Paint Touches

Marquette felt a range of different emotions Saturday, and what started as a chance to control its own destiny in the Big East title hunt ended with the Golden Eagles now needing back-to-back home wins against ranked teams to stay in the race for a top-4 seed in the Big East. The Golden Eagles woke […]

Junior Cadougan: Don’t let the 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting fool you. This was one of the senior point guard’s worst performances of the year. Cadougan (five turnovers) couldn’t get into any sort of rhythm and, in rare form, was poor in transition. He should bounce back, but the box score doesn’t tell the story […]

Marquette has won two of its last three away from the BMO Harris Bradley Center and will look to win two straight road games for the first time all season when they face Villanova (17-10, 8-6) at The Pavilion tonight. The Golden Eagles are tied atop the Big East at 10-3 with Syracuse and Georgetown, […]

The midrange game has been losing its flair for years. The 3-point line and more players learning ball-handling techniques to attack the rim instead of settling for outside looks have made that 12-to-20-foot jump shot a higher-risk, lower-reward option that fewer players are attempting. But the Rip Hamiltons and Steve Nashs of the world need […]

You don’t need advanced statistics to know Marquette is a bad 3-point shooting team. You don’t need KenPom to tell you very few of Marquette’s points come from beyond the arc. You definitely don’t need a Synergy account to realize every opposing coach is going to throw some type of zone at the Golden Eagles, […]

Vander Blue (19 pts, 3 reb, 2 stl) Vander continued where he left off against Pitt, hitting five of his first seven shots of the half, providing 11 of Marquette’s 27 first half points. He cooled of a bit in the second half, only shooting 3-7 but finished with a game-high 19 points. He’s just […]