Paint Touches

South Carolina doesn’t score points very easily. Keeping them off the foul line will be key.

Defense good. Offense bad. Of course, if this blog were South Carolina focused, we’d say the opposite about Marquette: Offense good. Defense bad. And both are true. This is a fantastically intriguing matchup of two polar opposite teams. And these aren’t just your average differences, these are extremes. Marquette Adj O: 7th South Carolina AdjO: 149th […]

Prior to Marquette’s game against St. John’s at MSG earlier this year, I did a bit of research on MU’s record at MSG and went on a bit of a Tweet storm to document it. Here are the important bits. Something to consider for tomorrow. In the last 5 years, #mubb is 3-9 in games […]

Marquette is playing its best ball right in the nick of time.

Sometime after Marquette closed out the regular season with a convincing victory over Creighton, a new consensus started bubbling up on Twitter that Team Bubble Watch shouldn’t be counting its chickens just yet, and that another victory over Seton Hall would be necessary for lock status. It manifested itself in to these two blurbs from well-respected national […]

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 […]