Paint Touches

Marquette has had success this year by focusing on each game possession-by-possession. The Golden Eagles haven’t been able to have a long-term memory this season. They would not have had the success they did if that was the case. But there’s always been one play that has been stuck in the back of their mind. […]

Brad Stevens doesn’t let his teams linger on results for too long. He’s prone to move to the next game immediately after it occurs. So when Rotnei Clarke was asked about his buzzer-beating three-pointer to beat Marquette back in November, he says it feels like that happened a while ago. “We’ve moved past definitely just […]

For the next 48 hours you will see Rotnei Clark’s buzzer-beater against Marquette in the opening round of the Maui Invitational more times than you can count. In case you hadn’t got your fill all year on the Watch ESPN commercial, CBS should air the running, one-handed, 30-foot heave from Butler’s sharpshooter that turned a […]

Following two wins over Colgate and Southeastern Louisiana, Marquette heads to Hawaii to take part in the Maui Invitational this week, beginning with a first round matchup with the Butler Bulldogs. Last year Marquette won its preseason tournament, the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands, by defeating Winthrop and Ole Miss handily, and hanging on to […]