Paint Touches

With the season just around the corner, Paint Touches is taking a look at the top 50 players in the Big East. Instead of doing a true top 50, we took the five best players from each team and ordered them one to fifty. Important to note, these are the five best players, not necessarily […]

Marquette’s 2016-’17 schedule is out, and Ryan Jackson takes a crack at how it may play out.

Last summer Paint Touches did a WAY too early Bracketology as a fun project during the summer. It was moderately successful, accurately picking 26 out of 36 at large bids, 10 out of 11 automatic qualifiers from major conferences (AAC, ACC, A10, B1G, B12, BE, MVC, MWC, P12, SEC, and WCC), and 4 out of […]

If you follow recruiting for a non-blue blood school, missing on a prospect is never a surprise. The fact of the matter is most of the targets will go elsewhere. Schools like MU, while clearly in the top-50 or so in terms of prestige, just don’t carry the weight to be selective with offers. They will […]

Marquette’s Wally Ellenson no longer in men’s hoops program, will remain on scholarship w/track and field. Brother Henry left after one year — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) April 21, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js It was possibly the poorest kept secret in in recent #mubb history but Wally Ellenson is no longer a part of the Marquette basketball program. […]

Let’s set the scene. Marquette has 0 scholarships left to give for the 2016-’17 season with the additions of Markus Howard and Katin Reinhardt last week. Marquette has very little size on its roster, with only two players (Luke Fischer and Matt Heldt) sitting 6-foot-8 or taller. Marquette is actively recruiting at least two 2016 […]