Paint Touches

Editor’s note: we did not mean to make this Duane Wilson appreciation week, it just happened to work out that way. This is the last installment. Probably.  After a trial run last week that had me watching Marquette-Rec-Center-quality basketball for three hours, I finally took my first stab at evaluating talent. Only elite talent, might […]

It’s been quite a busy summer for future Marquette point guard Duane Wilson, and his schedule won’t be getting any lighter moving forward. No matter, though. This is just the way he wants it. After winning a state title with 2015 Marquette prospect Diamond Stone for Dominican H.S., Wilson has competed with his Playground Elite […]

I finally got to see Duane Wilson in action Tuesday night, and boy did he live up to his billing (yes, the competition was weak, but good players prey on that). Mark will have a story on him tomorrow, and I will try to have my full breakdown of his game by tomorrow night, but […]

When Buzz Williams received a verbal commitment last Saturday from junior college freshman Jameel McKay, it marked the third recruit he had obtained from Milwaukee for the 2013 class. More significant, it may triggered a transformation, both on the the court and on the recruiting trail, for the Marquette basketball program. The Golden Eagles still […]

Jameel McKay had many of the top schools in the country recruiting him this past year. The 6-foot-8 freshman at Indian Hills Community College, however, didn’t have to look far in deciding where to play his college ball. “Why go far when there’s an elite program right where I’m from?” McKay said. That thinking, along […]

2013 Whitefish Bay Dominican H.S. point guard Duane Wilson Jr. committed to Marquette on Tuesday, marking the second commitment for Buzz Williams and the Golden Eagles for the 2013 class. Wilson is the younger cousin of current sophomore forward, Jamil Wilson. Wilson announced his commitment to the Golden Eagles at a pep rally at his […]