Paint Touches

As unfair as it may be, the NCAA Tournament is where legacies are ultimately made, and Marquette’s hangs squarely in the balance.

Chase Ross got me down a rabbit hole of best dunks in recent Marquette history. So I made a list.

The nice guys at The College Basketball Stories had me on their podcast to talk Marquette, particularly the 2012 season, with the caveat that I had to be slightly, nay moderately, intoxicated. If you’ve ever wanted to hear me drunkenly rant about Buzz Williams, have I got the podcast for you. Here’s the link to […]

It’s the middle of summer and the biggest talking points around Marquette still revolve around two players no longer on the team. Time to switch up the vibe and go with something more lighthearted. I received this Tweet on Thursday night and couldn’t stop thinking about it. https://twitter.com/pmads__/status/1152017674601263104 The 2010s truly saw some of the […]

With just over 3 minutes to go in the half and Butler up 8, Marquette looked like it was a half step slow defensively, and on another planet offensively. Decent looks were missing by a bunch, no one seemed to be able to finish inside and there was just a lack of urgency all around. […]

This is part of  Paint Touches’ series breaking down each players’s 2011-2012 campaign and looking forward to next year. A big thank you to assistant coach Aki Collins, who provided exclusive, in-depth analysis on each player. What he did well: Darius Johnson-Odom came into his senior season expected to finally be the go-to player after playing […]