Paint Touches

With the changes soon coming to the Big East, teams will find themselves traveling across the country to compete against conference opponents. With the summer 2013 commitment Duane Wilson just completed, he should have no problem adjusting. In the span of just over a month, from June 12 to July 23, Wilson participated in the […]

It was a busy week for commitments in the 2013 class, most notably Simeon shooting guard Kendrick Nunn choosing Illinois over Marquette and Ohio State. While the 6-foot-2 shooting guard was high on Marquette’s list of players to round out the class, there is still talent left on the board mentioning Marquette. As always, Williams […]

Deonte Burton’s Vincent Vinkings reached the final of the WHIZ KIDS Summer League taking out Sheboygan North in the quarterfinals and Rufus King in a sloppy semifinal. Burton played a well rounded two games, but was never able to find his shot. He scored 10 in the quarterfinals on 5-7 shooting, adding 5 rebounds, 5 […]

Editor’s note: we did not mean to make this Duane Wilson appreciation week, it just happened to work out that way. This is the last installment. Probably.  After a trial run last week that had me watching Marquette-Rec-Center-quality basketball for three hours, I finally took my first stab at evaluating talent. Only elite talent, might […]

It’s been quite a busy summer for future Marquette point guard Duane Wilson, and his schedule won’t be getting any lighter moving forward. No matter, though. This is just the way he wants it. After winning a state title with 2015 Marquette prospect Diamond Stone for Dominican H.S., Wilson has competed with his Playground Elite […]

I finally got to see Duane Wilson in action Tuesday night, and boy did he live up to his billing (yes, the competition was weak, but good players prey on that). Mark will have a story on him tomorrow, and I will try to have my full breakdown of his game by tomorrow night, but […]