Paint Touches

Sophomore Davante Gardner came to Marquette known as “Ox” because of his large frame and rough style of play inside. Following Marquette’s 74-63 win over Louisville, head coach Buzz Williams may have coined a new nickname for the budding star forward. “You throw him the ball, and it’s like a Jack-in-the-box,” Williams said. “Throw him […]

Marquette head coach Buzz Williams isn’t sure why his team is having trouble in the early portion of games. If he did, he would have told them by now. The Golden Eagles won all three games at home over the past six days to move to 4-2 in Big East play, but they didn’t do […]

Basketball is a team sport. Not exactly breaking news. When teammates create offensive opportunities for one another and turn over their opposition, that’s typically a recipe for success. But the No. 25/24 Marquette Golden Eagles have struggled to grasp the concept and properly execute it over their previous six contests, including during Saturday’s 62-57 victory […]

Buzz Williams’ new terminology, paint touches, has taken a life of its own. While it certainly is not a new philosophy for basketball coaches, wanting teams to get the ball into the painted area of the court for high percentage shots and to suck defenses in, Williams has insisted that, night in and night out, […]

There’s more to a basketball game than putting the ball in the basket. This accurate, albeit obvious, statement easily can be overlooked at times, and nowhere is that seen more often than in the case of  Vander Blue. Marquette’s sophomore guard has been under a microscope the past year and a half after coming to […]

Following Marquette’s 64-50 win over Milwaukee on Dec. 22, Marquette head coach Buzz Williams said his team would find out a lot about themselves over the next two weeks. If two things are apparent from the Golden Eagles 1-3 stretch over that time period, it is that 1) they have the ability to play with […]