Paint Touches

I spent a whole lot of words spelling out how I thought the minute distributions would look like for Marquette this season, but as I said in that post, there’s a ton of conjecture there not grounded in empirical evidence. I’m fully cognizant of that limitation. So I really am looking for help to see […]

Without a mainstay like Markus How will the roles and minutes break out this year?

Back in June, as D.J. Carton was receiving an official waiver from the NCAA to not have to sit out a year after transferring from Ohio State, I wondered about Jose Perez’ waiver, as the initial thought was he’d be sitting out the season. Sure enough, as of that day, a waiver had not been […]

Normally we here at Paint Touches release our WAY too early Bracketology some time during the dog days of summer. This project started as a dorky way for me to pass the time between the National Championship and Marquette Madness. I mean what would you rather do? Spend endless hours entering data into a homemade […]

(Author’s Note: Look, it’s been over a month since I last put up a post, so you’ll forgive me for grasping at these straws. But it’s been so long since we saw new, actual real life basketball, I couldn’t help but dive in. Apologies in advance.) Earlier this week, D.J. Carton received a waiver from […]

Despite the uncertainty and altered timeline around the 2020 NBA draft, there will be a draft at some point. And with Markus Howard hoping to hear his name on draft night, we wanted to talk to The Athletic’s NBA Draft guru Sam Vecenie to get an expert’s take on all things Howard. And boy did […]