’s opponents, both conference and non-conference, to see what we […]

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Preseason Previews: Grambling State

Marquette Madness has come and gone. The season is so close, we can taste it. Marquette fans know who we will battle but might not know anything about our future opponents. To remedy this, Paint Touches is taking an in depth look at each of Marquette’s opponents, both conference and non-conference, to see what we […]

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Italy Box Scores and Player Averages

Finally found the time to rewatch the four Italy games and keep a box score for each. I am not a professional scorekeeper, so there may be a few discrepancies here and there. One issue was the approximately three minutes and thirty seconds of game time against LSU Atletas that was lost due to bad […]

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