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We’re back to the Saturday mailbag, where we’re taking your questions from Twitter, Facebook and email and answering them. If you’d like to submit a question, tweet @PaintTouches, write it on our Facebook wall or send an email to PaintTouches@gmail.com. On to the mailbag: 1. Best end-of-the-game lineup next year? (@JoePendergast) We addressed the starting lineup in last […]

What he did well: Jake Thomas arrived in Milwaukee two seasons ago with some high expectations. The 175 3-pointers his first two years at South Dakota intrigued many who believed the 6-foot-4 transfer could come in as a sharpshooter for the 3-point-deprived Golden Eagles when he became eligible. When Paint Touches spoke to Thomas in […]

It’s rare that a high-school recruit de-commits and then re-commits to that same school. And it’s even rarer that a player is publicly set to transfer from a school and ultimately returns just two weeks later. But that’s what has happened with shooting guard Jake Thomas. The redshirt junior will return to Marquette after the […]

You don’t need to remind Jameel McKay that the No. 32 has an almost-sacred aura surrounding it in the Marquette basketball community. Don’t bother telling him that two of Marquette’s all-time greats have worn the same jersey six of the last seven seasons, winning dozens of games and earning All-Big East and All-American accolades in […]

There was some speculation after Vander Blue declared early for the NBA draft that fourth-year junior Jamil Wilson would follow in his footsteps. That’s not the case, as Wilson will return for his senior year in Milwaukee, a source close to the situation told PaintTouches.com. Yesterday Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times confirmed via […]

For a differing perspective, be sure to read Andrei’s portion of this two-part column on Vander Blue’s decision to enter the NBA draft. Good for you, Vander. Early Tuesday morning he and the Marquette basketball team announced his decision to forgo his senior year and enter the 2013 NBA draft. It was met with some […]