Paint Touches

WASHINGTON —  Often times it’s said that NCAA Tournament games are won and lost during the July open AAU period, the idea being that you need to recruit well to win the big games. While you will never get anybody to totally dismiss that notion–every team needs talent–it clearly takes more than just 5-star recruits. […]

Marquette is now 40 minutes from its third straight Sweet 16 appearance, and standing in its way is the sixth-seeded Butler Bulldogs, who knocked off Bucknell on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament’s second round. It’s a rematch of the Maui Invitational’s opening round, when Butler shooting guard Rotnei Clarke hit arguably the shot of the […]

Marquette has had success this year by focusing on each game possession-by-possession. The Golden Eagles haven’t been able to have a long-term memory this season. They would not have had the success they did if that was the case. But there’s always been one play that has been stuck in the back of their mind. […]

For the next 48 hours you will see Rotnei Clark’s buzzer-beater against Marquette in the opening round of the Maui Invitational more times than you can count. In case you hadn’t got your fill all year on the Watch ESPN commercial, CBS should air the running, one-handed, 30-foot heave from Butler’s sharpshooter that turned a […]

Most teams would start to panic when facing the type of deficits that Marquette had against Davidson. Fortunately, playing close games is just another day at the office for the Golden Eagles. With their 59-58 victory over Davidson, Buzz Williams’ team is 5-2 in its last seven games, all of which have been decided by […]

For this year’s Marquette team, 3-pointers haven’t been all that memorable. To be exact, there have been just 132 “memories.” Yes, Junior Cadougan’s buzzer-beater against Connecticut to send Marquette’s Big East opener to overtime is included in that number. So is Vander Blue’s shot-clock-beating 3 against Wisconsin. Jamil Wilson and Blue connected on late 3-pointers […]