Paint Touches

Most game days, Paint Touches will bring you true previews and scouting reports like we did last season. Included in that list will be three keys to victory. But Marquette won’t be playing Grambling State most game days. The Tigers have gone 4-53 the past two-plus seasons and haven’t won since their season finale in […]

One game down, 30 regular season games to go. With Todd Mayo’s excellent performance Friday night, it begs the question: Has the oft-maligned, yet uber-talented junior turned the corner and become the consistent player everybody knows he can be? With big brother O.J. in attendance against Southern, Todd poured in 20 points, including a pair […]

Fifty three. That’s the total number of fouls and free throws Marquette attempted in its 63-56 win over Southern Friday night. Get used to it. Thanks to an emphasis on “opening up the game,” the NCAA’s Playing Rules Oversight Panel made it a point of emphasis for officials to start calling games tighter this season. […]

Marquette’s season finally tips off tonight as the Golden Eagles host Southern. The Jaguars were picked to finish second in the Southwest Athletic Conference this year behind Texas Southern. Southern won the SWAC last year and gave No. 1 seed Gonzaga a scare before eventually falling 64-58 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. […]

Predictions are always fun because they stir up controversy, yield discussion and, if you’re wrong, people rarely take the time to go find a post from six months ago and tell you where you messed up. In all seriousness, though, what Buzz Williams plans to do this season is becoming clearer and there’s a heap […]

Take a look at Marquette’s roster through the eyes of Buzz Williams. According to the Texas native, his 2013 Golden Eagles consist of four “new players” and “eight guys over here, and of the eight only two of them have ever proven they’re any good.” Tough love has been part of Williams’ coaching mantra since […]