Paint Touches

The 2012-2013 Marquette campaign kicked off in impressive fashion Friday night with Marquette Madness at the Al McGuire Center. There’s not a whole lot to take away from Friday night’s activities, if anything, but if one thing is apparent it’s this: Buzz Williams has his most athletic team in five seasons since he took over […]

Todd Mayo wasn’t sure he wanted to be at Marquette anymore. After a rocky freshman season, his two closest mentors—Tony Benford (North Texas) and Aki Collins (Memphis) –were gone, and the shooting guard didn’t feel like his relationship with Buzz Williams was close enough to allow him to talk about his issues. Mayo’s situation only […]

With two days until Marquette Madness, Paint Touches is breaking down the most valuable Golden Eagles, from 14 to 1. The list is not based on talent, but rather who is most valuable to the success of the 2012-2013 Marquette team. *NOTE* These rankings were compiled by Mark Strotman and Andrei Greska. Write-ups were done […]

Marquette officially kicks off its 2012-13 season on Friday, and while plenty of talent returns from a team that won 27 games and made a Sweet 16 performance. But there are question marks that must be answered if Buzz Williams plans to not lose a beat from the momentum his program has built the last […]

With the changes soon coming to the Big East, teams will find themselves traveling across the country to compete against conference opponents. With the summer 2013 commitment Duane Wilson just completed, he should have no problem adjusting. In the span of just over a month, from June 12 to July 23, Wilson participated in the […]

It was a busy week for commitments in the 2013 class, most notably Simeon shooting guard Kendrick Nunn choosing Illinois over Marquette and Ohio State. While the 6-foot-2 shooting guard was high on Marquette’s list of players to round out the class, there is still talent left on the board mentioning Marquette. As always, Williams […]