Paint Touches

This is part two of a three-part series looking back at the top 27 moments of the 2011-2012 Marquette basketball season. Today’s moments are numbers 10 through 18. Check back tomorrow for the top nine moments of the year. This list was compiled by Mark Strotman and Andrei Greska. Click here for moments 19 through […]

This is part one of a three-part series looking back at the top 27 moments of the 2011-2012 Marquette basketball season. Today’s moments are numbers 19 through 27. Check back tomorrow for moments 10 through 18, and again on Friday for the top nine moments of the year. This list was compiled by Mark Strotman […]

As Buzz Williams and Marquette broke the huddle in the team’s locker room for the last time as a group, sophomore Vander Blue sat down in his locker and began to cry. Blue kept his head in his hands for minutes before finally looking up, still his eyes still red and filled with tears. Like […]

If Jae Crowder hadn’t already done it before today, his 29-point, 12-rebound performance solidified him as a first team All-Big East member. Not only did he battle inside, holding Alex Oriakhi and Andre Drummond to a combined seven rebounds, he hit clutch basket after clutch basket to keep the lead extended. He racked up three […]

Here’s a quick, position-by-position breakdown of the Connecticut Huskies. Stats do NOT include the Huskies’ 80-54 win over DePaul last night, due to deadlines and publication at the Marquette Tribune. Point guards Ryan Boatright and Shabazz Napier: A changing of the guard has taken place in Hartford as Boatright, the freshman, has taken over point guard […]

Depending on who you talk to, Marquette has surprised many with a 10-3 conference that pits them in second place in the Big East with five games to go. Superb offensive efforts from Darius Johnson and Davante Gardner, a defensive clinic by Jae Crowder and the emergence of Junior Cadougan, Vander Blue and Jamil Wilson […]