Paint Touches

Marquette made Grime’s Final 4, but is there really a chance he lands in Milwaukee?

Marquette fans wanted to see progress in year 3 of the Wojo experiment. Progress is what they got.

Following the loss to Providence a a couple weeks back, I went on an weeks long Twitter rant dismissing Wojo’s ability to draw up a good play coming after timeouts, or ATOs, as the cool kids call it.  That's what you run if you are out of timeouts and yell from the sideline. — Paint Touches […]

I love watching basketball at all levels, but don’t consider myself to be even an average tactician. I understand the basic strategies on offense and defense, but can never recognize plays in real time or quirks as they are unfolding. And yet, here I was Thursday night, the neanderthal that I am at play recognition, […]

Marquette is 2-0 and has looked damn good in doing so, using strong second halves to bowl over Vanderbilt and Howard. The defense has been ferocious at creating turnovers, and the offense clinical in converting those turnovers to points. Most impressively, Marquette has used the three-point arc with gusto and efficiency, hitting 42.3% of 52 long-range […]

With the start of the season but a finger roll away, most of the national outlets have finalized their team and conference previews. I’m a sucker for sniffing out “narratives” and love to get a gauge into what the rest of the country sees when they look at this Marquette team. Turns out, most are […]