Paint Touches

(Editor’s note: Marquette declined to make Steve Wojciechowski available for an interview.) The biggest story from last night’s season-ending defeat came via the acknowledgement from Marquette that Sam Hauser would require surgery to repair a hip injury that had been bothering him since before the start of the season, and that the recovery would take […]

In the age of information, information doesn’t pay.

Marquette fans wanted to see progress in year 3 of the Wojo experiment. Progress is what they got.

So I’m sitting in my kitchen at halftime of the game, feeding my kids raisins and making sure the dog didn’t snatch any of them. 8 PM start times are always rough in our house, as I help put our kids to bed at 9. Marquette was down 15, looking quite flat and I was […]

My first post last season was arguing that Belmont was the most important game of the season. While I didn’t expect most to agree then, and can see why they wouldn’t now, I do have to say that claim held up fairly well.  Losing to Belmont wasn’t a season-ending loss by any means, it didn’t […]

Marquette is 2-0 and has looked damn good in doing so, using strong second halves to bowl over Vanderbilt and Howard. The defense has been ferocious at creating turnovers, and the offense clinical in converting those turnovers to points. Most impressively, Marquette has used the three-point arc with gusto and efficiency, hitting 42.3% of 52 long-range […]