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Rapid Reaction: Marquette 89 Haukar 82

#mubb @SwaggyDu1 & @HENBA13 combined for 52 points in last night's win over Haukar. pic.twitter.com/jGwrfWoSEg — Marquette Basketball (@MarquetteMBB) August 13, 2015 Marquette kicked off its 2015 foreign tour with a hard fought 89-82 victor over Haukar. Paint Touches has assembled some quick reactions to the Golden Eagles’ “season opener.” • Duane Wilson is the […]

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Way Too Early Bracketology

It has been a long dry summer for college hoop fans. Duke cut down the nets almost 4 months ago. The coaching carousel went for a spin but has long since come to a stop. Even the epic domino game that is the transfer epidemic has slowed down to almost a crawl. But as the […]

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NCAA Free Agent Tracker: 5/7/1

Paint Touches will be keeping the Marquette faithful updated with the Free Agent Tracker, a continuously updated report on all the immediately eligible transfers with the resume to possibly deserve a call from Coach Wojo.

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Traci Carter picks Marquette over Xavier, UConn

Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski secured a commitment from Traci Carter, a 6-0, 165 lb point guard out of Burlington, NJ, Tuesday afternoon. Carter picked the Golden Eagles over Big East rival Xavier and UConn, the reigning national champions. Cater announced after attending Marquette’s senior day victory over DePaul. He brought his guardian Donnie Carr with […]

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The Path to 7 Big East Bids

Marquette fans might not be enjoying the season, but the Big East is having one heck of a sophomore campaign. In his first bracketology of the season a few months ago, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi made the bold prediction of seven Big East teams dancing in March. Many scoffed at the prediction, refusing to believe that […]

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“Redrafting” the 2013 Top 100

Marquette’s class of 2013 was the recruiting crown jewel for then Coach Buzz Williams. He had brought in talent before, but 2013 promised to be the best class of his tenure. The class featured 5 players, 3 in the top 100, 1 JUCO All-American, and 3 star PG out of New Mexico who was considered […]

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