Paint Touches

For teams that want to be considered contenders in their respective conference, the only true gauge is how said team competes against the stiffest tests. To date, Marquette has not played the top three teams in the Big East, according to standing: Syracuse, Louisville and St. John’s. That will change Sunday when it travels to […]

Even the most optimistic expectations couldn’t have pegged Marquette as contenders for first place one month into the Big East season. With three games against teams picked above the Golden Eagles in the Big East Preseason Coaches’ Poll — Georgetown, at Pittsburgh, at Cincinnati — and another against surprise Connecticut, a 5-2 or 4-3 start […]

Vander Blue stepped to the free throw line in the closing seconds of Marquette’s 63-50 win over South Florida. He had just converted a lay-up to tally his 29th and 30th points of the evening, a new career-high and a feat Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom never accomplished at Marquette, when Junior Cadougan sauntered over to Buzz […]

In year’s past Marquette playing an opponent looking to slow the game down would have been considered a disadvantage, but this Golden Eagles group is learning to play its own pace and will look to continue that tonight at home against South Florida (1-6). It’s been rough sledding for the Bulls, which have opened the […]

Steve Taylor likely won’t win Marquette a game this season, and he won’t lead the team in scoring or rebounding. He won’t reap much praise for the Golden Eagles’ 5-1 start in Big East play, but the numbers the former Simeon star is putting up in his limited minutes reveal both an offensive spark — […]

Saturday afternoon Ed Cooley and the Providence Friars weren’t the only thing Marquette had to fend off. A fruit bat somehow entered the BMO Harris Bradley Center and after supposedly flying around the upper levels at the start of the second half, swooped down and flew around the court, halting play on four different occasions […]