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Derrick Wilson doesn’t need to average 15 points per game this season. He doesn’t have to earn All-Big East accolades by season’s end or find himself on the Bob Cousy Award watch list in December. Part of what makes the 6-foot junior point guard so special is that numbers won’t always do his performance justice. […]

This is Part 5 of an exclusive six-part series documenting how Marquette head coach Buzz Williams has grown since he took over the helm in 2008. Part I (Sept. 9): Four dusty corners: Where it all began Part II (Sept. 16): Bringing order to a chaotic life, one day at a time Part III (Sept. 24): Buzz Williams: […]

This is Part 3 of an exclusive five-part series documenting how Marquette head coach Buzz Williams has grown since he took over the helm in 2008. Part I (Sept. 9): Four dusty corners: Where it all began Part II (Sept. 16): Bringing order to a chaotic life, one day at a time Buzz Williams has a […]

Relative to reaching his dream of playing in the NBA, the last six months had been rough for Vander Blue. After a fantastic NCAA Tournament appearance, Blue went undrafted in June’s NBA draft, had an up-and-down Summer League performance both with the Houston Rockets and Memphis Grizzlies and patiently waited for an NBA team to […]

Things have heated up rather quickly in Ahmed Hill’s recruitment, as the 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Georgia seems to be nearing a decision. After an in-home visit from the Missouri coaching staff Tuesday and another with Buzz Williams and Marquette Wednesday afternoon, Hill tweeted that Indiana was no longer in play for his services. Whether […]

Alright, hyenas. As we did last year around this time — 364 days ago, to be exact — Paint Touches has the inside scoop on where Marquette is looking to fill its recruiting class for next season. A couple of high-profile shooting guards have been listed with Marquette recently in high-school senior Ahmed Hill and […]