Paint Touches

It’s that time of the year again. No not that one. Weekly Big East tiers are officially back! Almost every team (but Marquette) has played double digit games, and though 10 or so games isn’t a big sample, per se, when it constitutes 33% of your total output, it’s large enough to start writing about. By […]

With 3 kids under 6, seeing a 9 PM (ET) tip time for Marquette any given day gives me a quick jolt of life. Not only will I be able to watch the game on the big TV, I’ll get to watch it uninterrupted without bedtime duties or any other of the 3,000 distractions the […]

Coming into the season, expectations for Koby McEwen were higher than they probably should have been (and I said as much back in October), but a fantastic showing against Purdue proved right away what kind of lift the Utah State transfer could provide. I've watched Koby put the defender on skates with that shoulder fake […]

Nowhere, chillax. When I saw this Tweet, my jaw hit the floor, but, unlike most things Markus Howard, in a bad way. Top40 Isolation Usage and Efficiency. @Big12Conference watch out for @BaylorMBB taking you off the bounce this season. @ButlerMBB with amazing efficiency. @MarquetteMBB interesting situation with M.Howard using 64% of Marq Iso plays but […]

When Marquette opened the season with a 35-point drubbing of Loyola Maryland, the 21 turnovers committed were an issue that could be easily explained by rust and lack of focus in a blowout opening game. When Marquette committed 21 turnovers on Saturday against a much worse opponent in Robert Morris in what turned out to […]

Garcia’s commitment to Marquette has wide ranging implications on and off the court.