Paint Touches

Jamil Wilson likes to smile. When his team is losing, he smiles. When his team is winning, he smiles. When he walks to class, he smiles. Monday night, Jamil Wilson had plenty of reasons to smile. Wilson finished Marquette’s 89-76 victory over DePaul with his first career double-double, including career-highs in points (18) and rebounds […]

Following Marquette’s 76-59 loss to Notre Dame, coach Buzz Williams could have opened his post-game talk to his players with a handful of topics. A stagnant offense held to 59 points on 39 percent shooting. Poor rotation on the perimeter, leading to 11 Notre Dame 3-pointers.  Getting to the free throw line just 11 times, […]

Points in the paint and paint touches were consistent and abundant in the opening half of Tuesday evening’s 66-59 Marquette victory over Seton Hall. It was the No. 15 Golden Eagles’ first contest without redshirt junior center Chris Otule and sophomore forward Davante Gardner, the squad’s two tallest players. Gardner missed Tuesday’s contest with a […]

Through 27 minutes Tuesday night, the Golden Eagles’ offense had made 12 of 31 shots, including 1 of 10 3-pointers, had turned the ball over 15 times and had just 30 points, facing a six-point deficit against Seton Hall. So with its back against the wall, looking for a scorer and hoping to keep its […]

Marquette head coach Buzz Williams offered up his opinions on senior guard Darius Johnson-Odom following the Golden Eagles’ 82-78 win over Villanova. “He’s in a really nice groove right now. When seniors can see the end, they shift down and say, ‘Hey, I want to make sure I get this right,’” Williams said. “He’s playing […]

Ken Pomeroy (KenPom.com) is a website that looks at advanced statistics in college basketball and can be a solid indicator of efficiency, both by team and individually. Pomeroy predicts Marquette will win each of its next six contests, with South Florida (85 percent chance of winning) being the easiest opponent and Notre Dame (62 percent) […]