Paint Touches

Georgetown stands at the top of the rankings with one week to play, yet six teams are within three games in the standings, including four teams within two games at the third through sixth place spots. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 Week 13 1. Georgetown […]

As always, these tiebreakers are simply for seeding in the Big East Tournament. If eight teams somehow finished tied for the best record in the conference, those eight teams would share the regular season championship. First things first, Marquette holds head-to-head tiebreakers over Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh. They lose a head-to-head tiebreaker with Louisville, and […]

Buzz Williams won’t admit his team’s good. Not even after 21 wins, 12 in the Big East and 25 straight at home. So good luck getting him to admit the truth about himself: he’s one hell of a basketball coach. Following Marquette’s 72-64 win over No. 21 Notre Dame–a win that moved the Golden Eagles […]

Vander Blue (6 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast) Blue was uncharacteristically bad in the first half, pressing for the first time in quite some time. He had two turnovers and put up a couple bad shots. It didn’t get much better in the second half from an offensive standpoint, although he did stop putting up […]

Marquette shot a scorching 59.6 percent from the field to knock off Notre Dame 72-64 Saturday afternoon to clinch a double bye in the Big East Tournament for the second straight year. Senior Chris Otule led the way with 17 points on 8-of-8 shooting, including a huge basket and a foul with 3:17 left to […]