Paint Touches

By Mark Strotman It was a mixed bag of emotions and results defensively for coach Buzz Williams and the Golden Eagles Friday night in their 91-37 win over Mount St. Mary’s. The good? Marquette forced the Mountaineers (0-1) into 29 turnovers which led to 45 points. It also held the Mountaineers to just 37 points […]

By Mark Strotman Marquette is known perennially as one of the nation’s best-conditioned teams, and it’s not by chance. Head strength and conditioning coach Todd Smith is in his sixth year with the Golden Eagles and is the brains — and certainly brawn — behind the Golden Eagles’ mentality to out-run and out-tough opponents. Smith previously […]

By Mark Strotman While the Marquette basketball team is just under four days from tipping off its 2011-2012 season, it’s never too early to speculate about the distant future. Since coach Buzz Williams took over at Marquette, Wesley Matthews, Lazar Hayward and Jimmy Butler have all joined NBA rosters, with Hayward and Butler being selected […]

By Mark Strotman The more Aaron Durley continued to grow during his teen years, the more he realized there weren’t many 6-foot -11-inch professional baseball players. It was then that Marquette’s newest recruit of the 2012 class began to focus primarily on basketball, dropping his first love on the diamond for the hardwood. “I was […]

We had some technical difficulties with the tripod last night, so our range was very limited. Sorry about that. it was also very tough to keep stats, live blog, analyze and tweet all at once, hence the limited amount of footage. We only were able to film one side of the action. However, here is […]

Coach Buzz Williams has overhauled the Marquette roster in his three seasons since taking over for Tom Crean, and year four is no different. Instead of completely relying on guard play, Williams has brought in a handful of face-up forwards and true post players to balance his offense. This week we have a special guest, […]