Paint Touches

This is part of  Paint Touches’ series breaking down each players’s 2011-2012 campaign and looking forward to next year. A big thank you to assistant coach Aki Collins, who provided exclusive, in-depth analysis on each player. What he did well: Known as the brother of NBA guard O.J. Mayo when he arrived on campus, Todd […]

This is part of  Paint Touches’ series breaking down each players’s 2011-2012 campaign and looking forward to next year. A big thank you to assistant coach Aki Collins, who provided exclusive, in-depth analysis on each player. What he did well: When Davante Gardner went out for a month with a knee injury at the end of […]

This is part of  Paint Touches’ series breaking down each players’s 2011-2012 campaign and looking forward to next year. A big thank you to assistant coach Aki Collins, who provided exclusive, in-depth analysis on each player. What he did well: From the day he arrived on campus to his weigh-in in Phoenix, Davante Gardner has dropped […]

What he did well: Defend. Coming into the season Derrick Wilson knew the only way freshmen see minutes under Buzz is to play defense at a high level and Derrick took it to heart. He became a cog in the defense for offense lineups and saw action in all but two games this year. His defensive […]

This story was published in the Jan. 24 edition of The Marquette Tribune. During Buzz Williams’ four years as Marquette’s head coach, only one freshman has averaged more than nine minutes per game in more than nine games. This year one freshman, guard Todd Mayo, is on pace to add his name to that list, […]

By Mark Strotman All four Marquette commitments for the 2012 recruiting class signed and sent their National Letters of Intent to coach Buzz Williams Wednesday morning. Junior college guard T.J. Taylor, and high school seniors forward Steve Taylor, wing Jamal Ferguson and center Aaron Durley were among those who signed on the first day student […]