Paint Touches

Buzz Williams’ new terminology, paint touches, has taken a life of its own. While it certainly is not a new philosophy for basketball coaches, wanting teams to get the ball into the painted area of the court for high percentage shots and to suck defenses in, Williams has insisted that, night in and night out, […]

Mike Dunlap, St. John’s interim head coach Opening statement “Talking about the first half and check off a number of boxes in a positive way and in the second half, they (Marquette) were grittier, they came after us and we didn’t do very well with that. A lot of our turnovers led to easy baskets, […]

Looking at the final score, it was difficult to imagine that Marquette (13-4, 2-2 Big East) trailed at halftime, or any other point in an 83-64 win over St. John’s (8-8, 2-3 Big East) Wednesday night. The was the case, however, as Marquette found itself down 32-31 at halftime, while playing without senior guard Darius […]

Following Marquette’s 64-50 win over Milwaukee on Dec. 22, Marquette head coach Buzz Williams said his team would find out a lot about themselves over the next two weeks. If two things are apparent from the Golden Eagles 1-3 stretch over that time period, it is that 1) they have the ability to play with […]

— Just as plenty of credit was given to Buzz Williams for Marquette’s win in Madison, tonight’s loss falls squarely on the coach’s shoulders. Three things stand out. First, Williams’ timeout following Todd Mayo’s 3-pointer to put Marquette up 17 points was questionable. It’s like Buzz to give his short bench breathers from time-to-time, but […]

Marquette will begin what head coach Buzz Williams is calling a “really long week” with a visit to No. 9 Georgetown on Wednesday night. The Hoyas are coming off an impressive 71-68 road victory over then-No. 4 Louisville and a gritty 49-40 home win over Providence last week. Here’s a look at the Hoyas (12-1, […]