Paint Touches

By: Trey Killian Special Contributor Three takeaways from a well-fought, yet disappointing 49-38 loss to Wisconsin at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Driving on a team that’s bigger than you doesn’t work Marquette has already had its share of trials and tribulations in the paint this season, and the Wisconsin game represents another ugly chapter. […]

Three takeaways from tonight’s 79-63 win over UT-Martin: Juan Anderson finally looks comfortable. It has been a tough three years for the former top-100 recruit. He started his career by being suspended three games for accepting a free playoff ticket for a Milwaukee Brewers playoff game and missed another game with a shoulder injury. He […]

It’s tough to overstate the importance of Henry Ellenson’s commitment to Marquette. While the MU media books are filled with high ranked high school All-Americans, the more recent history has been quite barren in that regard. Since the 1977 championship and Al McGuire’s retirement, Marquette has only recruited three top-25 high school players, and only two […]

It’s a Friday afternoon before a Holiday weekend. Let’s not kid ourselves, no one is working right now. What better way to break up the lack of productivity than to look at some pretty (visually) ugly (statistically) shot charts from the great new site Nylon Calculus. Their main focus is on the NBA game, but […]

In case you missed it, we came out of summer hibernation and posted a story yesterday on Marquette assistant coach Brett Nelson. Out of the 1000 or so words written, the most feedback we heard was on a quote three paragraphs from the end on everyone’s favorite player, Derrick Wilson. “He’s never shot like that in his […]

If you’ve been paying attention this offseason, you’re well aware that Marquette enters the 2014-15 with serious concerns on the glass. After touting one of the most talented frontcourts in the Big East last season, finishing fourth in rebounds per game, gone are senior starters Chris Otule and Jamil Wilson, sixth man Davante Gardner as […]