Paint Touches

What he did well: Jake Thomas arrived in Milwaukee two seasons ago with some high expectations. The 175 3-pointers his first two years at South Dakota intrigued many who believed the 6-foot-4 transfer could come in as a sharpshooter for the 3-point-deprived Golden Eagles when he became eligible. When Paint Touches spoke to Thomas in […]

What he did well: Steve Taylor came to Marquette as the highest rated recruit from the Illinois class of 2012, so expectations were quite high. Although his stats may not stand out in any particular way, you’d have to say expectations were met. The logjam of quality frontcourt players limited his minutes, with coach Buzz Williams […]

Rumors that came on strong last Tuesday only magnified throughout the week that junior guard Vander Blue was considering forgoing his senior year to enter the 2013 NBA draft. Those rumors came to fruition earlier today when Blue announced he had played his final game in a Marquette uniform, and that he was pursuing his […]

Marquette’s official Twitter account announced Monday afternoon that sophomore Juan Anderson had been granted his release. After two seasons with the Golden Eagles, the 6-foot-7 forward is transferring to be closer to his family in Oakland, Calif., and presumably to a school where he can find more playing time than the 9.5 minutes per game […]

What he did well: Had there been a comeback player of the year award in the Big East, the fifth-year senior Otule would have been the unanimous winner. What began as a painful sight to watch early in the year, Otule regained his form after missing most of the summer recovering from a torn ACL […]

What he did well: Coming off a promising freshman year where Todd Mayo showed his scoring acumen, a lot was expected from the sophomore. However, his season was derailed before the team would get on the court as he was academically ineligible the first semester of the season, and forcing him to not only miss the […]