Paint Touches

Buzz Williams said at last year’s media day that he studies zone offenses for an entire month in the offseason. He’s done this each year in an attempt to improve his team’s play in an area he faced often in the Big East. Once known as a 3-point shooting, guard-oriented group, Williams has found — […]

Note: I hate hyperbole in writing. There are so many words in the English language to accurately portray a certain event/feeling/situation that going to the extremes strikes me as lazy and unintelligent. It’s even more irritating in sports writing. If you can’t find an apt comparison without thoughtlessly drabbing generalizations all over the place, you […]

  2012 was a trying year for Todd Mayo, to say the least. In the second half of his freshman season his averages decreased to 6.7 points per game and he shot just 41.2 percent from the field, down from 42.6 in 2011. His 3-point numbers also took a hit post-New Year’s Eve. Buzz Williams […]

There has been a lot  of talk about a transfer epidemic in college basketball with coaches and media alike bemoaning the “me-first” culture pervading today’s youth. Yet  the transfer rate remains steady around 9 to 12 percent, according to Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn. That’s less than the national average for non student-athletes as the New […]

Check the box score from the November 29 game in Gainesville a year ago and you’ll see a blowout. An 82-49 win for the no. 7 Florida Gators over Marquette. Look at Chris Otule’s line — 18 minutes, 0-for-1, one rebound, one personal foul, -21 rating — and you’ll see an overmatched center who allowed […]

The lack of news each offseason has a way of turning tiny question marks into must-answer situations. It’s the state of the business but does make for intriguing discussion and analysis. Sometimes the questions are answered, and sometimes they aren’t; in the case of freshmen — like this one today — sometimes they don’t need […]