Paint Touches

Markus can score just about any way, but his efficiency isn’t equal across the board.

How did Marquette’s players get worse individually, without seeing a similar team drop from a stats point of view?

I tend to be a pessimist when it comes to sports teams I follow. More than it being any sort of rational/analytic-based projection foundation, it’s quite simply a coping mechanism for the inevitable downfall. You can’t get hurt quite as badly if you are constantly anticipating the bottom to drop out. (Or so I tell […]

Andy Katz posted his list of the 16 names you’ll be hearing about in March, and included Markus Howard, a returning All-American 2nd teamer, at No. 10. But while the list itself is of very little value, Katz had already named Markus as the 2nd best player in NCAA basketball for next season, one line […]

It’s the middle of summer and the biggest talking points around Marquette still revolve around two players no longer on the team. Time to switch up the vibe and go with something more lighthearted. I received this Tweet on Thursday night and couldn’t stop thinking about it. @PaintTouches @CrackedSidewlks any thoughts on MU starting 5? […]

There’s nothing really story-worthy at the moment, but here’s a quick roundup of Marquette-related news that caught my attention. MU full team practice clips It’s early July and while basketball season is nowhere near close, it’s also been almost 4 months since we saw the team in action. Ugly though that Murray State loss was, […]