Paint Touches

Part of Marquette’s successes this season have come from its two bigs — center Chris Otule and center/forward/Ox Davante Gardner — having career years. Otule, finally able to practice and play in full without injury restriction, and Gardner’s ever-improving post moves have given the Golden Eagles a formidable frontcourt at the “five.” Jamil Wilson and […]

Junior Cadougan: Don’t let the 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting fool you. This was one of the senior point guard’s worst performances of the year. Cadougan (five turnovers) couldn’t get into any sort of rhythm and, in rare form, was poor in transition. He should bounce back, but the box score doesn’t tell the story […]

Junior Cadougan has been an integral part of back-to-back Sweet 16 teams. He has started 58 of Marquette’s 60 games the past two seasons and led the Golden Eagles to 44 wins in that time frame. His field goal and free-throw percentages are both up five points and he is scoring over two more points […]

The midrange game has been losing its flair for years. The 3-point line and more players learning ball-handling techniques to attack the rim instead of settling for outside looks have made that 12-to-20-foot jump shot a higher-risk, lower-reward option that fewer players are attempting. But the Rip Hamiltons and Steve Nashs of the world need […]

You don’t need advanced statistics to know Marquette is a bad 3-point shooting team. You don’t need KenPom to tell you very few of Marquette’s points come from beyond the arc. You definitely don’t need a Synergy account to realize every opposing coach is going to throw some type of zone at the Golden Eagles, […]

In the closing minutes of Marquette’s 79-69 win over No. 16 Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon, Jamil Wilson grabbed a long rebound off a Tray Woodall missed 3-pointer and found himself all alone, streaking down the right sideline. Wilson finished off the possession — and the Panthers — with an emphatic two-handed slam, putting the finishing […]