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Can Rowsey and Howard play together?

November 7, 2017 | Andrei Greska | 0 Comments

2017 was a tale of two teams, 2018 doesn’t have that luxury.

Top 50 Players in the Big East: #20-11

November 6, 2017 | Ryan Jackson | 0 Comments

For the second year in a row, Paint Touches is taking a look at the top 50 players in the Big East. Instead of doing a true top 50, we took the five best players from each team and ordered them one to fifty. We did it this way because if we didn’t, poor Georgetown […]

Notes on a good start to Big East play

December 29, 2016 | Andrei Greska | 0 Comments

I have lots of thoughts after Marquette’s victory over Georgetown, but don’t have a coherent structure to tie them together. So bullet points it is. I went on a little Tweet Shower yesterday after doing some KenPom surfing: Doing some KenPom surfing, #mubb's current ranking (38) going into BEast play is the 3rd best of last […]

Hauser, WPA and why not all shots are equal

December 5, 2016 | Andrei Greska | 0 Comments

It’s common to hear from coaches and analysts that no one call or no one play was the difference in the game. In theory, that’s correct. A made free throw when the score is 5-5 counts the same as a made free-throw when the score is 65-65. Reality doesn’t work that way though. The importance […]