Paint Touches

With less than one week of games remaining, we’re down to the home stretch of the Big East season. Marquette finds itself in unprecedented territory boasting not one but two candidates for Big East Player of the Year. We made the case for Jae Crowder last week — as has the great Cracked Sidewalks blog, Jay […]

A wise man once said, “A team should be a extension of the coach’s personality.” That man was none other than Al McGuire, the patron saint of Marquette basketball who routinely finished the phrase by saying: “my teams are obnoxious and arrogant.” More than 30 years have passed since the colorful warrior paced the sidelines, […]

Mike Nelson, Michael Wottreng, and Matt Trebby were on the show today. First topic: Big East Player of the Year, and a bit about Marquette’s opponents Friday, West Virginia. http://soundcloud.com/wmur-sports-1/painttouches-feb-24-wvu-be-poy Then Jeff Borzello of CBSsports.com joined the show. Good interview. Thanks to Jeff for coming on. Appreciate it. http://soundcloud.com/wmur-sports-1/painttouches-feb-24-jeff We talked brackets after that, including […]

It’s no secret that SI’s Luke Winn has some tremendous chart and graphic making skills. If you don’t believe me just check out this week’s Power Rankings and see the wealth of visual information he provides. My only gripe with Mr. Winn is that he has yet to make a super cool graphic for Marquette this […]

Marquette coach Buzz Williams was not shy about his Big East player of the year selection. When asked about West Virginia’s Kevin Jones, the consensus front runner and opponent tomorrow, his answer was blunt. “He’s the Player of the Year, period,” Williams said. “So who’s going to guard him and when are they going to […]

With two tough road contests awaiting Marquette, it would have been easy for the Golden Eagles to overlook Rutgers on Wednesday night. Not on Buzz Williams’ watch. The Golden Eagles hit eight of their first nine shots and led by as many as 15 early in the first half and cruised to an 82-65 win […]