Paint Touches

I spent a whole lot of words spelling out how I thought the minute distributions would look like for Marquette this season, but as I said in that post, there’s a ton of conjecture there not grounded in empirical evidence. I’m fully cognizant of that limitation. So I really am looking for help to see […]

Without a mainstay like Markus How will the roles and minutes break out this year?

Back in June, as D.J. Carton was receiving an official waiver from the NCAA to not have to sit out a year after transferring from Ohio State, I wondered about Jose Perez’ waiver, as the initial thought was he’d be sitting out the season. Sure enough, as of that day, a waiver had not been […]

At just 5’11”, size has been the biggest detriment to Markus Howard’s game at every level. But at every level Markus has proven time and again that his scoring acumen and ability to shoot the rock is otherworldly. That is what he was born to do, and that’s what he’ll be asked to do at […]

Normally we here at Paint Touches release our WAY too early Bracketology some time during the dog days of summer. This project started as a dorky way for me to pass the time between the National Championship and Marquette Madness. I mean what would you rather do? Spend endless hours entering data into a homemade […]

With the shock of the new Jordan jersey drop finally wearing off, we wanted to speak with Marquette Assistant Coach Jake Presutti about the process behind creating a new design. Presutti has been on staff since Steve Wojciechowski arrived in 2014 and has been the liaison between the program and Jordan. So when it came […]