Paint Touches

Seven weeks ago, 2013 shooting guard Jajuan Johnson was ready to commit to the Alabama Crimson Tide. Anthony Grant’s program had been on the 6-foot-4 wing the longest of any schools, and Marquette, a school Johnson had always been interested in playing for, had recently pulled back on their recruitment after a shake-up with the […]

One recruit had his name plastered on every top-100 rankings across the country, won three straight state championships at a powerhouse high school in the heart of Chicago and was tagged, at one point by lead recruiter Tony Benford, as the second coming of Big East Player of the Year Jae Crowder. The other recruit […]

Buzz Williams sent his second and third recruits to the NBA in June, as Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom joined Jimmy Butler at the next level. In four seasons as head coach, Williams has had a player enter the NBA each year (Wes Matthews, Lazar Hayward), and an increasingly talented roster only should add to […]

Buzz Williams will send home one of his players next summer. And he’ll do the same the summer after that, too. These offseason suspensions may not only be the result of a punishment handed down to straighten out a player, but also acts as part of his philosophy to let his players understand the value […]

Buzz Williams is “building a house” at Marquette, and his structure is firmly in place following Sweet 16 appearances and 49 wins over the last two seasons. And many are beginning to take note of that house Williams is constructing, and it’s apparent that the Golden Eagles have shed their “under-the-radar” label as Williams heads […]

Todd Mayo wasn’t sure he wanted to be at Marquette anymore. After a rocky freshman season, his two closest mentors—Tony Benford (North Texas) and Aki Collins (Memphis) –were gone, and the shooting guard didn’t feel like his relationship with Buzz Williams was close enough to allow him to talk about his issues. Mayo’s situation only […]