Paint Touches

As is often the case when you think it can’t get worse, God laughs and humbles you. It can always get worse.

I am as big a fan of Kirk Goldsberry’s shot chart visualizations as about anything else on the internet. So when he put this out last night, I knew I had to try and recreate it. It’s nowhere near as aesthetically pleasing, but I think conveys quite a bit of info in one image. I […]

Re-live some of the best moments from Marquette’s win over Butler. Be sure to click on the images to see them in full size. Photos by Ryan Messier.

With just over 3 minutes to go in the half and Butler up 8, Marquette looked like it was a half step slow defensively, and on another planet offensively. Decent looks were missing by a bunch, no one seemed to be able to finish inside and there was just a lack of urgency all around. […]

With 3 weeks left in the regular season, the Big East has proved most preseason projections correct. Not as good as previous years, but completely wild. We finally do have more that 2 teams above .500, but two of the four are only a game over. As we head to the finish line, here’e how […]

Coming into the season, if I told you Marquette would have a top-50 defense this year, you’d punch me in the face for wasting your time. The questions being asked weren’t how good can it be, but simply, will it get better? So to have this Marquette team sitting at 39th in Ken Pom’s Adjusted […]