Paint Touches

Written for the Tuesday, Feb. 14 edition of Marquette Tribune.  Don’t ‘Lin’ch me. I know I’m a bit late to the punch, but this whole writing one column a week thing does have its drawbacks. When I turned in my column to my editors last Sunday, “Linsanity” was nothing more than a typo for somebody […]

Depending on who you talk to, Marquette has surprised many with a 10-3 conference that pits them in second place in the Big East with five games to go. Superb offensive efforts from Darius Johnson and Davante Gardner, a defensive clinic by Jae Crowder and the emergence of Junior Cadougan, Vander Blue and Jamil Wilson […]

Marquette scored 95 points and shot over 56 percent from the field on Saturday, but it was an impressive span of defensive play that jumpstarted the offense and set the tone in its 17-point win over Cincinnati. It was another uninspiring start for the Golden Eagles’ defense, which allowed Cincinnati 12 points in the paint […]

February 9 Bracketology

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Conference Breakdown

Big East: 8

Big 10: 8

ACC: 6

SEC: 6

Big 12: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

Missouri Valley: 2

West Coast: 2

Conference USA: 2

Pac 12: 2

Last Four In

Purdue

Arizona

Minnesota

NC State

Last Four Out

BYU

UCF

Seton Hall

VCU

Next Four Out

Wyoming

Northern Iowa

Arkansas

Massachusetts

Teams Added (case for, case against)

Miami

• Win over Duke (RPI: 2)
• Worst loss at Purdue (RPI: 56)
• 9-3 in last 12 games

• 5-5 in road/neutral games
• 3-7 against RPI Top 100
• 11 of 15 wins have come against RPI sub-100

NC State

• Win against Miami
• Non conference SOS: 32
• 9-3 in last 12 games

• 1-5 against RPI Top 50
• Losses at Stanford (RPI:98), Georgia Tech at home (RPI:140)

Arizona

• Non conference SOS: 46
• 6-5 in road/neutral games

• Loss at UCLA (RPI:124)
• 4-7 against RPI Top 100

Teams Subtracted (case against, case for)

Arkansas

• 0-7 in road/neutral games
• Losses at Georgia (RPI:108) by 22, home against Houston (RPI:242)
• Non conference SOS: 202

• Three wins against RPI Top 50
• Non conference RPI: 10
• Seven of eight losses on the road

Washington, La Salle are no longer automatic qualifiers

Marquette reached the 20-win mark under Buzz Williams on Monday for the fourth time in as many seasons and will look to add another tally in the win column on Saturday afternoon against Cincinnati. But instead of breaking down the Bearcats, we decided this week to use each question and gear it toward each position […]