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In a bit of a shakeup from previous editions of the Haunted Hoops scrimmage, Marquette played two 12-minute “games” with the score re-setting at the half instead of two 15-minute halves with a running score like in previous years. The team was broken down into blue and white squads of similar talent distribution. The Blue […]

With the basketball season right around the corner it is once again time to project how the Big East will shake out using a tweaked advanced statistical model of Value Add. For a primer on Value Add and how I went about ranking the teams, here is the explanation from last season. I decided to […]

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.  

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 […]