Paint Touches

Having never played a minute under Buzz Williams, Jamil Wilson was already being talked about as the replacement to first-round draft pick Jimmy Butler going into the start of last season. Expectations soared for the 6-foot-7 redshirt sophomore, as a starting role was all but guaranteed. Yet, 10 games into his Marquette career, the Oregon […]

Buzz Williams will send home one of his players next summer. And he’ll do the same the summer after that, too. These offseason suspensions may not only be the result of a punishment handed down to straighten out a player, but also acts as part of his philosophy to let his players understand the value […]

4. Jerel McNeal (2008-2009) vs. 1. Dwyane Wade (2002-2003) The case for Wade: Fresh of defeating the No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats to book a trip to the Final Four in New Orleans, Wade remarked, ”I wanted to take Marquette to the next level, the same level as Al McGuire did.” That he did. This medium sized fella’ was all […]

2. Jae Crowder (2011-2012)            vs.   7. Lazar Hayward (2009-2010) The case for Crowder: It’s not fair to say he came out of nowhere, seeing as his father was a pretty good basketball player himself, but who would have thought a junior-college transfer would dominate the premier conference in the country and put in […]

This is the fifth match-up of a 16-person bracket looking at the best individual season performances of the last decade. The complete bracket is at the bottom of each match-up. Vote early and share it. The more votes, the better. 2. Jae Crowder (2011-2012)            vs.   15. Dominic James (2008-2009) The […]

Thursday night, Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson became the 55th and 56 Marquette players to be selected in the NBA Draft. They were the first pair of players to be drafted together since 1983, when Doc Rivers (2nd round, No. 31 overall) and Terrell Schlundt (7th round, No. 148 overall) were drafted. Crowder was selected […]