Paint Touches

By Mark Strotman With just nine days until Marquette tips off its 2011-2012 season (yes, we are excited, too), Buzz Williams’ group is working out any last kinks before they hit the Al McGuire court against Mount St. Mary’s on Nov. 11. This past Sunday, the team traveled to Kansas State face Frank Martin’s Wildcats. […]

Click to read the live blog as we reported from the Al McGuire Center. Saw some real good stuff from Cadougan, Otule and J Wilson. Those three impressed me most in that order. Great: Junior took it to the paint at will and got to the line over and over again going 10-10 from the […]

2012 power forward Aaron Durley tweeted tonight that he has committed to Buzz Williams and the Marquette Golden Eagles. The 6-foot-10, 270-pound forward from Houston, Tex. is Marquette’s fourth recruit from the class, joining wing Jamal Ferguson, combo guard T.J. Taylor and combo forward Steve Taylor. Durley chose the Golden Eagles over South Florida, South […]

This past weekend as I rode the train for hours on end, I decided to look a bit into the Big East teams from a numbers point of view. Seeing the critical acclaim Cracked Sidewalks‘ very own John Pudner received for his tremendous Value Add statistic* from Sports Illustrated as well as others, I figured […]

“Switchables.” If you don’t know what those are, well, you should. They are Buzz Williams’ favorite type of player and the size/skill set he has based his coaching philosophy around. Switchables are usually in the 6-foot-5 to 6-foot-8 range and have a multi-faceted skill set and can guard multiple positions on the court. Think a […]

The Business First Journal published a fascinating report last week breaking down how much universities earn, spend and make on college basketball. The information is freely available to anyone through the department of education but the table in the first link makes it very easy to compare different schools, so go check it out. One […]