Paint Touches

Marquette opened as a 19-point underdog in its trip to Villanova tonight, which caught my attention, as I didn’t recall Marquette ever being given so many points.  After a bit of searching, it turns out that my initial assumption was correct. Marquette has only been given 19 or more points once since the 1999-2000 season, […]

No.  Yes, he hasn’t been good at it. (After a 1-5 night in Providence, his season average is down to an awful 25.5% on 51 attempts.) Yes, he has forced up way too many in poor situations. (He’s never taken less than two 3s in a game and only made two 3s in three games.) […]

I went off on a tangent on Twitter today, which is not my usual medium, so I figured I’d put it here as well for those that might have missed it. My apologies to those who saw it twice. Watching Buddy splashing pull-up 3s last night got me thinking of DJO's PUJITs and how #mubb […]

I’m the kind of guy that will cry foul when national media isn’t paying attention to a certain story that merits it, and then pick it apart when it does, even if it’s a positive story. I did it with Reid Forgrave and his long look at Davante Gardner. I did it with Dan Hanner […]

It’s been a week since Marquette took down the Badgers and erased Bo Ryan’s empire from existence, but there’s one stat that still has me befuddled. How in the world did Marquette outscore Wisconsin 17-2 in transition? The Badgers aren’t the Final Four team from last year, of course, but the past 14 years have proven that […]