Paint Touches

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 […]

When Isaac Chew accepted a position to join Buzz Williams’ staff at Marquette in May, it marked yet another difficult decision in his coaching career that began unexpectedly more than a decade ago in Kansas City. Because six weeks before Chew, then an assistant at Missouri, said yes to Williams, he told John Groce and […]

*This is part one of a two-part story on assistant coach Isaac Chew. Part one focuses on Chew’s recruiting, while part two will look at Chew’s path that led him to Marquette. When Tony Benford accepted the head coaching position at North Texas on Apr. 24, it left Marquette in a bind for more reasons […]

Duane Wilson, Deonte Burton and Jameel McKay have filled Marquette’s three open scholarships available in 2013, but that has not stopped Buzz Williams from aggressively recruiting the class. With one open scholarship, Junior Cadougan graduating next year and Arizona State transfer Trent Lockett having one year of eligibility (2012-’13), all spots have been filled for […]