Paint Touches

We appreciate ESPN’s Jay Bilas for indirectly plugging our website throughout much of the first half of yesterday’s 70-51 Louisville win over Marquette. But with the fourth performance of the season where Marquette’s offense has looked absolutely lost and failed to score more than 51 points, we decided to investigate Buzz Williams’ claim that the […]

1. Davante Gardner’s importance can’t be understated Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but Davante Gardner’s absence in the Marquette offense makes it an average group, at best. After picking up two fouls in four minutes in the first half, the Golden Eagles stalled offensively — not to mention they lost size in the […]

Even the most optimistic expectations couldn’t have pegged Marquette as contenders for first place one month into the Big East season. With three games against teams picked above the Golden Eagles in the Big East Preseason Coaches’ Poll — Georgetown, at Pittsburgh, at Cincinnati — and another against surprise Connecticut, a 5-2 or 4-3 start […]

Vander Blue stepped to the free throw line in the closing seconds of Marquette’s 63-50 win over South Florida. He had just converted a lay-up to tally his 29th and 30th points of the evening, a new career-high and a feat Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom never accomplished at Marquette, when Junior Cadougan sauntered over to Buzz […]

Crazy week in the Big East with plenty of movement. Here we go. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 Week 8 1. Syracuse (18-2, 6-1) | Last week: 1 : The Orange had a bit of a let down week after the big road victory over then No. 1 Louisville. They […]

In an interview last season, Buzz Williams revealed his coaching staff keeps track of nine different unique statistics during a game, with a number in mind for each they attempt to reach that Williams believes leads to victories. Whether that list has changed or Williams has added or subtracted statistics this season is unsure, but […]