Tag Archives: Big East

Top 55 Players in the Big East: #55-31

For the past four years, Paint Touches has been counting down the top 50 players in the Big East. It started as my personal opinion and over time it grew to the point of having representatives from each of our Big East bloggin’ brethren contribute to the rankings for a truly neutral picture of the […]

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Big East COVID-19 Positivity Rates

With each passing day, we’re that much closer to seeing real live college basketball, something I was not positive would be the case in 2020. As with anything in life post COVID, anything can change in the blink of an eye, so we’re not counting our chickens just yet. In order to help get a […]

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Marquette athletics braces for revenue reduction

Marquette knows financial pain is coming, even as it waits to find out the extent of the damage.

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Marquette Big East Tournament Seeding Scenarios

With 1 week left in the regular season, there’s still quite a bit of uncertainty as to where Marquette will finish in the Big East standings. Here’s our attempt to try to clarify the possible scenarios. 5th Place Thurs., March 12|2:30 p.m. | FS1 If Marquette goes 1-1: Xavier goes 1-1, beating Butler on Sat […]

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How can MU neutralize Seton Hall’s strength at the rim?

I don’t normally do previews before regular season games because they get stale quick and I’m not one for reading many previews myself, so why would I subject others to this. But it’s a pretty special occasion and I have time, so I re-watched the first matchup and had some quick thoughts that were originally […]

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On cusp of Fiserv farewell, Markus marks his masterpiece

Of the 100 or so posts I’ve put up over the last 4 years, I’d hazard a guess that Markus Howard was prominently involved in at least half of them. There are no shortage of words on him, and when we’re talking about the most prolific scorer in Marquette history, I think it’s safe to […]

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