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What does missing on Kalif Young mean for MU?

If you follow recruiting for a non-blue blood school, missing on a prospect is never a surprise. The fact of the matter is most of the targets will go elsewhere. Schools like MU, while clearly in the top-50 or so in terms of prestige, just don’t carry the weight to be selective with offers. They will […]

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How will Wally Ellenson leaving affect Marquette?

Marquette’s Wally Ellenson no longer in men’s hoops program, will remain on scholarship w/track and field. Brother Henry left after one year — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) April 21, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js It was possibly the poorest kept secret in in recent #mubb history but Wally Ellenson is no longer a part of the Marquette basketball program. […]

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NCAA Free Agent Tracker: April 29 Edition

It’s back and better than ever! Welcome to the NCAA Free Agent Tracker. This Paint Touches’ second year of covering the NCAA basketball graduate transfer market. Every player listed here is eligible for either the Graduate Transfer Exception of the Graduate Transfer Waiver, meaning the will be immediately eligible for their new teams in the […]

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NCAA Transfer Tracker: April 29 Edition

Welcome to Paint Touches’ 2016 Transfer Tracker. This list is our attempt at making sense of the hundreds of transfers that are bound to occur in the 2016 offseason. Every player on this list is a traditional transfer, which is to say that they will need to sit out the 2016-2017 season. If you’re looking […]

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Henry Ellenson padding the history books

(Editors Note: We will be updating this story after every game to keep it current.) The days of Henry Ellenson playing competitive basketball in a Marquette uniform is coming to a close. That alone should be enough motive for you to watch each and every second left this season, whether it be one game or […]

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Measuring Traci Carter’s impact

I was minding my own business while working last month, getting ready to pick up my kids and scrolling through Twitter a bit. As is usually the case, I ran into something that stuck with me the rest of the day. Eyeballing a generic PG rating: Assist% / 5 + Steal% x 2 – TOV% […]

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