Paint Touches

Statline: 30 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast, 34 min, 13-20 fg Quality of opponent: 3/10. If this were Jeopardy and the answer was South Florida, the question would be something like: What is turrible? That may seem a little harsh, but for a team coming off a two-win NCAA Tournament appearance, the Bulls took a giant leap […]

Statline: 11 pts, 11 reb, 4 blk, 4-5 FG, 3-4 FT, 22 min. Quality of opponent: 8/10. Davidson was a No. 14 seed in the East regional, but as we saw early this was not your typical mid-major. The Wildcats entered the NCAA Tournament on a 17-game winning streak, the longest in the country to […]

Statline: 17 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast, 7-14 FG, 2-2 3FG, 35 min Quality of opponent: 7/10. If you had asked this directly after the game, the answer would have most likely been 6/10. If you had asked this during the Badgers’ conference season the answer would have been 8/10. With the benefit of hindsight, […]

Last week 2015 point guard Nick Noskowiak picked up a scholarship offer from Marquette. Tuesday evening Buzz Williams and lead recruiter Brad Autry picked up a commitment from the 6-foot-3 sophomore. And soon enough, Noskowiak’s family will be picking up Golden Eagle attire to replace their Wisconsin Badger gear. For Noskowiak, the floor general for […]

Statline: 18 pts, 5 ast, 7-13 FG, 1 TO, 35 mins. Quality of opponent: 7/10. The Huskies entered Milwaukee sporting an impressive 10-2 record, including wins over No. 14 Michigan State and Washington. Their only losses came at neutral sites against New Mexico and North Carolina State, both eventual NCAA Tournament teams. Connecticut was ineligible […]

When I asked Buzz Williams two months ago why Chris Otule had made such a noticeable improvement in his fifth season, the answer was simple: a player who, until last season, had spent more time on the trainer’s table than at the scorer’s table, was finally seeing consistent practice time. At last the majority of […]