Paint Touches

Although both of Shaka’s Marquette squads were picked to finish 9th, there aren’t a ton of similarities between them at the moment.

Shaka has repeatedly noted he’s building Marquette off of retention and growth. The results to date have defied what was thought possible.

Coming into the year, I wrote at length at how Marquette’s potential defensive improvement could paper over potential offensive struggles and help MU overachieve the low expectations en route to a top half finish in the Big East. And much like Tyler Kolek said to all those doubters, this squad has taken the projected offensive […]

After the last few shocking Marquette victories the past decade, I’ve written or Tweeted about my disbelief in what my eyes witnessed. And while is certainly true that Tuesday night’s dismantling of Baylor felt dream-like and literally too good to be true, I wanted to dive a bit into what the game may or may […]

Is it fair to say that this team with less wins has played quite a bit better?

Last month, I went heavy on the sour for what pitfalls may await Marquette’s 2023 season. But it was intentionally dour.  So for this preview, I’m chugging the whole blue and gold keg to make the case why Marquette is being wildly underrated both locally and nationally, and will not only contend for an NCAA […]