Paint Touches

By Mark Strotman Breaking down game film won’t be as relevant once Buzz Williams puts together his true rotation, but with all 10 active players seeing at least 17 minutes, there was a lot to look at Friday night. I also tracked all offensive rebounds Marquette gave up (only counted 14, and had no DVR. […]

By Mark Strotman It was a mixed bag of emotions and results defensively for coach Buzz Williams and the Golden Eagles Friday night in their 91-37 win over Mount St. Mary’s. The good? Marquette forced the Mountaineers (0-1) into 29 turnovers which led to 45 points. It also held the Mountaineers to just 37 points […]

Buzz Williams said Dominic James was arguably the only true point guard he’s had starting for him during his first three years as Marquette’s coach. Now he has Junior Cadougan. The junior guard should fill the void at the point guard position created by the departure of Dwight Buycks — although Williams would not deem […]

By Mark Strotman While the Marquette basketball team is just under four days from tipping off its 2011-2012 season, it’s never too early to speculate about the distant future. Since coach Buzz Williams took over at Marquette, Wesley Matthews, Lazar Hayward and Jimmy Butler have all joined NBA rosters, with Hayward and Butler being selected […]

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 […]