Paint Touches

Vander Blue won’t admit it. He’ll tell you everything you want to hear, that Saturday night’s 60-50 victory over Wisconsin was just another tally in the win column. That it was one Marquette needed to avoid falling to 5-3 early in the season. He’ll say that playing against the hometown school, the same school he […]

It took Derrick Wilson all of seven games into his freshman season to earn him the label of defensive stopper. The box score didn’t tell the story — he grabbed two rebounds and committed three fouls in 20 minutes, and nothing else — but his determined defense on preseason All-American Jordan Taylor was perhaps one […]

Marquette topped Wisconsin  60-50 Saturday night to win its second consecutive in-state rivalry game and move to 6-2 on the season. It was quite a different performance for a team just 10 days after a beatdown in Gainesville, and the player grades reflect it: Juan Anderson (0 pts, 4 reb, 4 fls, 1 blk, 1 […]

Much like the analysis of Vander Blue from a few weeks ago, this topic began with a simple question: What’s wrong with Junior Cadougan? Let me rephrase that. Why does it seem that Junior is regressing instead of taking a step forward in his development? Its not that he’s playing terribly—he’s ninth in assists in […]

Buzz Williams warned everyone something like this may happen. From the moment he stood at the podium fielding questions on media day in October, up until postgame press conferences following Marquette’s win over UMBC on Monday, Williams hinted at his Marquette team not being ready for a game like Thursday night, which turned out to […]

Marquette’s attempt to avenge last season’s Sweet 16 went terribly awry as the Golden Eagles got waxed 82-49. It’s difficult to assign grades in such a lopsided affair, but here are my quick evaluations of the sordid affair: Junior Cadougan: 2 pts, 2 ast, 2 to, 2 fls  He got in foul trouble early on and […]