Paint Touches

On a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being NCAA level intensity and 1 being pop-a-shot at Dave and Buster’s, Jamil Wilson was at about a 4 at Friday night’s Scion-Dental Pro-Am action. Yet, even at a laid back pace, Wilson’s talent and athleticism was more than enough to make him shine as the player of […]

There are plenty of theories to go around as to why T.J. Taylor, an incoming sophomore who spent last season at Paris Junior College, has “withdrawn from Marquette,” according a tweet from @muathletics. But for whatever reason Taylor chose to leave just two weeks into his arrival on campus, his departure leaves Marquette desperately thin […]

If you can, get out to Greenfield High School for a night of this event. The level of competition is extremely high, and the quality is at the same level. I could only make it on Friday, but was thoroughly entertained. NOTE: Wesley Matthews will make his debut next Saturday. League coordinator Jim Ganzer said […]

Thursday night, Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson became the 55th and 56 Marquette players to be selected in the NBA Draft. They were the first pair of players to be drafted together since 1983, when Doc Rivers (2nd round, No. 31 overall) and Terrell Schlundt (7th round, No. 148 overall) were drafted. Crowder was selected […]

Deonte Burton’s Vincent Vinkings reached the final of the WHIZ KIDS Summer League taking out Sheboygan North in the quarterfinals and Rufus King in a sloppy semifinal. Burton played a well rounded two games, but was never able to find his shot. He scored 10 in the quarterfinals on 5-7 shooting, adding 5 rebounds, 5 […]

With less than two weeks remaining until the NBA Draft and the NBA Combine out of the way, eligible players now have just individual and group tryouts for teams remaining until the June 28 Draft. Jae Crowder received a beneficial growth spurt in between the New Jersey combine and Chicago. Listed at 6-foot-3.75 originally, Crowder […]