The academic side of Marquette’s men’s basketball declined slightly as the NCAA released its Academic Progress Rate (APR) numbers on Tuesday, showing Marquette dropped from 970 to 960 out of a possible 1000. Before we get much further let’s get this out of the way. I couldn’t tell you what exactly APR measures or how […]
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Bleak ratings outlook for Big East and FOX Sports 1
Big Apple Buckets had a great dive into the 2012-13 ratings for nationally televised college basketball games this morning, complete with a spreadsheet of the top-100 teams in regards to rankings. As if the two links weren’t a big enough tell, I highly suggest taking a look at it. After taking some time to digest […]
What’s in a name? For Marquette, J’s and D’s
The history behind the letter “J” is fascinating. Per Wikipedia, it originated as a “swash character,” when the letter “I” was used as a Roman numeral, the last “I” would be looped around to form something that looked like a “J.” In 1524, Gian Giorgia Trissino, a German writer, distinguished that “J”-looking character as its […]
How good was Trent Lockett’s senior year?
It’s remarkable how quick college basketball players go through the system, arriving as high-profiled freshmen, improving as sophomores and finding their respective roles–large or small–as junior and seniors. Vander Blue’s time as a lanky first-year reserve seemed like just days ago while watching him drop 30 points on South Florida, hit clutch shot after clutch […]
Gardner invited to World University Games training camp
Marquette senior Davante Gardner should win a handful of awards next April after his final season with the Golden Eagles is complete. But he was given his first honor Monday morning when he was one of 29 collegiate players invited to try out for the USA Men’s World University Games Team. The tryouts will take […]
(Un)scientifically plotting Marquette’s “13 positions”
For the last two seasons Paint Touches has brought you advanced statistics, breakdown of numbers and Synergy analysis. But upon reading the report Wired.com released in late April of last year–NBC’s College Basketball Talk posted it Saturday morning–on “the 13 new basketball positions,” it seems there is a whole new kind of analytics that needs […]
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Greska: Pulling the curtain on Buzz Williams
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Bleak ratings outlook for Big East and FOX Sports 1
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Chris Mauri: mentioned it before and saying again especially after watching some of those clips…missing dunks and layups isn’t about the competition.…
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bobslobig: Maybe missing all those layups is in his head, and that’s why he’s missing from elsewhere. (But why oh why…
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greska04497e8d51: Excellent article and analysis. Great work. >
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Andrei Greska: Not sure if it's physical, but he does go through a yearly undisclosed injury, so maybe?
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