The Golden Eagles head to Durham with a need to boost their tournament resume with one final non-conference victory.
Let's keep it simple, shall we?
Win, and Marquette is all but guaranteed a spot in the NCAA tournament. Lose, and the Golden Eagles will likely need to defeat Denver next weekend to truly feel comfortable on Selection Sunday. We'll get into it a little bit more later on today, but the simple version is this: Lacrosse Magazine has Marquette as the second to last team into the 16 team national championship tournament, while Duke is the third to last team in.