Paint Touches

Nine days ago Marquette battled through a slow-paced 63-50 win at home against South Florida, and tonight the two teams are back at it in the USF Sun Dome as mirror opponents. Vander Blue will certainly be happy to see the Bulls once again, as the junior shooting guard exploded for a career-high 30 points […]

Marquette travels to Louisville Sunday with a chance to distance itself even further from the Cardinals in the Big East standings. With Syracuse in action as we speak, the Golden Eagles have a chance to sit alone in first place with a road win tomorrow. It won’t be easy, however. Louisville is 10-1 at the […]

For teams that want to be considered contenders in their respective conference, the only true gauge is how said team competes against the stiffest tests. To date, Marquette has not played the top three teams in the Big East, according to standing: Syracuse, Louisville and St. John’s. That will change Sunday when it travels to […]

In year’s past Marquette playing an opponent looking to slow the game down would have been considered a disadvantage, but this Golden Eagles group is learning to play its own pace and will look to continue that tonight at home against South Florida (1-6). It’s been rough sledding for the Bulls, which have opened the […]

When Providence comes to town tomorrow, coach Buzz Williams expects Marquette to have its hands full despite the Friars 10-9 record. “Their record is not an indicator of the job that coach (Ed Cooley) has done with those guys,” Williams said. “I think with their injuries, they’ve never had a full roster and I think […]

When Marquette made the trip to Cincinnati last season, it had won 12 of its last 13 games and was coming off quite possibly its most memorable win of the Buzz Williams era. Jae Crowder had asserted himself as the top candidate for Big East Player of the Year and the Golden Eagles were 13-3 […]