Paint Touches

On the heels of its most impressive win of the season, Marquette looks to keep their hot shooting and Big East Championship hopes alive and well with a home matchup against DePaul tomorrow afternoon. As is the case most years, it’s about finding silver linings and the small victories with the Blue Demons. Sitting at […]

Given opponent (Big East partner) and venue (on the road in Tampa Bay), Marquette had its most dominating performance of the 2012-’13 season in a 70-47 victory over South Florida on Wednesday night. I went back and watched the film again to do some in-depth analysis, and here are three things I found. 1. Cadougan […]

Nine days ago Marquette battled through a slow-paced 63-50 win at home against South Florida, and tonight the two teams are back at it in the USF Sun Dome as mirror opponents. Vander Blue will certainly be happy to see the Bulls once again, as the junior shooting guard exploded for a career-high 30 points […]

We’ve got a new team back in the top spot this week. Away we go. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 Week 9 1. Louisville (18-4, 6-3) | Last week: 3 Now that’s more like it. After three straight losses, the Cardinals rebounded with home wins over Pittsburgh and Marquette. Gorgui […]

We appreciate ESPN’s Jay Bilas for indirectly plugging our website throughout much of the first half of yesterday’s 70-51 Louisville win over Marquette. But with the fourth performance of the season where Marquette’s offense has looked absolutely lost and failed to score more than 51 points, we decided to investigate Buzz Williams’ claim that the […]

1. Davante Gardner’s importance can’t be understated Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but Davante Gardner’s absence in the Marquette offense makes it an average group, at best. After picking up two fouls in four minutes in the first half, the Golden Eagles stalled offensively — not to mention they lost size in the […]