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Rumors that came on strong last Tuesday only magnified throughout the week that junior guard Vander Blue was considering forgoing his senior year to enter the 2013 NBA draft. Those rumors came to fruition earlier today when Blue announced he had played his final game in a Marquette uniform, and that he was pursuing his […]

We’re back to the Saturday mailbag, where we’re taking your questions from Twitter, Facebook and email and answering them. If you’d like to submit a question, tweet @PaintTouches, write it on our Facebook wall or send an email to PaintTouches@gmail.com. On to the mailbag: 1. Todd Mayo is a Golden Eagle in 2013-’14: Yes or no. (@patrickkleary) Yes. […]

Lost in the madness that is conference realignment — complete with millions of dollars at stake, late-night meetings in New York City with athletic directors and rumors floating around the clock — are the players themselves. Two members of Marquette’s 2013 recruiting class, point guard Duane Wilson and power forward Jameel McKay, spoke with Paint […]

Marquette received all five national letters of intent from its 2013 commitments yesterday, marking the most heralded recruiting class in Buzz Williams’ five seasons as head coach. The group is as balanced as any he’s had, and features three consensus top-100 players and a junior college All-American, made all the more impressive with both of […]

When Jameel McKay joins his four Indian Hills teammates this afternoon to sign their respective National Letters of Intent, it will mark a two-year journey of hard work and self-realization that he admittedly thought would never happen. The 6-foot-8 power forward is one of five 2013 commitments expected to ink with Marquette during the week-long […]

Seven weeks ago, 2013 shooting guard Jajuan Johnson was ready to commit to the Alabama Crimson Tide. Anthony Grant’s program had been on the 6-foot-4 wing the longest of any schools, and Marquette, a school Johnson had always been interested in playing for, had recently pulled back on their recruitment after a shake-up with the […]