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How unlikely was Marquette’s win at Providence?

By now, I’m sure you’ve gotten your fill of Markus Howard articles, and lost in the (much deserved) hoopla, was just how stunning Marquette’s win actually was. No, Providence wasn’t a title contender and uber favorite, and it was missing one if it’s best players, but just based on the pure numbers, it was one […]

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Howard’s performance for the ages

Markus Howard. 52.  That’s a number that needs no context. It needs no explanation. It definitely doesn’t require a numbers guy to explain the significance. By itself, 52 conveys everything you would need to know about the crazy, stupid, wonderful performance Markus Howard put together.  But what fun would that be. This is a numbers […]

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Marquette plus/minus leaderboard

Which Marquette player has the best on court plus/minus?

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Photo Gallery: Marquette vs. Georgetown

Re-live some of the best moments from Marquette’s first Big East victory over Georgetown at the Bradley Center.

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Photo Gallery: Marquette vs. Xavier

Re-live some of the best moments from Marquette’s Big East opening loss to Xavier at the Bradley Center.

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Top 50 Big East Players: Non-con edition

In the months leading up to the season, we here at Paint Touches released our top 50 players in the Big East. This list was based on a formula we created in house that tried to marry advanced stats like eFG% and dPPP with more traditional stats like PPG and RPG to forecast how individual […]

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