Paint Touches

It wasn’t easy, but Marquette did just enough to hold on against Colorado and advance to the Sweet 16. We’ll try to really dive in this week on analysis, but wanted to at least get a few instant reactions down on paper. Tyler Kolek He’s him. A legacy cemented. One of the best player’s we’ll […]

While losing on the road to a Q1 opponent in and of itself isn’t necessarily cause for panic, there are issues for Marquette to address.

Marquette is a bonafide national title contender. That’s the biggest takeaway. Sure, a preseason AP top-5 team probably fell into that bucket in the eyes of many, but following a week+ in which they went 3-1 against four top-30 teams, all away from home, it isn’t simply an extension of expectations. Last year’s team was […]

I don’t normally write much after a cupcake. Any stats pulled out have too tiny a sample to be worth discussing. And there’s not a ton to take away from end to end blowouts. But I needed to expand on the attendance, so am using this pace for that and a few other blurbs. Record […]

Before every season, I like to put my money where my mouth is and project how many minutes each player will play. It’s not that I’m particularly good at it (far from it) but it’s a great way to see just how much changes from what the narrative/expectation is the 6 months of the offseason. […]

Going into the his freshman campaign last year, I had fairly minimal expectations for Chase Ross. He wasn’t a heralded recruit. He wasn’t the talk of the preseason. He didn’t play in the open scrimmage. And the backcourt was fairly jammed. In my own preseason estimates, he was going to see the lowest number of […]