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Re-live some of the best moment’s from Friday night’s Marquette Madness with a gallery of photos by our new photographer A. Martina Ibanez-Baldor. Be sure to click on the images to expand them. For more exclusive pictures, “Like” the Paint Touches page on Facebook.  

Nine months removed from ACL surgery on his injured left knee, redshirt senior Chris Otule is back. The 6-foot-10 center, who suffered the injury in a Dec. 6 game against Washington in Madison Square Garden, announced himself completely healthy at Marquette’s media day on Friday. It was a difficult offseason for Otule, who will turn […]

The 2012-2013 Marquette campaign kicked off in impressive fashion Friday night with Marquette Madness at the Al McGuire Center. There’s not a whole lot to take away from Friday night’s activities, if anything, but if one thing is apparent it’s this: Buzz Williams has his most athletic team in five seasons since he took over […]

With two days until Marquette Madness, Paint Touches is breaking down the most valuable Golden Eagles, from 14 to 1. The list is not based on talent, but rather who is most valuable to the success of the 2012-2013 Marquette team. *NOTE* These rankings were compiled by Mark Strotman and Andrei Greska. Write-ups were done […]

Marquette officially kicks off its 2012-13 season on Friday, and while plenty of talent returns from a team that won 27 games and made a Sweet 16 performance. But there are question marks that must be answered if Buzz Williams plans to not lose a beat from the momentum his program has built the last […]

Week 1: Marquette’s leading scorer? Week 2: Todd Mayo or Vander Blue? Week 3: Top five in the Big East? Mark Strotman: Marquette had the luxury of one of the premier players in the Big East last season in Jae Crowder, who averaged 8.4 rebounds per game. That ranked eighth in the conference, and while he’s since […]