Paint Touches

When freshman Junior Cadougan crumbled to the Kasten gym floor in September 2009 with a torn Achilles tendon , it left an already thin point-guard position even weaker. The top-100 recruit was expected to play a significant role on Marquette’s second unit, but a four-to-six month rehabilitation prognosis ended those talks for the foreseeable future. […]

It’s like clockwork. The AP will release its poll. Twitter will rise up in anger over so and so being too low and so and so’s rival being overrated. In response to that response a chorus of Tweets will ensue about how it’s just a meaningless poll and people should stop obsessing over it. Back […]

Everyone knows Buzz Williams doesn’t play freshmen. It’s been obvious to any observer the past five years and became even more so in a study by Dan Hammer on RealGM showing that Buzz plays freshmen less than any other coach in the country giving them only 8 percent of possible minutes. It’s very convincing and […]

Paint touches are one of the foundations of Buzz Williams’ offense. We went to the tape to track every single one from the 2012-’13 season.

We say it every year and it never ceases to apply: It is wrong to give any sort of weight or apply any sort of credence to player performance in a setting like the one seen during the scrimmage at Marquette Madness. Think of correlation not causing causation. Just because you see it now doesn’t […]

Xavier (17-14, 9-7 Atlantic 10) Postseason: None This is the final installment of a 10-part series evaluating the schedules of the 10 Big East teams for the 2013-14 season. Above record, tournament finishes are from last season. Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John’s, Villanova  analyses are available by clicking the links. […]