Paint Touches

Marquette proved Saturday afternoon it may not be over its early season inconsistencies, but did show that it is more than capable of overcoming them as non-conference play winds down and the Big East season awaits. The good numbers were seen easily in the box score: 84 points, including 32 in the paint, in 73 […]

In response to Thursday’s news that Buzz Williams had reinstated sophomore guard Todd Mayo, the first reaction for most was how this helps Marquette. True, after a 47-point outing in a loss to Green Bay Wednesday, any new life injected into the offense would spark at least some change. Clearly the news helps Mayo, as […]

So that was just about as bad as it gets, right? Marquette’s hideous 49-47 loss to Green Bay last night signified just how far this team has to go to become an NCAA Tournament team by the end of the year. Except for a stretch over the final 4:46 in the first half, when the […]

Marquette recorded one of its worst losses in recent memory Wednesday night, losing on the road to a 3-7 Green Bay squad with only eight active players, 49-47. Here are the player grades: Junior Cadougan (8 pts, 6 asts, 5 to) Blew an easy lay-up early on but did hit a nice jumper off the dribble. […]

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 […]