Paint Touches

It doesn’t take a stathead to know Marquette doesn’t have a great defense. Heck, it barely takes more than watching one half most games. But for those with even a cursory knowledge of the stats can tell you Marquette is one of the worst defenses of top-100 teams, according to KenPom (134 overall, 4th worst of […]

For those who follow me on twitter, I was blasting Wojo during the Nova game for using the zone. I thought it was killing our offense, making us weak on the boards and the only reason we weren’t losing by 30 was because Nova couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn that night. Then […]

Following the loss to Providence a a couple weeks back, I went on an weeks long Twitter rant dismissing Wojo’s ability to draw up a good play coming after timeouts, or ATOs, as the cool kids call it.  That's what you run if you are out of timeouts and yell from the sideline. — Paint Touches […]

Well it’s Marquette basketball alright. Fans experienced the indescribable euphoria of coming back and knocking off the #1 team in the nation…only to reach a new low of losing to a substandard Providence squad on their own court a few short days later. In terms of tournament resume, the Providence loss was the worst one […]

High average height, experienced point guards, and slow tempo is the correct answer. The only exceptions to the rule are Seton Hall, whose adjusted tempo is just outside the top third of division 1, and Butler, who has a short player at the 2 position, but makes up for it with the massive Kelan Martin […]

On Jan 22, 2013, an 11-7 Villanova team topped No. 5 Louisville at home, coming back late to notch it’s first victory over a top-5  opponent in almost two years. Nova had endured a string of difficult seasons consecutively, culminating the previous year with a 13-19 record. While coach Jay Wright had the full backing […]