Paint Touches

I tend to throw out a lot of useless/useful stats and info on Twitter that never actually get fleshed out into an article or even a blurb. So for the sake of those who may not frequent Twitter, here’s a little taste of what has been on my mind. We’re going streaking Marquette has won […]

There has been a bit of separation at the top, but overall, the Big East is just as jumbled as ever. 

With a 2-0 record in a week of carnage for the rest of the AP top 25, Marquette was able to jump from 21st to 15th in the weekly ratings, the best ranking under coach Steve Wojciechowski and the top mark since March 2013, almost 6 years ago. AP ratings don’t mean anything, in that […]

We will touch on the emotional factor of Marquette’s victory over Creighton later today, but before we do that, we have to set a baseline for just how improbable the victory itself was. You don’t need any fancy charts to tell you what Marquette did was historic, overcoming a 5 point deficit in under a […]

We have our first full week of Big East action in the books, so it’s once again time to take the league’s temperature. And boy is it lukewarm. I’ve been doing these charts every few weeks since last season, but I’ve never seen one quite like this. Of the 10 teams in the conference, 9 […]

Exactly how jumbled is the Big East this year?