Paint Touches

It’s the middle of summer and the biggest talking points around Marquette still revolve around two players no longer on the team. Time to switch up the vibe and go with something more lighthearted. I received this Tweet on Thursday night and couldn’t stop thinking about it. @PaintTouches @CrackedSidewlks any thoughts on MU starting 5? […]

Sam and Joey Hauser announced they will be transferring from Marquette. You read that right. Thank you Marquette 💙💛 pic.twitter.com/UbPEVjzPnf — Sam Hauser (@Big_Smooth10) April 15, 2019 On the heels of one of the most euphoric non-gameday Fridays in recent memory, when Marquette’s All-American Markus Howard announced he would be back for his senior season, […]

Coming into the season, if I told you Marquette would have a top-50 defense this year, you’d punch me in the face for wasting your time. The questions being asked weren’t how good can it be, but simply, will it get better? So to have this Marquette team sitting at 39th in Ken Pom’s Adjusted […]

I tend to throw out a lot of useless/useful stats and info on Twitter that never actually get fleshed out into an article or even a blurb. So for the sake of those who may not frequent Twitter, here’s a little taste of what has been on my mind. We’re going streaking Marquette has won […]

We will touch on the emotional factor of Marquette’s victory over Creighton later today, but before we do that, we have to set a baseline for just how improbable the victory itself was. You don’t need any fancy charts to tell you what Marquette did was historic, overcoming a 5 point deficit in under a […]

Markus Howard may be the most gifted scorer since Dwayne Wade, and has a good chance to end up as Marquette’s all-time leading scorer. If this team wants to lay a claim on the wide open Big East crown, it will require using every last one of Howard’s skills to score the ball.