We spend 3 to 4 months leading up to the season obsessively clicking on every way-too-early ranking, parsing each useless projected March Madness bracket and otherwise binging on any morsel or blurb mentioning our favorite team. But by December, all of those hours spent angrily yelling on Twitter about perceived slights are pretty much forgotten […]
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Results: 2023-’24 Big East Fan Survey Projections
Thanks to the more than 450 of you that took time out to complete the Big East fan survey on preseason projections, we have a pretty robust dataset to parse through. Although Marquette fans once more dominated the responses, with over 54% being self-proclaimed #mubb fans, we still were able to get a great a […]
What makes Chase Ross a dude?
Going into the his freshman campaign last year, I had fairly minimal expectations for Chase Ross. He wasn’t a heralded recruit. He wasn’t the talk of the preseason. He didn’t play in the open scrimmage. And the backcourt was fairly jammed. In my own preseason estimates, he was going to see the lowest number of […]
Quick Observations from 2nd Annual Blue vs. Gold Scrimmage
It’s here. The season opener may still be almost a month away but there’s no doubt that college basketball season is upon us. Current students are preparing for mid-terms, Milwaukee has developed a noticeable chill in the air, and Jon Rothstein is tweeting out obvious statements and claiming they are the product of well embedded […]
Preseason Big East Fan Survey: 2023-’24 Projections
Every year I take the media’s projections and try to set a baseline for how the Big East will shake out. But this season, with a lot of inspiration from Kevin Farrahar at Friar Basketball, I wanted to get a crowd consensus to throw into the mix as well. Fill out the form below, which […]
Previewing Big East Preview Season
One of my favorite things to do all summer is collect Big East projections and line ’em all up to create one big repository. I’ve done it each of the past 3 years and find it not only makes me smarter about non-BE teams, it also helps give me perspective. And in years like Marquette […]
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Greska: What returning says about Nigel James, Shaka Smart and the Marquette program
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Was this the best freshman class in recent Big East history?
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Weekly Marquette Vibe Check: 3/9/26
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Photo Gallery: Marquette vs UConn
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Photo Gallery: Marquette vs DePaul
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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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Stefan Vaaks Steps into the Transfer Portal – The Morning Hangover: […] Marquette blog Paint Touches broke down how it is, at worst, the 2nd best All-Freshman Team in Big East…
- Thad Matta Buyout, Contract Details As Butler Bulldogs Coach | NCAA Basketball Report News: […] tax filing data compiled by Paint Touches suggests a likely pro-rated buyout structure beginning July 1 each year. Based…
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KJ: Some of Buzz’s juco’s came from diploma mills, and/or with credits that couldn’t transfer because Marquette did not have a…
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ecompt: Terrific article, says a lot of things I believe many MU fans have been saying. I believe Shaka's future is…
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jeffduggan7: So very well written, thank you. Jeffrey C. Duggan 262-365-8591~ show a litt
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