What he did well: Jake Thomas arrived in Milwaukee two seasons ago with some high expectations. The 175 3-pointers his first two years at South Dakota intrigued many who believed the 6-foot-4 transfer could come in as a sharpshooter for the 3-point-deprived Golden Eagles when he became eligible. When Paint Touches spoke to Thomas in […]
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Thomas set to return to Marquette
It’s rare that a high-school recruit de-commits and then re-commits to that same school. And it’s even rarer that a player is publicly set to transfer from a school and ultimately returns just two weeks later. But that’s what has happened with shooting guard Jake Thomas. The redshirt junior will return to Marquette after the […]
McKay thrives on lofty expectations
You don’t need to remind Jameel McKay that the No. 32 has an almost-sacred aura surrounding it in the Marquette basketball community. Don’t bother telling him that two of Marquette’s all-time greats have worn the same jersey six of the last seven seasons, winning dozens of games and earning All-Big East and All-American accolades in […]
Jamil Wilson to return to Marquette for senior year
There was some speculation after Vander Blue declared early for the NBA draft that fourth-year junior Jamil Wilson would follow in his footsteps. That’s not the case, as Wilson will return for his senior year in Milwaukee, a source close to the situation told PaintTouches.com. Yesterday Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times confirmed via […]
Player Breakdown: Steve Taylor
What he did well: Steve Taylor came to Marquette as the highest rated recruit from the Illinois class of 2012, so expectations were quite high. Although his stats may not stand out in any particular way, you’d have to say expectations were met. The logjam of quality frontcourt players limited his minutes, with coach Buzz Williams […]
Why Vander Blue made the wrong decision
For a differing perspective, be sure to read Mark’s portion of this two-part column on Vander Blue’s decision. Say it ain’t so, Van. That was my first reaction when it became official that Vander Blue was entering the NBA draft and hiring an agent, slashing the slight hope that he would change his mind later […]
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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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